UNLOCKING MEMORY 2019 SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME

Programme at a Glance

Tuesday 29 October 2019 Wednesday 30 October 2019
8.30 a.m. – 9 a.m. ………… Registration
9: 30 – 10:00am – Featured Speaker Presentation:
9:00 -10:15am Opening Ceremony with Dr Tonia Sutherland
Feature Speaker, Dr Etienne Joseph/J. Edwards
“Gone But Not Forgotten: Living Memory as “Searching for Solitude: Black Women and
Decolonial Praxis Resistance in the French Colonial Archives”

BREAK 10:15 – 10:30am BREAK 10:00 – 10:15am

Panel 1: 10:30 – 11:45am Panel 5 10:15 – 11:30am
Rethinking Public Archives Tangible Formats?

BREAK 11:45 – 11:50am BREAK 11:30 – 11 35am
Panel 6 11:35 - 12:50 pm Performance as/in
Panel 2 11:50 -12:50pm the Archive
“New Texts for Old”
LUNCH 12:50 – 1:50 pm
LUNCH 12:50 -1:40pm Panel 7 1:50 – 2:50pm "Forms & Voices"

Panel 3 1:40 – 2:40pm BREAK 2:50 – 3:00pm
Curating Caribbean Creators
Panel 8 3:00 – 4:15pm
BREAK 2:40 – 2:45pm Curating Collections

Panel 4 2:45 – 3:45pm “Towards the 4:30 – 5:30pm Visit to the University Archives, UWI
Profession’s Future”: The Graduating Cohort Regional Headquarters
4:00 – 4:30pm Visit to the UWI Museum (optional)
6-8pm Distinguished Lecture in Archives
6:00 – 8pm Book Launch
“Decolonizing the Caribbean Record” An Archives and Records: Professor Donna Hope
Reader
“Implementing Digital Records Management & Thursday 31 October 2019
Information Governance” 9am-4pm: CARBICA-DLIS Master Class
with Mr. John Isaza

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Welcome, Symposium Convenor

It is an absolute pleasure to welcome you to our First Symposium on Archives and Records at the historic Mona
Campus of The University of the West Indies. Our gathering is indeed significant on several grounds as it is:

 The first assembly focused on the records and archives of the Caribbean since the watershed September
1965 Caribbean Archives Conference. The objectives of this Conference was, inter alia, “to emphasize
the need to preserve the records of today which are the archives of tomorrow”.

 Acknowledging the academic accomplishments of our first graduating cohort in, and the teaching faculty
of, the Master of Arts in Archives and Records Management programme. These five graduates, from
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, bravely entered a little known and
understood programme of study and faced many challenges that is part of being a first cohort. We
recognize their groundbreaking efforts. We also celebrate the commitment and support of our teaching
adjuncts and practicum supervisors, who went beyond the call of duty to ensure our graduates receive
the best possible holistic, yet Caribbean grounded, archival education.

 Celebrating the launch of the edited text, Decolonizing the Caribbean Record: An Archives Reader, which
not only chronicles the archival history of the Caribbean, but sheds light on the unique re/definitions and
articulations of Caribbean records and recordkeeping practices. This text is already inspiring new analyses
on Caribbean memory practices in the work of our students.

 Signaling the fulfilment of the ultimate purpose of the Archival Studies programme, which is to provide a
“dedicated space for the academic analysis of Caribbean memory and recordkeeping practices, which
are emerging out of the realities of the Caribbean experience.”

We gather mindful of the ‘locked’ realities facing Caribbean records and archives located in the region and
around the world: pressured by lack of preservation resources, redefined by new international legal stipulations,
often relegated to the custody of the untrained (and worse yet, the uninterested) and even more so, deemed
irrelevant and inaccessible to our communities.

Fortunately, there are opportunities for Unlocking Caribbean Memory:
Uncovering New Records and Discovering New Archives. The historical, the
artefact, the digital and the cultural are indeed memory expressions of our
dynamic peoples. The Caribbean needs homegrown archivists and records
managers even more so than it did in 1965. Our work requires us to be more
collaborative with our communities, engaging our ‘record’ creators, activists,
business leaders, creatives, and heritage enthusiasts in order to best capture the
most representative records of our dynamic contemporary societies.

May these three days be engaging, eye opening, and true to Caribbean archival
gatherings: filled with lots of serious merriment!
Bless,

Stanley H Griffin, PhD

Lecturer, Archival Studies

Message from the Head of Department

The Department of Library and Information Studies is pleased
to welcome you to its first symposium on Archives and
Records under the theme Unlocking Caribbean Memory:
Uncovering New Records, Discovering New Archives. This
symposium is significant for a number of reasons. It showcases the
Department’s efforts to contribute to the achievement of The
University of the West Indies’ Triple A Strategy of Access, Agility
and Alignment. It signals the Department’s commitment to
expanding its offerings and rebranding itself in order to provide
education and training in a dynamic information environment. It acts as a testimony to the records and archives
community that the region is now ready to join the international discourse of the field and to make its
contribution.

