Schiller Institute · Boston College
This experiential learning course focuses on the borderlands between the U.S. and Mexico, cutting across traditional indigenous lands. We examine the history, politics, policies, and challenges of the border and the borderlands region. Students employ a social justice lens to understand histories of nation-building; migration and immigration challenges; local Native rights issues; food, biodiversity and sustainability challenges; rural health delivery; the effects of extractive industry and the possibilities of restorative economy; and models of liberatory education honoring indigenous histori
