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Dominica as a Centre of Excellence for the Preservation & Celebration of the Creole Culture through Language, the Arts and its indigenous Kalinagos

多米尼克作为保护卓越中心

基本信息

批准号：
AH/R004498/1
负责人：
Violet Cuffy
金额：
$ 6.81万
依托单位：
University of Bedfordshire
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2018 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FR004498%2F1
关键词：
Dominica Centre Excellence Preservation Celebration

项目摘要

The kweyol language surfaced in Dominica and elsewhere in the Caribbean during slavery from the 1600s and became the first language among the natives. About the middle of the last century this changed with the colonised mother tongue, English, moving into the main stream gradually replacing the creole tradition. That decline continued particularly among the youth, in the urban areas and spread into some rural regions.For many decades use of the indigenous Kweyol language was forbidden in the homes of the upper and middle class since it was then perceived as a practice among the lower class and rural population. Moreover, families who migrated and settled in the UK for the most part abandoned the creole culture. As such, except in rare cases an identity gulf was created between Black-British descendants and their Creole heritage.However in the last 30 years there have been efforts on a national scale to expand its usage into non-traditional domains by cultural icons and advocates, the media, through tourism signage, internet and Parliament. This involved a concerted drive towards 'creole brand recognition' as a valued national heritage for its rich assets of a distinct language and an instrument for advancing creative cultural industries in the arts and among marginalised communities and the diaspora.Yet still today kweyol remains largely conceived as part of the cultural tradition celebrated in popular music, storytelling, dance and informal conversations, but generally this is limited mainly to Creole month activities. Hence, there have been recent efforts by KEK and other advocates to raise the profile of the language and its accompanying creole art forms among the populace and within the cultural tourism market. Nevertheless, marked by significant limitations and challenges of a small island and an LMIC efforts have not been fully realised. Accordingly, there is urgent need for an evidenced based approach to advance the work of KEK as a core driver to the national Creole cultural agenda of the island and in the wider Caribbean region.Thus the DoBeC network aims to explore, through public debate and research, ways in which the creole heritage can be preserved and further developed to ensure sustainability of the way of life, language, unique fashion and artforms. DoBeC seeks to celebrate innovative forms of its representation on the national tourism platform in the short term and future sustained growth at the level of World Heritage Status.In seeking in-depth contextual understanding through social constructivism and engaging activity theory the network will adopt a series of qualitative inquiry measures over a two-year period as follows: 1 Initial online scoping and planning meeting among lead investigators, 20172 Development of online presence via social media to initiate public awareness and promote the project, 20173 Public engagement workshop at the Dominica High Commission (UK), 20174 Creative Industries Expert Public Forum - University of Bedfordshire, 20175 A series of out-district workshops & focus groups in key cultural hubs in Dominica (Grand Bay, St. Joseph, Kalinago Territory, Petite Soufriere Area, Laplaine, Cottage/Portsmouth/Vielle Case), 2018 -20196 Youth symposium & focus groups, Dominica State College 2018, 20197 Youth symposium & focus groups UK, Dominica High Commission, April 2018, 2019 8 Expert video interviews with cultural experts, elders and icons on the island, 2018-20199 An International creole symposium in the Dominica during creole month October 201810 Academic conference - University of Bedfordshire, Summer 201911. Creation of Documentary, 2019 The data collected will serve to advance the research network specific objectives in the short and form a platform for advancing the broader mid to long term goals for KEK as a Centre of Excellence in Creole heritage and cultural preservation in the Caribbean region.

奎约尔语在17世纪奴隶制时期出现在多米尼加和加勒比海的其他地方，并成为当地人的第一语言。大约在上个世纪中期，随着殖民地的母语英语逐渐取代克里奥尔语成为主流，这种情况发生了变化。这种下降趋势在城市地区的年轻人中继续存在，并蔓延到一些农村地区。几十年来，在上层和中层阶级的家中禁止使用土著奎约尔语，因为当时认为这是下层阶级和农村人口的一种习俗。此外，移民到英国定居的家庭大多放弃了克里奥尔文化。因此，除了极少数情况下，在英国黑人后裔和他们的克里奥尔遗产之间产生了身份鸿沟。然而，在过去的30年里，文化偶像和倡导者、媒体通过旅游标志、互联网和议会在全国范围内努力将其使用扩大到非传统领域。这涉及到一个协调一致的努力，以“克里奥尔语品牌认知”作为一个有价值的国家遗产，因为它拥有独特的语言和丰富的资产，并在艺术和边缘化社区和散居者中推动创造性文化产业的工具。然而，时至今日，kweyol仍然在很大程度上被认为是流行音乐，讲故事，舞蹈和非正式对话中庆祝的文化传统的一部分，但一般来说，这主要限于克里奥尔月的活动。因此，科索沃能源公司和其他倡导者最近作出努力，在民众和文化旅游市场中提高该语言及其附带的克里奥尔艺术形式的形象。尽管如此，由于一个小岛屿国家和一个内陆发展中国家的重大限制和挑战，其努力尚未充分实现。因此，迫切需要采取一种以证据为基础的办法，推动科索沃能源公司的工作，使其成为该岛和大加勒比区域国家克里奥尔文化议程的核心推动力，因此，DoBeC网络的目的是通过公共辩论和研究，探讨如何保护和进一步发展克里奥尔遗产，以确保生活方式、语言、独特时尚和艺术形式的可持续性。DoBeC旨在庆祝其在国家旅游平台上的创新形式在短期内和未来的世界遗产水平上的持续增长。在通过社会建构主义和参与活动理论寻求深入的背景理解时，网络将在两年的时间内采取一系列定性调查措施，如下所示：2017年，主要调查人员之间的初步在线范围界定和规划会议2，通过社交媒体建立在线存在，以提高公众认识和促进项目，2017年3，在多米尼克高级委员会（联合王国）举行的公众参与讲习班，20174创意产业专家公共论坛-贝德福德郡大学，20175在多米尼加的主要文化中心举办一系列地区外研讨会和焦点小组（大湾，圣约瑟夫，卡利纳戈地区，小苏弗里埃区，Laplaine，小屋/朴茨茅斯/维耶尔案例），2018 - 20196青年研讨会和焦点小组，多米尼克州立学院2018，20197青年座谈会&焦点小组英国，多米尼克高级专员公署，2018年4月，2019年8专家视频采访文化专家，长老和图标在岛上，2018-20199在克里奥尔语月期间在多米尼加国际克里奥尔语座谈会十月201810学术会议-贝德福德郡大学，夏季201911.所收集的数据将有助于在短期内推进研究网络的具体目标，并为推动KEK作为加勒比地区克里奥尔遗产和文化保护卓越中心的更广泛的中长期目标提供平台。