Caribbean Pelau

Presented as a retrospective dialogue between the two co-authors, this essay highlights the history of the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC), and the Visual and Performing Arts School of Dance, Edna Manley College (EMCVPA). The essay traces the post-independence evolution of modern dance in Jamaica. Furthermore, it examines the intersections, the respective roles, functions and contributions of the two major institutions which have shaped Jamaica’s distinctive, modern dance teaching and public performances. By concentrating on their lived experiences, the co-authors explore themes of identity, educational modern dance’s history and philosophies, and Jamaican dance’s cultural and aesthetic dimensions. Finally, the essay invites a reimagining of the Caribbean contemporary dance which values folk, traditional and popular dance as sources for art and scholarship.

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The aesthetics of dissent: Culture and politics of transformation in the Arab world

International Journal of Cultural Studies ◽

10.1177/1367877919859898 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 141-149

Author(s):

Eid Mohamed ◽

Waleed Mahdi ◽

Hamid Dabashi

Keyword(s):

Social Movements ◽

Social Theory ◽

Cultural Production ◽

Performing Arts ◽

Arab World ◽

Special Issue ◽

Public Spheres ◽

Visual And Performing Arts ◽

Media Politics ◽

Shed Light

Our special issue captures the interplay of media, politics, religion, and culture in shaping Arabs’ search for more stable governing models at a crossroads of global, regional, and national challenges through systematic and integrated analyses of evolving and contested Arab visual and performing arts in revolutionary and unstable public spheres. The issue presents a unique attempt to investigate these forms of cultural production as new modes of knowledge that shed light on the nature of social movements with the aim of expanding the critical reach of the disciplinary methods of political discourse and social theory. Contributors articulate the ways in which the Arab scene can contribute to the understanding of the rise of new social movements worldwide by exploring the methodological gaps in dominant Western discourses and theories.

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Media, identity, and online communities in a changing Arab world

New Media & Society ◽

10.1177/1461444818821360 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (5) ◽

pp. 1035-1042

Author(s):

Eid Mohamed ◽

Aziz Douai ◽

Adel Iskandar

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Online Communities ◽

Performing Arts ◽

Arab World ◽

User Generated Content ◽

Special Issue ◽

Visual And Performing Arts ◽

User Comments ◽

Media Politics

Our Special Issue captures the interplay of media, politics, religion, and culture in shaping Arabs’ search for more stable governing models at crossroads of global, regional, and national challenges through systematic and integrated analyses of evolving and contested Arab visual and performing arts, including media (traditional and alternative), in revolutionary and unstable public spheres. This special issue examines the role of new media in the construction of online communities in the Arab world. It contributes to the understanding of how user-generated content empowers these new publics and the novel communities established by user comments on social media and news websites. Specifically, it explores these online communities and their perceptions of the role of user-generated content to contribute to politics, and potentially engage other citizens in the public debate.

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Enterprise and entrepreneurship in the Caribbean region: introduction to the special issue

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development ◽

10.1080/08985626.2018.1515823 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 30 (9-10) ◽

pp. 921-941 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Indianna D Minto-Coy ◽

Jonathan G Lashley ◽

David J Storey

Keyword(s):

Caribbean Region ◽

Special Issue ◽

The Caribbean

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African Caribbean Residents of Edinburgh in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Kalfou A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies ◽

10.15367/kf.v7i1.300 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Lisa Williams

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

British Empire ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

African Caribbean ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries

Scotland is gradually coming to terms with its involvement in slavery and colonialism as part of the British Empire. This article places the spotlight on the lives of African Caribbean people who were residents of Edinburgh during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I discuss their varied experiences and contributions: from runaways and men fighting for their freedom in the Scottish courts to women working as servants in city households or marrying into Edinburgh high society. The nineteenth century saw activism among political radicals from abolitionists to anticolonialists; some of these figures studied and taught at Edinburgh University. Their stories reflect the Scottish capital’s many direct connections with the Caribbean region.

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