Lecture
Organizers:
Date:
January 20, 2023
Time:
7:00 PM
Fee:
Free
Location:
Room 4, University of Aruba
Female Agency in Caribbean Carnivals around the World!
Introduction
The University of Aruba’s Center for Lifelong Learning in collaboration with the Community, Research, Education and Development Project is organizing a Calypso, Steelpan and Carnival Heritage Project on Aruba and in the Caribbean Diaspora throughout January 2023. The overall aim of the project is to bring community awareness, appreciation and promote community engagement related to these popular and historically significant artforms on Aruba and the world. Calypso, Roadmarch, Soca, Steelpan and Carnival have played a significant role in the overall social, cultural, political, religious and economic development of Aruba in the 20th century. A series of engaging activities will be organized, free to the public, which include lectures by local and international experts, panel discussions, media engagement and performances.
Description
The purpose of this lecture is to examine the current state of Caribbean women’s participation in Caribbean Carnivals around the world, specifically, the Caribana festival in Toronto. Caribbean origin women in general have over time developed transnational identities that are a logical extension of their roles as modern, assertive feminist subjects who are employed full time, juggle familial responsibilities and are also actively participating in the Caribana cultural festival each year dancing and provocatively expressing their agency and independence.
Following the lecture there will be a panel discussion consisting of local women from diverse backgrounds speaking on their experiences as women in Aruban Carnival.
Moderator: Drs. Yolanda Richardson, lecturer at the University of Aruba.
Dr. Dwaine Plaza
Speakers
Dr. Dwaine Plaza is a professor of Sociology in the School of Public Policy at Oregon State University. He has been at OSU since 1997. His teaching includes race and ethnic relations, globalization, social justice and applied research methods. He has written extensively on the topic of Caribbean migration within the international diaspora, and his publications have focused on such topics as return migration, migration and settlement practices of Caribbeans, cultural celebrations and immigration policy in Canada, where he grew up. Dr. Plaza served as associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts from 2016 to 2018, where he worked to advance student and faculty success. He has also served as senior research personnel of the OREGON STATE ADVANCE research team. Dr. Plaza was president-elect of the Oregon State University Faculty Senate from 2020-2021. In 2019 he co-edited a second book entitled: Carnival is Woman: Feminism and Performance in the Caribbean Mas.
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