The HSA research team (Vivian Finch ’26, Princess Alexander ’26, Amen Wakjira ’26, Cadence Chen ’26, and Jane Merten – Burling Library) presentation focuses on the work of the Haitian Arts Digital Crossroads (HADC) project to digitize, catalog, and build awareness of Haitian art in …
Beyond the Plantation: Notes on the Creole, and the Diaspora, and the Imaginary by Abidel Josue López Citizenship remains a contentious topic in our global contemporary social fabric. To belong to a place is to belong to a people, a shared history, a shared vernacular, …
Tropicalization and the Body: Process of Haitian Colonization on the Human Form by James Caruso In Aimé Césaire’s Notebook of a Return to My Native Land, the Martinican poet and politician grapples with the hardships of his return to the Caribbean after studying in Paris. …
Haitian Vodou: A System of Survival by Ellen Taylor In Vodou, the majority religion of Haiti, the highest value is survival.1 Vodou survived colonial brutality, widespread poverty, political instability, and centuries of stigmatization and repression both in Haiti and around the world.2 Vodou exemplifies the …
