Decolonizing Pantomime with 10 Weeks in Jamaica on Sunday 8 November 2020
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2020-11-09

Akiba Abaka Arts presents the conversation Decolonizing Pantomime: The Little Theatre Movement and Miss Lou as a part of the 10 Weeks in Jamaica series livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 8 November 2020 at 1 p.m. PST (San Francisco, UTC -8) / 3 p.m. CST (Chicago, UTC -6) / 4 p.m. EST (Kingston, UTC -5).

10 Weeks In Jamaica: Theater Conversations from Jamaica to The World!
Often seen as an ideal tropical vacation destination, the island nation of Jamaica is a tourism and cultural hub of the Caribbean known globally for its ska and reggae music, world class sprinters, high grade ganja, endless sunshine and beautiful beaches. Yet, Jamaica possesses a theatrical legacy that contains catalytic approaches to decolonization, language reclamation, indigenous narrative formation, community development and nation building. As the world focuses on achieving racial equity, the rich history and contemporary narratives of the Jamaican stage provides valuable learnings for theater practitioners and audiences in search of models and memories of progressive community building through the arts.

Decolonizing Pantomime: The Little Theatre Movement and Miss Lou
Speakers: Anya Gloudon, Dr. Deborah Hickling Gordon and Fae Ellington

Dr. Deborah Hickling Gordon is a communication and culturein-development strategist and commentator. As a cultural economy policy advocate and trainer, she provides consulting services across public, corporate and cultural sectors, globally. She is an accomplished speech and documentary writer and audiovisual producer, Dr. Hickling has many creative projects , productions and concepts to her credit. Dr. Hickling Gordon has been involved in cultural and creative industries and tourism as researcher, policy maker and practitioner, having worked across the disciplines of integrated marketing, communication, broadcasting, and theatre for thirty years. She is a director in several private sector companies including Ink and Vision Ltd, facilitators of cultural and creative industries projects She coordinates the UWI Mona's Bachelors of Arts in Cultural and Creative Industries, and the Bachelor of Arts in Entertainment and Cultural Enterprise Management (ECEM) programmes in the Institute of Caribbean Studies at UWI, Mona. Dr. Hickling also supervises graduate students , coordinates and delivers postgraduate courses in Cultural Studies; and at the Mona School of Business and Management, Doctor of Business Administration programme. Deborah holds a PhD in Cultural Studies with that focuses on Transnational Media and Cultural Economy.

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