In this course, we will analyze the place of racism in the link between culture and power in processes of nation building in Latin America. We will study three historical milestones associated with specific intellectual and political moments: the positivism of the early twentieth century, the developmentalism of the 1950s, and the current neoliberal era. We will analyze how ideas of race have changed over time and their role in the construction of national projects in Argentina, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic. This course will be taught in Spanish.