Latin America presents a fascinating area for the study of contemporary human rights. Many countries are still considered “emerging democracies” after years of oppressive military rule. In the wake of serious violence, Latin America countries continue to struggle with issues of justice, reconciliation, truth, remembering, and healing. This course will study the many choices Latin American countries have after collective violence with a special emphasis in the role that media plays in documenting, remembering, provoking, and educating. Here we will initiate a discussion on the politics of representation because how human rights information is transmitted and received crucial today. The course is set up with topical case studies, two-week blocks where we focus on a particular area. The first week will examine the violations and years of dictatorships and oppression. The second week will convey how the region remembers and tries to reconcile this history. Both weeks will cover strategies such as investigative journalism and human rights reports, oral history projects, documentary film, transformative media arts, poetic witnessing projects, trans-media platforms, media packaging for social transformation, and human rights and peace education.