Author Archives: Dwight Howard Johnson

Archive of Violence: the Caribbean and Global Conflicts

Deborah A. Thomas, in Caribbean Studies, Archive Building, and the Problem of Violence,  considers it “the agendas of Caribbean studies to create archives –or, more accurately, counterarchives – in order to make claims about the modern world and the significance

Archive of Violence: the Caribbean and Global Conflicts

Deborah A. Thomas, in Caribbean Studies, Archive Building, and the Problem of Violence,  considers it “the agendas of Caribbean studies to create archives –or, more accurately, counterarchives – in order to make claims about the modern world and the significance

Riddim inna the Market

Before I begin writing this blog entry, I must admit that within my area of study, which mainly involves an interdisciplinary examination of Queer Theory, the study on the proliferation of dancehall music has proven to be somewhat problematic.  Mainly

Riddim inna the Market

Before I begin writing this blog entry, I must admit that within my area of study, which mainly involves an interdisciplinary examination of Queer Theory, the study on the proliferation of dancehall music has proven to be somewhat problematic.  Mainly

Mapping the 1760 Jamaican Slave Revolt

(Image taken from http://withfriendship.com/user/neeha/slave-rebellion.php) Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760-1761 is a website that encompasses an animated thematic map that narrates the spatial history of the greatest slave revolt in the eighteenth century British Empire.  Vincent brown, Charles Warren Professor of

Mapping the 1760 Jamaican Slave Revolt

(Image taken from http://withfriendship.com/user/neeha/slave-rebellion.php) Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760-1761 is a website that encompasses an animated thematic map that narrates the spatial history of the greatest slave revolt in the eighteenth century British Empire.  Vincent brown, Charles Warren Professor of

Diaspora for Sale

(Taken from I Am Jamaican) Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, in her text Digital Diasporas: Identity and Transnational Engagement discusses the increasingly important phenomenon of digital diasporas. She examines how immigrants use the internet as a means of maintaining ties to their

Diaspora for Sale

(Taken from I Am Jamaican) Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, in her text Digital Diasporas: Identity and Transnational Engagement discusses the increasingly important phenomenon of digital diasporas. She examines how immigrants use the internet as a means of maintaining ties to their

“Creature” in the Attic

(Creature, 2013 Varun Baker Photography) In the article “Cultural Identity” and Diaspora, Hall offers two reflections on the cultural identity of Caribbean’s, Firstly, he discusses identity as a collective shared history, fixed and stable, this identity is communal and linked

“Creature” in the Attic

(Creature, 2013 Varun Baker Photography) In the article “Cultural Identity” and Diaspora, Hall offers two reflections on the cultural identity of Caribbean’s, Firstly, he discusses identity as a collective shared history, fixed and stable, this identity is communal and linked

“Third Cinema” in Pigments

(Franz Masereel’s woodcut for the first edition of Pigments #1953514; Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library) In the article “Cultural Identity” and Diaspora, Stuart Hall discusses what he calls be

“Third Cinema” in Pigments

(Franz Masereel’s woodcut for the first edition of Pigments #1953514; Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library) In the article “Cultural Identity” and Diaspora, Stuart Hall discusses what he calls be

Queer Caribbean Identities

Human Rights (IACHR) Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. (2012, August 10).“Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Jamaica.” OEA/Ser.L/V/II.144,Doc. 12. The Inter-American Commission has been charged with investigating “citizens’ security” and its relationship to human rights. The commission which

Queer Caribbean Identities

Human Rights (IACHR) Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. (2012, August 10).“Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Jamaica.” OEA/Ser.L/V/II.144,Doc. 12. The Inter-American Commission has been charged with investigating “citizens’ security” and its relationship to human rights. The commission which