As we embark on this three day event, we want to congratulate our first batch of graduates, all trailblazers in
their own rights. As we uncover new records and discover new archives theirs is the task to lay the trail for others
to follow. It is important to point out that these five, representing five territories in the region speak to the
regional mandate of the Department to educate and develop library and information professionals in the
English-speaking Caribbean.
We acknowledge our regional and international partners who will contribute to this symposium in so many ways.
Your presence signals not only your support but also your stamp of approval as we seek to find our way and
plant our feet in this new and exciting field. Congratulations to the team which worked assiduously to put this
symposium together. This is the kind of expertise our graduates can emulate as they prepare to take their place
within this learning community of archivists and records managers. May the time spent here be rich and
rewarding. Our desire is that when you leave here you will share the good news with the archival and records
community that Caribbean memories are now in good hands.

We are grateful to our sponsors and other stakeholders. Your support of this symposium says that you believe in
us and what we are doing. We look forward to your continued support and partnerships.

Ruth Baker-Gardner, PhD
Lecturer
Head of Department (acting)

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The Genesis of the MA Programme in Archives & Records Management

at the Department of Library & Information Studies, UWI Mona

The Graduation Ceremony at Mona in November 2019 will be an historic one for the Department of Library
& Information Science as the first cohort of students will graduate from the Department’s programme in
Archives & Records Management.

This will be a ‘dream come true’, for the Department, 2013. These persons were Professor Jeannette
since its inception in 1971, had wanted to introduce Bastian (team leader) Simmons College, Mass. and
an archives programme According to Professor Dr. Kelvin White, University of Oklahoma, USA;
Daphne Douglas, the head of Department 1976 – John Aarons, Stanley Griffin, Sharon Alexander-
1980 and 1982 – 1993, it almost happened in the Gooding, Cherri-Ann Beckles and Sonia Black (UWI
late 1970’s when a funding agency promised to Archives & Records Management Programme); Avril
provide a lecturer in archival studies but this fell Belfon, Victoria Borg O’Flaherty and Claudette
through. Thomas, (national archivists of Trinidad & Tobago,
St Kitts & Nevis and Jamaica respectively).
The Department had to contend with short term
training courses such as the one week course it These experts recommended that a Master of Arts
offered in March 1986, with funding from the (MA) degree in Archives and Records Management
Organization of American States, for persons without be offered in the Department of Library and
formal training in charge of archives. Twenty persons Information Studies and that the mode of delivery be
(20) from ten (10) Caribbean countries attended. A online and face to face. The meeting developed a
post graduate course ‘Archives and Records detailed curriculum designed to appeal to potential
Management’ was offered over a six (6) week period students in a variety of small-island and/or tropical
during the summer of 2002. In the 2004-2005 environments.
academic year, the Department began to offer
introductory courses in records management at the The Department, which by now was headed by Dr.
both the undergraduate and graduate levels and Paulette Stewart, accepted the recommendations
these courses provided numerous library students and the members of the group of experts finalized
with basic information in records management. the course details. John Aarons and Stanley Griffin,
the archivists at the University Archives not only
Although the Department remained conscious of assisted in having them approved by the relevant
need for a full archives programme, it was not until university bodies, but taught the first courses on a
the summer of 2013 when Dr. Paulette Kerr, then part time basis. Three courses, which attracted
head of the Department, with the encouragement occasional students as well as library students
and support of UNESCO, organized a survey of registered in the Department, were offered in the
archival and related institutions in the region to 2015-16 academic year. In May 2016 the full
explore the feasibility of introducing an archival programme received formal approval from the
programme in the Department. University and it officially started in the 2016-2017
academic year. In September 2018, Dr. Stanley H.
The results of the survey, which indicated Griffin, assumed duties as the first full time lecturer
overwhelming support for a graduate degree in in Archival Studies. Today 28 students from the
Archives and Records Management relevant to the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad
Caribbean region, provided the baseline data for a and Tobago and the USA are enrolled in the
meeting of experts comprising ten archival Programme.
professionals held at the University in September

By John A. Aarons, CD

OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

Tuesday 29 October 2019

Registration……………… 8.30 a.m. – 9 a.m.

