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In the beginning was the Word, then came the Web. . . .

This conference will explore the complex relationship between literature and technology, and the many challenges this association poses to literary scholars, writers, and others. The Caribbean region in particular faces the challenge of staying current with burgeoning technologies, in having a greater voice over who controls the access and commodification of its cultural artifacts, and in determining how to preserve its literary, oral, and visual works.

Carribean Currents Conference


  U of Miami Student Center


General Conference Session

Text Box: THE CONFERENCE The conference took place from March 20-22 at the U of Miami, Coral Gables. It was hosted by the Department of English at U of M with collaboration by the U of the West Indies. But other organizations were involved. There were well over 200 conference attendees, and as the conference schedule attests about 90 conference papers were presented by scholars, critics, historians, and librarians from across the country and overseas including Canada, Great Britain, Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and other areas. It was quite an emotional time when all the participants met and were able to greet each other and exchange ideas, especially the newer trends in Caribbean women studies, folklore, history, culture and librarianship. Special presentations were organized such as the “Caribbean digital archive,” and the encounter with the renowned Edward K. Brathwaite, who was an invited guest, reading his poetry and talking to the audience about Caribbean literature and culture. There was also an evening with other Caribbean poets and novelists who read their works. Other activities were done including a mini-musical fest with invited Caribbean musicians. It all fell into place after the first day: the readings, criticism, music, and poetry recitations created a warm relaxed Caribbean atmosphere. ></td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> </div> <p align=
XXII Annual West Indian Literature Conference,

University of Miami, March 20-22, 2003

Selection of Conference Papers

Caribbean Writers' Digital Archival Video Collection                                                     Complete Conference Papers

 

            *  “Diaspora and the Global Caribbean” by Raphael Dalleo, SUNY at Stony Brook

            *  “The Benefits of Digitizing Caribbean Collections, Selection Issues and Concerns, and the
                                    Importance of Identifying a Constituency” by Catherine Marsicek, Florida International

            * “The Soul of the Nation?: The Place of Jamaica Folk Religion in Jamaican National Literature
                                    and US Imperialist Discourse” by Dr. Leah Rosenberg, U of Florida, Gainesville

            * “When ‘Science’ Meets ‘Science’: Modernity & National Life in Late Nineteenth-Century Haiti and Jamaica" by Faith Smith, Brandeis U

            * “Walcott’s Haitian Trilogy: Beyond Mimicry and Manicheism Through Metaphor” by Randall J. Woods, Northwestern U                       

            * “Tidalectic Lectures: Kamau Brathwaite’s Prose/poetry as Sound-Text”  by Anna Reckin, SUNY, Buffalo

            * “Muse/Cal Verandah”: Shango, train Songs, Rhytjm, Kinesis and African Diaspora: Identities in the Writings
                                    of Kamau Brathwaite.” By Dean Makuluni, U of Wisconsin,  Madison

            * “From the ‘Crossroads of Space’ to the (dis)Komforts of Home; Radio and the Poet as Transmuter of the
                                   Word in Kamau Brathwaite’s “Meridian” and Ancestors” by Dr. Loretta Collins, U of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

            *  “Navigating the Web of Place: Trapped Identities in Donna Hemans’ River Woman.” By Dr. Lorna Down, U of the West Indies, Mona

            * "The Critics' Circle: Caribbean Literary Criticism and the BBC Caribbean Voices Radio Program." Dr. Glyne Griffith, Bucknell U

            * “The Lineaments of Caribbean Criticism by Dr. Laurence A. Breiner, Boston U

            *  “Archaeology of the Caribbean Cruise Ship” by Dr. Rick Mitchell, California StateU, Northridge

            * “Boundaries in Dispute: Weaving the Web of Diaspora in Lorna Goodison’s Travelling Mercies” by Tanya Shirley, U of West Indies, Mona

            *  “Reclaiming the Mother Tongue: Cultural/Linguistic Creolization in Praisesong for theWidow.” By Simone James Alexander, Seton Hall U

            *  “Free Poetics, Nation Language in Caribbean Literature.” By Kerseuze Simeon, U of Miami

            * "The Centrality of Caribbean Literature Depicting Postcolonial and Multicultural Preoccupations." By Seodial F.H. Deena, East Carolina U

            * "Waving from the Margin: Difficulties Defining Text and Postcolonial Subtext in Jamaican Literature." By Sarah Quirk, Waubon Comm College

            *  “Ghetto Dictionary: Liberating ‘Bad’ Words in the Lexicon of Peter Tosh and Bounty Killer.” Carolyn Cooper, U of the West Indies, Mona

           * "Uses of Arts and Humanities Citation Index (ISIS) in the Study of Caribbean Literature Through Citation Analysis."
                                  By Serafin Roldan-Santiago, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL


Panel members on: “Whose Caribbean ….”


Panel members on: “Libraries of the Caribbean ….”

 

 Text Box: Edward K. Brathwaite: An Invited Guest Edward K. Brathwaite is perhaps one of the most remarkable Caribbean poet, critic and scholar that the region has produced. His writings include poetry, drama, literary criticism, historical and folklore research, and a steady supply of "voice" recordings in which he mesmerizes his audience with his readings, poetry and essays. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including his landmark collections of poetry: The Arrivants: a New World Trilogy (1973), Middle Passage (1992), Black & Blue (1978), X/Self (1987), and his scholarly articles and books such as, The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica, 1770-1820 (1971), Roots (1986), but most of all his controversial, History of the Voice (1984) in which he introduces his idea about "nation language" not just as a substitute for "dialect" but as a true Caribbean language that can take the place of standard European languages in the Caribbean. And yet, one can but notice, when talking to him, his gentleness, meekness and kindness; he will not shoo you away, but can sit with you over a cup of coffee and listen to you. And even make you feel important. He is a lover of the common people, blending in with the folk just like some thick Jamaican stew of peas over some nicely cooked white rice. Brathwaite was born in Barbados on May 11, 1930.
 
Sandra Pacquet, Lillian Manzor, Serafin Roldan, Karima Jeffrey		    
Edward K. Brathwaite and Dolores Roldan (my wife)

Panel members on: Edward K. Brathwaite
Registration and Welcome

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