This course explores how artists of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican republic comment on social issues in their respective communities.
Terms Offered
Winter 2023
REGISTRATION CURRENTLY NOT OPEN
Course Details
This course explores how artists of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican republic comment on social issues in their respective communities. With a special focus on music and visual art, this class will provide a finer understanding of important contemporary issues such as the recent Cuban protests, the Puerto Rico sovereignty-statehood debate, anti-Haitianism in the Dominican Republic, and activism responding to gender-based violence in these regions.
This course serves as a supporting-area course towards degree requirements for Art History.
Number of credits: 3
How You Will Learn and Work
This is a Global Classrooms Connections Course. This course will include a blend of synchronous and asynchronous learning.
Cultural Connection
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic
General Education Credits
None
School/College
College of Arts and Humanities
Prerequisites & Restrictions
None
Faculty Highlight
Víctor Hernández-Sang
Víctor Hernández-Sang is a Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology. He completed his master’s degree at the University of Maryland (UMD) with a thesis focused on the performance of palos music in fiestas de misterios in the Dominican Republic and holds a B.A. in music from Luther College, Decorah, IA. His doctoral project examines the performance of gagá (Haitian Dominican music and dance) and racial discrimination in the Dominican Republic through ethnographic and archival research. In the summer of 2018, he received the Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship to start conducting field research for his dissertation. He was recently a fellow of the Latino Center at the Smithsonian Institution of the Latino Museum Studies Program. Hernández-Sang is the graduate assistant for the Latin American Studies Center’s 2020-21 academic year. Prior to UMD, he taught flute, ear training and English in his hometown of Santiago, Dominican Republic. In his free time, he enjoys film and digital photography.
Faculty Highlight
Gabrielle Tillenburg
Gabrielle Tillenburg is a graduate assistant with the Arts Scholars program and an M.A./Ph.D. candidate in art history at UMD. She has more than five years of experience in arts administration as the exhibitions coordinator at Strathmore, a multidisciplinary arts nonprofit in Maryland. Tillenburg's independent curatorial projects include "Soft Serve" at Willow Street Gallery and a public art installation at Torpedo Factory. She worked with Adah Rose Gallery at Pulse Miami, juried the 5th Annual Rehoboth Art League Photography Exhibition and served as a volunteer critic at various local art critiques and portfolio reviews. As a 2019–2020 Faith Flanagan Fellow with Art Table DC, she co-authored "In Defense of Art," a zine documenting visual arts in the Washington, DC, area. Tillenburg holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film from the University of Central Florida. Her film, Fantasy Land, exhibited at film festivals throughout the United States and abroad, and her production work was awarded competitive grants from Kodak and the Coup de Coeur at Cannes Film Festival.
Tuition & Scholarship
Course costs should be calculated based on the university’s standard tuition and fees for undergraduate students and graduate students.
Students enrolled in winter and summer Global Classrooms courses may be eligible for the International Education Scholarship.
Cancellation and Refunds
Global Classrooms courses follow UMD's Schedule Adjustment policies.
Questions & Contact Info
For more course information contact Víctor Hernández-Sang at vmhers@umd.edu or Gabrielle Tillenburg at gtillen@terpmail.umd.edu.
For general questions, please contact the Global Classrooms team at globalclassrooms@umd.edu.