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Benítez-Rojo, Baucom, Best, and “Reflektor”
Call it the anticolonial boomerang effect. In 1992, Antonio Benítez-Rojo describes the Caribbean as “an island that ‘repeats’ itself, unfolding and bifurcating until it reaches all the seas and lands of the earth, while at the same time it inspires
Benítez-Rojo, Baucom, Best, and “Reflektor”
Call it the anticolonial boomerang effect. In 1992, Antonio Benítez-Rojo describes the Caribbean as “an island that ‘repeats’ itself, unfolding and bifurcating until it reaches all the seas and lands of the earth, while at the same time it inspires
Contemplating Modern Caribbean Identities
Curwen Best’s “Internet and the Culture Wars: Caribbean Literary / Cultural Studies in Cyberspace” hits a vein of specific interest in the subject of Caribbean writers and who gets to identify as so and why. In December 2013 renowned Dominican
Contemplating Modern Caribbean Identities
Curwen Best’s “Internet and the Culture Wars: Caribbean Literary / Cultural Studies in Cyberspace” hits a vein of specific interest in the subject of Caribbean writers and who gets to identify as so and why. In December 2013 renowned Dominican
Moving Abroad
Internet and the Culture Wars: Caribbean Literary / Cultural Studies in Cyberspace, by Curwen Best, Best examines the area of Caribbean cultural studies in cyberspace. Although there are only a small number of published Caribbean writers, their work is made available on
Moving Abroad
Internet and the Culture Wars: Caribbean Literary / Cultural Studies in Cyberspace, by Curwen Best, Best examines the area of Caribbean cultural studies in cyberspace. Although there are only a small number of published Caribbean writers, their work is made available on
Connections between class and the digital world
” The Post Information Age “: From Being Digital, by Nicholas Negroponte examines both the past and post information age. The post information age has become an era where everything is tailored made to fit your individual needs. But as
Connections between class and the digital world
” The Post Information Age “: From Being Digital, by Nicholas Negroponte examines both the past and post information age. The post information age has become an era where everything is tailored made to fit your individual needs. But as
Reflections and Connections
Much like my colleague, Jamal George, establishes in his post “Time Zones”, time, specifically the idea of the future and how the past defines the present is very important in defining Digital life in the Caribbean and world as we
Reflections and Connections
Much like my colleague, Jamal George, establishes in his post “Time Zones”, time, specifically the idea of the future and how the past defines the present is very important in defining Digital life in the Caribbean and world as we
Caribbean Futurisms
))))))((((((CARIBBEAN FUTURISMS))))))(((((( Throughout the last several centuries of global enslavement and wages, Non-European people’s lives, work, and acts of resistance in the Caribbean have directly innovated the foundations and value systems of global capitalism, and in connection, the frameworks of
Caribbean Futurisms
))))))((((((CARIBBEAN FUTURISMS))))))(((((( Throughout the last several centuries of global enslavement and wages, Non-European people’s lives, work, and acts of resistance in the Caribbean have directly innovated the foundations and value systems of global capitalism, and in connection, the frameworks of
Afro-Caribbean Religions
This page contains links to content which focuses on religious traditions that, though indigenous to the Caribbean, are heavily influenced by African ancestry. They are also some Points of Interest (P.O.I’s) along the way. Welcome! And so, we start from
Afro-Caribbean Religions
This page contains links to content which focuses on religious traditions that, though indigenous to the Caribbean, are heavily influenced by African ancestry. They are also some Points of Interest (P.O.I’s) along the way. Welcome! And so, we start from
Caribbean Slave Narrative Archives
The Early Caribbean Digital Archive The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Yale University Caribbean Collection Archive
Caribbean Slave Narrative Archives
The Early Caribbean Digital Archive The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Yale University Caribbean Collection Archive
Grassroots organizations in the Caribbean
Grassroots organizations in the Caribbean Grassroots organizations in Jamaica: AMIZADE Do Good Jamaica Digicel Foundation ABACUS For Communities Grassroots organizations in Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago Grassroots Film Festival United National Development Programme Planned Parenthood Federation of America in Trinidad
Grassroots organizations in the Caribbean
Grassroots organizations in the Caribbean Grassroots organizations in Jamaica: AMIZADE Do Good Jamaica Digicel Foundation ABACUS For Communities Grassroots organizations in Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago Grassroots Film Festival United National Development Programme Planned Parenthood Federation of America in Trinidad
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
