Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Rajkumari Singh, “Per Aije: A Tribute to the First Immigrant Woman,” pp.  VERENE SHEPHERD LIVE SKYPE LECTURE Shepherd, Verene. Maharani’s Misery. Read Conclusion & appendices 13-26. *Guest lecture via Skype: Verene Shepherd ASSIGNMENT 2: READING THE COLONIAL ARCHIVE Week 4 THE PANAMA CANAL ENTERS MODERN WEST INDIAN LIT. Sep. 16 Sept.18 Readings: de Lisser, Herbert. . pp.1-85 (approx. 295 pages) Available on dLOC, however I recommend you buy your own copy. Senior, Olive. “ Jamaica Journal 11 (1977), pp. 62-72. Watch/Listen: “One Two Three Four Colon Man A come” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czQi7S6iMrs Readings: de Lisser, Herbert. . pp. 86-154. Coniff, Michael. in Black labor on a white canal: Panama, 1904-1981, pp. 3-16. *Guest Library Lecturer: Technology and Library Unit 2: Introduction to dLOC (individual accounts) and other relevant digital resources for the class. NO ASSIGNMENT THIS WEEK Week 5 NEWSPAPERS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY Sep. 23 Sept. 24 Sept. 25 Readings: de Lisser, Herbert. . pp.155-224. From Eric Walrond’s Tropic Death, please read all of the following stories: “Subjection” “Panama Gold” “The Palm “The Wharf Rats” “Tropic Death” Senior, Olive. “Window” in Discerner of Hearts, pp. 57-74.  RHONDA FREDERICK LIVE LECTURE Frederick, Rhonda. “Mythographies of Panamá Canal Migrations: Eric Walrond’s ‘Panama Gold’” in Marginal Migrations: The Circulation of Cultures within the Caribbean, pp. 43-76. Senior, Olive. “,” Jamaica Journal 42 (1978), pp. 87-103. ASSIGNMENT 3: REPRESENTING WEST INDIANS IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE
Guest Lecture via Skype: Rhonda Frederick Week 6 INDO CARIBBEANS ENTER MODERN CARIBBEAN LITERATURE Sept. 30 October 2 Readings: Mittelholzer, Edgar. Corentyne Thunder. Read Chpts. 1-15. Wahab, Amar. “Mapping West Indian Orientalism: Race, Gender and Representations of Indentured Coolies in the Nineteenth-Century British West Indies,” Journal of Asian American Studies 10:3 (October 2007), pp. 283-311 Guest Lecture: Daniel O. Suman, RMAS Mittelholzer, Edgar. Corentyne Thunder. Read Chpts. 16-29. Guest Librarian Lecture: WORKING WITH NEWSPAPERS Week 7 INDO CARIBBEANS ENTER MODERN CARIBBEAN LITERATURE Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Readings: Mittelholzer, Edgar. Corentyne Thunder. Read Chpts. 30-41. Naipaul, V.S. “His Chosen Calling” in Miguel Street, pp. 24-31. Selvon, Samuel. “Turning Christian” in Jahaji Bhai: An Anthology of Indo-Caribbean Literature, ed. Birbalsingh, pp. 15-21.  VICTOR CHANG LIVE SKYPE LECTURE Mittelholzer, Edgar. Corentyne Thunder. Read Chpts. 42-52. ASSIGNMENT 4: WORKING WITH NEWSPAPERS Week 8 THE CHINESE CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE Oct. 14 Oct. 16 Readings: Chang, Victor. “Light in the Shop” (Story), Small Axe, No. 2 (1997), pp. 103-108. Lee Loy, Ann-Marie. “” Anthurium 5:1 (Spring 2007). Guest lecture via Skype: Victor Chang Readings: Croft, Brenda L. “Laying Ghosts to Rest” in Colonialist Photography: Imag(in)ing Race and Place, pp. 20-29. Maxwell, Anne. “Introduction” in Colonial Photography and Exhibitions, pp. 1-14. VIEW Visual Materials: Cheuk Kwan, “Trinidad” Chinese Restaurants Fung, Richard. My Mother’s Place (1900). (Film) 49min long Albert. (Slides) Please click through all 9 slides. (Click “Next Work” on bottom of website page to view next slide.) Forrest, A.S. “” (Painting) from the travelogue, The West Indies (1900). Further Recommendations for Photography Readings:
Nov. 4 Nov. 6 Readings: Conde, Maryse. The Tree of Life. Read Chpts. 1-17 Brodber, Erna. Jamaica Journal 16.4 (November 1983), pp. 2-10. Guest Librarian Lecture: Collaborative Guides and Annotations In Viewing: Foster, Roman. Diggers (Film) 90min long; Readings: Conde, Maryse. The Tree of Life. Read Chpts. 18-30 . This series includes several Senate hearings about Panama Canal Matters. See especially pp. 931-981about the Guadeloupian women accused of prostitution on pp.941 ff Nwankwo, Ifeoma. “Voices from Our America: Interview with Emiliana Bernard Stephenson” Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies 4.3 (2009), pp. 331-341. ------. “Introduction: Making Sense, Making Selves. Afro-Latin Americans of British Caribbean Descent” Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies 4.3 (2009), pp. NO ASSIGNMENT THIS WEEK Week 12 CONTEMPORARY NOVELISTS NEGOTIATE THE PANAMA ARCHIVE (cont.)/ DIGITAL ARCHIVING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE Nov. 11 Nov. 13 Readings: Conde, Maryse. The Tree of Life. Read Chpts. 31-49. Guest Librarian Lecture: Metadata, Digital Archiving and the construction of knowledge Conde, Maryse. The Tree of Life. Read Chpts. 50-65. Guest Lecture via Skype by Laurie Taylor- on Metadata, digital archiving and the Construction of Knowledge In preparation for Professor Taylor’s talk, please Choose 3 dLOC sources you have found important and look closely at what kinds of information the catalog entry gives about this source. Examine what information it includes and try to imagine what information it excludes. NO ASSIGNMENT THIS WEEK Week 13 DIGITAL ARCHIVING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE (cont.)/ PLANNING WEEK FOR COLLABORATIVE DIGITAL PROJECT/ PLANNING WEEK FOR COLLABORATIVE DIGITAL PROJECT *Nov. 18 Nov. 20 Guest Librarian Lecture on Metadata and digital archiving PLANNING FOR ASSIGNMENT 8: Explore the digital projects linked in assignment 8 and consider what project you would like to undertake. You may explore other digital humanities projects and introduce them to the class via the wiki and class discussion.