Erna Brodber and Catherine John-Camara: "African Jamaican Disruptions and Routes to Freedom"
African Jamaican history is marked by disruptions. Kidnapping during the period of slavery, the challenges of settling in Jamaica in light of the geographical and social landscape, Black Jamaicans making a living after emancipation as well as contending with British culture. The challenges of making a living also resulted in rural and urban disruptions. How has the small village of Woodside, in the hills of rural Jamaica responded to all of these disruptions? Jamaican scholar and Woodside resident Erna Brodber and Black Atlantic scholar Catherine John-Camara will tell that story addressing this village’s particular past, the challenges faced over the years and various efforts on the part of community members to respond to these disruptions, disturbances and unrest. This story will also include other stories about how visitors to the community have responded to simply being there and experiencing Woodside as a geological and social space.
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Public Event
African Jamaican Disruptions and Routes to Freedom [March 15, 2017; video]
Spring 2017 Theme: Unrest
At an institution dedicated to inquiry and examination, the intellectual waters are always in a state of unrest. Unrest, in a scientific sense, can imply loss of equilibrium. Unrest can be one feature of a psychological state leading to questioning or creativity; of a social state leading to criticism or conflict. Unrest can be a stimulus or a crisis, a challenge or a moment.
