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

克威奥尔语在17世纪奴隶制时期出现在多米尼加和加勒比地区的其他地方，并成为当地人的第一语言。大约在上个世纪中叶，随着被殖民的母语英语逐渐取代克里奥尔传统，这种情况发生了变化。这种下降尤其在城市地区的青年中继续下去，并蔓延到一些农村地区。几十年来，在上层和中产阶级的家庭中禁止使用土著的奎约尔语，因为它当时被认为是下层阶级和农村人口的一种做法。此外，移民和定居在英国的家庭在很大程度上放弃了克里奥尔文化。因此，除了极少数情况外，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，通过文化标志和倡导者、媒体、旅游标牌、互联网和议会，在全国范围内努力将其应用扩展到非传统领域。这包括协调一致地推动“克里奥尔品牌认知度”，将其作为一种独特语言的丰富资产和推动艺术创意文化产业以及边缘化社区和海外移民的工具，作为一种有价值的国家遗产。然而，时至今日，kweyol在很大程度上仍被认为是流行音乐、讲故事、舞蹈和非正式谈话中庆祝的文化传统的一部分，但通常这主要限于克里奥尔月的活动。因此，KEK和其他倡导者最近努力提高该语言及其伴随的克里奥尔艺术形式在民众和文化旅游市场中的形象。然而，由于一个小岛屿和中低收入国家的重大限制和挑战，努力尚未充分实现。因此，迫切需要一种以证据为基础的方法来推进KEK的工作，将其作为该岛和更广泛的加勒比地区国家克里奥尔文化议程的核心驱动力。因此，DoBeC网络旨在通过公开辩论和研究，探索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寻求在短期内庆祝其在国家旅游平台上的创新表现形式，并在世界遗产地位层面上实现未来的持续增长。为了通过社会建构主义和参与活动理论寻求深入的语境理解，该网络将在两年的时间内采用一系列定性调查措施，如下所示：20172通过社交媒体开展在线活动，以提高公众意识和推广项目，20173在多米尼克高级委员会（英国）举办公众参与研讨会，20174创意产业专家公共论坛-贝德福德郡大学，20175在多米尼克主要文化中心(大湾、圣约瑟夫、卡里纳戈领土、小苏弗里埃地区、拉普兰、青年研讨会和焦点小组，多米尼克州立学院2018年，20197年青年研讨会和焦点小组英国，多米尼克高级委员会，2018年4月，2019年8专家视频采访文化专家，长老和岛上的偶像，2018年至20199年在多米尼加克里奥尔月期间举行的国际克里奥尔研讨会201810年10月学术会议-贝德福德郡大学，2011年夏季。收集的数据将有助于在短期内推进研究网络的具体目标，并形成一个平台，以推进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。

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.