9:00 – 10:15am Symposium Opening Ceremony

With the kind compliments of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Youth and Entertainment, Government of Jamaica

Opening Remarks: Dr. Stanley H. Griffin, Chair

Welcome Dr. Ruth Baker-Gardner, Head of Department (acting)

Greetings Mrs. Claudette Thomas, Government Archivist, Jamaica

Greetings: Professor Waibinte Wariboko,
Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Education

Introduction: Mrs. Desaray Pivott-Nolan, Graduate, MA-ARCM

Feature Presentation : Dr. Etienne Joseph/Edwards
“Gone But Not Forgotten: Living Memory as Decolonial Praxis”

Abstract: It is no coincidence that the current spate of decolonial activity surrounding issues of heritage and

education (Msila, 2017; Bastian, Aarons, Griffin, 2018; Ghaddar, 2018) has been accompanied by an increasing
acceptance of archives as affective bodies (Cifor, 2016, Cram, 2016). The words body and affect imply an
animating energy – a life force. It has been suggested that any study of the past of people of African heritage must
engage with the notion of ‘living history’ if it is to properly represent our histories and experience (Marable,
2005).Grounded in research-based praxis, this intervention revisits and extends ideas of the living archive put
forward by Stuart Hall and others almost 20 years ago (Araeen, 2001, Bailey, 2001, Boyce, 2001, Featherstone,
2001, Hall, 2001). Drawing on the output of Etienne Joseph’s ‘Decolonising The Archive’ and Jeano Edward’s
2018 ‘Resonance’ project exploring Jamaican Kumina, the ‘paper’ invites a communal interrogation of, and
ultimately, advocates for a pluralisation of current understandings of exactly what constitutes a record and the
dynamic ways in which such records might be accessed and preserved.

Format: The paper will take the form of a facilitated conversation held in an immersive environment. Participants

will be given three guiding questions before being exposed to a range of media created during the course of the
facilitators’ research (film, audio, paper, quotations). This media will then form the basis of a conversation
exploring the core themes of the living archive and ‘praxervation’ – preservation as praxis.

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BREAK 10:15 – 10:30am

Panel 1: 10:30 – 11:45am Rethinking Public Archives
Chair: Mrs. Gayan Morris-Facey, Campus Records Manager, UWI Mona

John Aarons, “Safeguarding Jamaica’s official memory in the post-independence era: Some
Dilemmas

James Robertson. “Asking Where Our Collections Come From – Provenance, Categorization
and Gaps.”

Sonia Black, “Records Retention and Disposition Practices: Are We Presiding Over a Culture
of Destruction?”

Avril Belfon. “Now You See Me: A Case Study in Preserving Community Memory”

BREAK 11:45 – 11:50am

Panel 2 11:50 -12:50pm “New Texts for Old”
Chair: Mrs. Halcyon Wiltshire-Busby, Assistant Archivist, UWI Cave Hill

Norman Malcolm. “The “Articulate Minority”: Some Thoughts on Jamaican Twitter as a
Repository for Documenting Memory and Social Resistance.”

Joseph Prosper. “Oral Records in Antigua and Barbuda.”

Eric Kokke and Rita Tjien Fooh, “The National Archives of Suriname- Using Social Media to
Market Collections and Services to Local Clients.

LUNCH 12:50 -1:40pm
Panel 3 1:40 – 2:40pm Curating Caribbean Creators
Chair: Dr. Rachel Moseley-Wood, Head, Dept of Literatures in English, UWI Mona
Jessica Lewis and Bernadette Worrell-Johnson, “Unpacking the Peter Abrahams Archive, The
West Indies and Special Collections, The UWI Mona Library.”
Yulande Lindsay. “Miss Lou’s Views: a reflection of Jamaican life and culture through the eyes
of a Jamaican Icon.”
Raquel Stratchan-Innerarity “Mind the Gap: Challenges in Acquiring Private Collections for
Posterity”

BREAK 2:40 – 2:45pm

Panel 4 2:45 – 3:45pm “Towards the Profession’s Future” Student Papers
Chair: Mrs. Charlene Riley, University Archivist, UWI Vice Chancellery

Stephen Butters. “Archiving the Antigua Recreation Ground?: The Challenge of Capturing and
Preserving its History, Uses and National Memory.

