My Caribbean Civilization Portfolio by Anna Dwarika https://padlet.com/annadwarika/wnwm592hafg0 Created by: Anna Dwarika (816009762) en-us 2017-11-22 03:23:35 UTC 2017-11-25 18:07:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Learning Objective 1 annadwarika https://padlet.com/annadwarika/wnwm592hafg0/wish/209322124 The Danger of the Single Story, having a set opinion on a topic or in this case a country or type of civilization. The storyteller brings across her experiences with white influence in her life growing up in Nigeria. Growing up reading British or American books where the characters were “white and blue-eyed”, this began to mold her single story, showing how literature can leave you with a lasting impression. This is the general gist of the video, hearing or reading one thing about a topic and creating your single story about it without experiencing it yourself.The great Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus saw the natives as uncultured, barbaric creatures with no sense of religion, likened to the views of Caribbean people by outsiders has not changed much. Some see Caribbean people as uneducated and archaic folks who indulge in violence. My family has experience of this from housing missionaries. They were surprised by the fact that my mother was able to use a stove and that we had cable television and hot water. We can laugh about this now because we actually are civilized Caribbean people. The world is changing and the views to Caribbean people change along with it. We see so many successful Caribbean people in the world today positively promoting the name of Caribbean people which we are grateful for. http://caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com/

]]> 2017-11-22 03:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/annadwarika/wnwm592hafg0/wish/209322124 Learning Objective 2 annadwarika https://padlet.com/annadwarika/wnwm592hafg0/wish/210036623 Caribbean Identity, the cornerstone of Caribbean Civilization. The quest for Caribbean Identity is full challenges such as differences in race, class, gender and ethnicity, however these challenges create one identity of multiculturalism. This objective would focus on how Caribbean Identity is influenced by social and cultural differences. We would be mainly focusing on the aspect of music. When you think about the music of the Caribbean your mind drifts towards calypso, soca, dancehall and reggae. Throughout the years the sound of these genres has evolved, being influenced with different electronically enhanced beats and melodies. Caribbean music has done well enough on it’s own to gain attention from international artists, allowing more exposure to our music and even our culture. We have seen the impact the music of Bob Marley still have on the world with his message of 'One Love' still making waves in the music industry. We have Trinidadian Soca artiste Bunji Garlin collaborating with Grammy winning Electronic Duo 'Jack U'. We also have the Jamaican-Trinidadian-American trio, Major Lazer spreading the evolved sound of the Caribbean. The success of the local artiste shows the perseverance of our people. It shows that we are not an uneducated or archaic people, but we are evolving and making ourselves known to the rest of the world.
The Evolved Sound of Soca (1996 vs 2013)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sku4DvsfYC8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FWHavH6IQw
]]> 2017-11-25 14:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/annadwarika/wnwm592hafg0/wish/210036623 Learning Objective 3 annadwarika https://padlet.com/annadwarika/wnwm592hafg0/wish/210047884 The Free Movement within CARICOM members is simply "the ability of the factors of production—goods, services, capital and people—to move freely across Member States of the Caribbean Community, providing for efficient and competitive production of goods and services for both regional and international markets, means that our Region’s people can maximize their talents and resources, thereby leading to greater efficiency and increased profits. By removing barriers to trade in goods and services and opening up new opportunities for over six million CARICOM nationals, (14 million if Haiti is included) the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) will stimulate growth and add to the potential for international competitiveness of the CARICOM Member States" [taken from CARICOM Single Market and Economy: Free Movement and Competitiveness].This concept of trade between countries is not new. The term Bullionism comes to mind where it means the health of a nation could be measured by the amount of precious metal it possessed. This then dictated a good balance of trade. Colonies would provide captive markets for manufactured goods and sources of raw materials[FOUN 1101, Demographic Diversity in the Caribbean]. However the exchange of goods from Europe to the Americas brought with it diseases. Presently we face a a problem with the integration of the Caribbean due to the lack of implementation of the Free Movement.

 http://rjrnewsonline.com/opinion/progress-on-free-movement-within-caricom
If we intend to widen our trade and production levels i think the Free Movement is a step in the right direction in achieving that.

]]> 2017-11-25 16:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/annadwarika/wnwm592hafg0/wish/210047884 Learning Objective 4 annadwarika https://padlet.com/annadwarika/wnwm592hafg0/wish/210048098 At the beginning of this course I assumed we would have covered the entirety of our Caribbean history, similarly to what would be thought in Social Studies or History. This however was not the case. This course dove deep into the true roots of Caribbean people, showing that is was not Caribs and Arawaks, but Neo-Indian and Paleo Meso peoples. I also learned that there was in fact a Caribbean Civilization before Columbus set out on his first voyage. For someone without a strong knowledge of Caribbean History this course was very informative. The concepts and terminologies brought forward in the lectures were very well explained and easy to grasp. Most of the topics covered were new to me and were such an eye opener to our true history as Caribbean people. Knowing where you come plays a significant part in dictating where you are heading in life and I am happy to say this course truly helps in that aspect. ]]> 2017-11-25 16:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/annadwarika/wnwm592hafg0/wish/210048098 Citations annadwarika https://padlet.com/annadwarika/wnwm592hafg0/wish/210056688
  • Caribbean Hall of Fame. (2017). Caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017, from http://caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com/
  • YouTube. (2017). Bunji Garlin - Differentology (Ready Fi Di Road) | Official Music Video. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FWHavH6IQw [Accessed 25 Nov. 2017].
  • YouTube. (2017). Superblue Bounce Soca Monarch 1996. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sku4DvsfYC8 [Accessed 25 Nov. 2017].
  • Secretariat, C. (2017). CARICOM- Single Market and Economy- Free Movement and Competitiveness —Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. [online] Caricom.org. Available at: http://caricom.org/store/caricom-single-market-and-economy-free-movement-and-competitiveness [Accessed 25 Nov. 2017].
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