CARIBBEAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION Welcomes you to the XXXVIII Annual Conference June 3-7, 2013 Grenada Grand Beach Resort 1 Grand Anse, Grenada Theme: Caribbean Spaces and Institutions: Contesting Paradigms of “Development” in the 21st Century Espaces et Institutions Caribéens: Contester les Paradigmes du «Développement » au 21e Siècle Espacios e Instituciones Caribeñas: Desafiando los Paradigmas de “Desarrollo” en el Siglo XXI Our History ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) is an independ- Translating Team ent professional Ileana Sanz Cabrera, Samuel Furé Davis, Nadia Célis, organization devoted to the promotion of Caribbean Luis Uriel Pérez Maldonado, Cédric Audebert, Marie-Jo- studies from a multidisciplinary, multicultural point of sé Nzengou-Tayo, Samuel Jouault, Fabienne Viala. view. It is the primary association for scholars and practi- tioners working on the Caribbean Region (including Cen- Art Work and Cover Design tral America and the Caribbean Coast of South America). Zandra Pruneda Its members come from the Caribbean Region, North America, South America, Central America, Europe and Program Design elsewhere even though more than half of its members Fausto Sánchez López live in the United States many of them teaching at U.S. universities and colleges. Founded in 1974 by 300 Carib- WebMaster beanists, the CSA now has over 1100 members. Nadir Sharif The Caribbean Studies Association enjoys non-profit sta- Special thanks to the Ministry of Education for their tus and is independent of any public or private institution. support of the GRENADA CHILDRENS CSA WORKS- Membership is open to anyone interested in sharing its HHOP PROJECT and to Francis Urias Peters for leading 2 objectives, regardless of academic discipline, profession, the Workshop. Our gratitude to The Principal, and ideology, place of residence, ethnic origin, or nationality. teachers Ms Patrick, Ms Abraham, Ms Hercules and students at the Grenada Boys Secondary School (GBSS), The focus of the CSA is on the Caribbean Basin, which Tanteen, St George, Grenada; and The Principal and includes Central America, the Caribbean Coast of Mexi- teachers Ms Paris and Mr. Daniel and students at the co, as well as Venezuela, Colombia, Northeast Brazil and The Anglican Girls High School, Tanteen, St George, the three Guianas. The Association serves a critical func- Grenada. tion for scholars providing one of the only venues for persons working on the Caribbean to come together to share their work, to engage in collaborative endeavours, to exchange ideas, to meet each other, and to develop Design by the field of Caribbean Studies. Most importantly, the Car- ibbean Studies Association has become potentially one of the most important vehicles for researching, analyz- ing, and documenting the growing significant presence of populations of Caribbean descent in United States, Canada and Europe. It provides the perfect venue for maintaining the intellectual and academic connections needed to study this growing phenomenon. Members of CSA have played leading roles in the Carib- bean, most notably in public service and in academia. These include current and past service as leaders of governments, administrators in multilateral and bilateral regional organizations. Many of our current members serve in senior positions at Caribbean, North American, and European universities. www.proyectocreativo.mx CONTENTS 2 Acknowledgements 4 President’s Statement 10 Welcome Message from Program Chair 13 Message from Local Committee Co-Chairs 15 CSA Officers and Committees 2012-2013 16 Author Celebration - Books to be presented 17 Invited Speakers 25 Translation Chart 3 26 Program Shell 27 Program Highlights 31 Panels 73 Past Presidents 73 Past Conferences 74 Index of Participants 85 Cancellations President’s Statement The 38th Annual Conference daily basis, there are at least four sessions of the CSA has generated tremendous consisting of as many as nine panels per interest based upon the conference pro- session. Each of these sessions consists of gramme that has been developed by the panels that cut across a range of discipli- Programme Committee. I wish to welco- nes including international relations, politi- me you to the conference and trust that it cal science, economics, history, sociology, will meet all of your expectations irrespec- literature, gender studies, environmental tive of your disciplinary domain, skills set, studies, cultural studies, management stu- career aspirations, linguistic orientation, dies and visual arts. This reflects the truly region of residence and employment se- multi-disciplinary character of this year’s tting. Grenada is an idyllic setting for the conference and the potential that resides conference and while its beauty and