This study explores the process of identity creation in the Caribbean archipelagic space by examining the last five centuries of Grenada’s layered history through detailing and analyzing the major... Show moreThis study explores the process of identity creation in the Caribbean archipelagic space by examining the last five centuries of Grenada’s layered history through detailing and analyzing the major human-environment interactions that have transformed its landscape, particularly following the invasion of Europeans since the 17th century and the establishment of plantation agriculture and slavery (utilizing enslaved Africans and their descendants), village settlements and subsistence agriculture, and much later tourism. It will analyze its landscape transformations by examining land use and settlement patterns of its human occupants from the Indigenous Kali’nago to its current inhabitants via the concept of creolization. Centuries of interactions between and among these various groups of people and the Grenadian environment have created a landscape best described as a palimpsest where layer upon layer of interactions intertwine, overwrite and blend with each other through time. Yet leaving glimpses or blurred pictures of impacts in various and discernable ways, thus creating a long-term biography of this islandscape. By examining the Grenadian palimpsest and analyzing the concept of landscape identity through historical representations and memory-traces embedded in the Creole cultural landscape this study explores the relationship between people and the landscape over time. Show less
This workshop is connected to the presentation ‘Transforming global theory to local practice: Case studies from museums and education in the Caribbean’ and provides a practical and creative... Show moreThis workshop is connected to the presentation ‘Transforming global theory to local practice: Case studies from museums and education in the Caribbean’ and provides a practical and creative exercise for participants. The objective of the workshop is to support participants in exploring how to apply global theories to their own practices and how these theories can be adjusted or re-scaled for their own needs. Sites visited during the conference’s study visit tour will function as examples around which participants will work together creatively to translate a few global theories, such as the constructivist educational approach and community engagement in museology. The workshop will consist of a number of hands on activities in which participants will develop exhibition plans, program activities or generate ideas for other hypothetical changes to these example museums. This practical exercise will create space for the exchange of professional experiences and encourage participants to reflect on their own practices and to revisit their own museums with new insights. The workshop is aimed at museum staff and educators from all over the world with or without formal training. Show less
Choi, D.; Morris, S.; Crockard, A.; Albert, T.; Bunger, C.; Fehlings, M.; ... ; Wang, M. 2013
