The Department of Physics

Course Description

Objectives

1. To develop an awareness of the main process of cultural development in Caribbean societies, highlighting the factors, the problematics and the creative output that have fed the emergence of Caribbean identities.
2. To develop a perception of the Caribbean as wider than island nations or linguistic blocs.
3. To stimulate students interest in, and commitment to Caribbean civilisation and to further their self-definition.

Modules:

1. Origins I Caribbean space / physical environment / Amerindian peoples and Cultures: their legacy. II European conquest, settlement and demographic changes.
2. Fighting for Freedom I Slavery, marronage and rebellion. II New in/out- migration, indenture, and their consequences: 19th and 20th centuries.
3. Quest for Identity I Race and nationalism. II Independence, dependence and regionalism. III Creolisation and ethnic identity.
4. Ideas, Ideologies and Theologies I Education/religion in the Caribbean. II Caribbean Intellectual Traditions.
5. Caribbean Expressions I Caribbean music - Calypso, Reggae. II Caribbean festivals. III Sports. IV Caribbean voices - French, English, Spanish, and Linguistic Identity.

Assessment