tran- for the pursuit of interdisciplinary activities quillity will soothe the mind, its history of within the CSA. Several films pertinent to rebellion, revolt, invasion, resilience and the conference theme are to be screened self-reliance provide us with experiential by film-makers from the Caribbean and as realities and their interpretive nuances to has been the case in some of the previous excite the mind. For me, the CSA is the CSA conferences, this year’s conference premier association of Caribbeanists glo- has sought to encourage the CSA mem- bally and this year’s conference will rein- bership to undertake projects that would force that notion insofar as it draws on the stimulate community participation. scholarly discourses, academic travails, ar- 4 tistic expressions, best-practice remedies The CSA recognizes the producti- and prospective strategies to interrogate vity and the potential of its members. With and contest “development” paradigms that regard to the former, the CSA is hosting treat with challenges in the 21st century. Author Celebrations in lieu of the Traditio- I am confident that the CSA is the most nal Book Launch and continues to grant appropriate community of scholars, aca- Prestigious Awards such as the Gordon K demicians, artists, practitioners and allied and Sybil Lewis Award to a CSA author in professionals to holistically embrace these accordance with pre-determined criteria. notions in the context of the Caribbean During this year’s annual conference, the- in its widest sense. It is my hope that the re will be an award granted to the student conference will provide invaluable lessons member who has submitted the best writ- to redress shortcomings that have perva- ten paper that is based on a quantitative re- ded earlier development paradigms, es- search design. Similar awards such as the pecially in cases where Caribbean spaces Barbara T. Christian Award and the George and institutions have been short-changed. Priestley Award exist and attract potential submissions among eligible members. During June 3-7, 2013, the con- For student members, the CSA’s Graduate ference programme avails delegates of a Student Mentorship Committee has orga- variety of exciting activities. The academic nized a Graduate Student Breakfast which English component of the programme features is scheduled for 7.30am on Tuesday 4th five critical plenary sessions which are June, 2013. This forum permits students scheduled for mid-morning on each of to connect with senior academics and the conference days. The main themes scholars as a means of building networks of these plenary sessions focus on the cu- for the purpose of academic advice and rrent economic crisis in Grenada, film and professional development. The Graduate the visual arts, the environment and sus- Student Mentorship Committee also con- tainable development, the scholarship of venes panels to assist students in disserta- Gordon K. Lewis and the Grenada Revolu- tion writing standards, gaining knowledge tion. There are two public lectures entitled of the standards associated with being "A Caribbean Story: The Grenada Journey published in refereed journals and other - Possibilities, Contradictions, Lessons" by scholarly materials, developing inter- Professor Merle Collins and “Britain’s Black viewing skills and gaining employment in Debt” by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles. On a academic and other professional arenas. the conference delegates and the membership of the Regarding my major accomplishments during CSA deserves a warm thank you for their contribution to my tenure, I have to express profound thanks to former the academic content. The publishers of books, journals presidents as my goals were predicated upon work that and other academic materials usually participate actively they had begun in earlier times. It was as if I were run- in the conference and contribute to the revenue stream ning the last leg of a relay with specific goals in mind. of the CSA. For their collaboration with CSA members These included assuring the incorporation of the CSA as who are authors and contributors and more importantly, a Non-Profit Association in Trinidad and Tobago and se- for their role in disseminating materials that permit inter- curing a Memorandum of Understanding between The pretive and other accounts of Caribbean realities, I wish UWI and the CSA. I can say that these two goals were to use this medium to say thank you very much. The satisfied during my tenure as president. I also sought to Administrative organs of two major tertiary level institu- widen the membership of the CSA by developing a con- tions in the Caribbean have actively supported this con- ference theme that would lend itself to multi-disciplinary ference financially and in kind. They are the