This course examines Spanish-speaking Latin America through everyday cultural practices. It focuses on how social rituals, temporal rhythms, foodways, festivities, language use, humour, politics, inequality, and informality structure interaction, trust, authority, and belonging.

Rather than presenting culture as folklore or as a list of “do’s and don’ts,” the course treats culture as a system of lived practices that condition professional, institutional, and economic interaction indirectly. Emphasis is placed on interpretation, contextual reasoning, and cultural reflexivity—skills essential for operating in complex social environments, including but not limited to business contexts.