Antonia Charlemagne-Marshall. “The John Robert Lee’s Papers and Its Contribution to St.
Lucian National Memory and Identity”

Carol Francis. “The Costs of Preserving the Audio Visual Heritage of Jamaica”

Desaray Pivott-Nolan. “Stamping a New Identity: The Value of Post-Colonial Philately to
Trinidad and Tobago’s Memory

Janelle Duke. The Church’s One Foundation: Toward The Establishment of An Archival
Space For The Anglican Diocese Of Trinidad And Tobago

4:00 – 4:30pm Visit to the UWI Museum (optional)

6pm – 8pm Book Launch, “Decolonizing the Caribbean Record” An Archives Reader”
Foyer, Regional Headquarters Building

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Wednesday 30 October 2019

9: 30 – 10:00am Feature Presentation Session

Welcome & Opening Remarks: Dr. Stanley H. Griffin, Chair

Introduction: Mr. Stephen Butters, Graduate, MA-ARCM

Feature Presentation: Dr. Tonia Sutherland, Assistant Professor, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
“Searching for Solitude: Black Women and Resistance in the French Colonial Archives

Abstract: Western historiography has tended to overlook the role of resistance by enslaved peoples in abolitionist

narratives. This is due in no small part to the inherently racist descriptive practices of colonial archives. Traits that
colonial administrators attributed to enslaved people, uncritically reproduced through archival description, imply
that enslaved people were: “quiet and hardworking,” “idle,” “bellicose,” or “liable to revolt (Schmidt).” Even
abolitionists themselves often failed to recognize the value and significance of acts of resistance. As Nelly Schmidt
argues, the resulting narratives about and descriptions of enslaved people, often simply attributed in accordance
with the presumed geographical origin of enslaved African people, tell us little about underground resistance and
social survival networks in the French colonies (Schmidt).

This paper reports on research on Black women’s resistance in colonial Guadalupe in the Archives Nationales de
France, paying particular attention to how archival sources have been and can be used to construct (counter)
narratives of resistance. By critically examining archival sources such as legal documents, narrative reports and
testimony, private and administrative correspondence, and funerary and death records, the author hypothesizes
that read against the archival grain, there is evidence to support mythologies around the resistance and survival
of enslaved women in the French Caribbean.

The paper focuses on the case of La Mulâtresse Solitude, an enslaved woman in Guadeloupe who has come to
be known as a symbol of resistance to the French colonial and slavery projects. What little is currently known about
Solitude is taken from a few unattributed lines in Histoire de la Guadeloupe, a mid-19th century book by Auguste
Lacour (Lacour). Always portrayed as pregnant, it is believed that Solitude was taken prisoner in May 1802 after
a revolt against the reestablishment of slavery. Solitude was sentenced to death for her role in the abolitionist
uprising and tortured in November 1802, one day after giving birth.

The paper reports on findings from searching for evidence of Solitude in the French archives: her role in the
uprising in Guadeloupe, her pregnancy, the fate of her child, her sentencing, torture, and eventual death. By
searching for Solitude, the author hopes to provide not only evidence of resistance and revolt among Black women
enslaved in the French Caribbean, but also a potential roadmap for archival scholarship and practice around
reading for and describing acts of resistance in colonial archives.

BREAK 10:00 – 10:15am

Panel 5 10:15 – 11:30am Tangible Formats ?
Chair: Dr. Enrique Okenve, Head, Department of History & Archaeology, UWI Mona
Elsie Aarons. “Cast in stone: memories from memorials.”
Thera Edwards and Edward Robinson, "Wither Withywood: Using traditional and new record
sources in geointerpretative methods to reconstruct Carlisle Bay's biophysical history"

Monique Barnett-Davidson. “Remembering Art Exhibitions: A Jamaican Purview.”
Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski, “Beyond the Monolith: Recasting Ronald Moody.”

BREAK 11:30 – 11:35am
Panel 6 11:35 - 12:50 Performance as/in the Archive
Chair: Dr. Lisa Tomlinson, Institute for Caribbean Studies, UWI Mona
Linda Sturtz. “Music, History Making and the Archives”
Shawn Wright. “Singing Our Caribbean Identity: Programming the UWI, Mona Festival of the
Nine Lessons with Carols”
Kai Barratt. “’Savannah Grass’: Soca and Collective Memory”
Allison Ramsay. “Jamettes, Mas and Bacchanal: Carnival in the Archives in Trinidad and
Tobago.”

LUNCH 12:50 – 1:50pm
Panel 7 1:50 – 2:50pm "Forms & Voices"
Chair: Dr. Joseph Farquharson, Deputy Dean, Graduate Studies & Research, FHE, UWI
Mona
Jesse Boiteau “Silenced no More: Indigenous Voices Countering Colonial Contexts in the
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Archives.”
Kevin Montero “Recording And Recordkeeping Practices in the Maya Community of Southern
Belize
John Hunte, “Dancing the National Narratives: Concert Dance as Archive.”

BREAK 2:50 – 3:00pm

Panel 8 3:00 – 4:15pm Curating Collections
Chair: Dr. Shani Roper, University Museum, Vice Chancellery
Fletcher Durant. “The University of Florida’s Boat Film: Returning access to shared newspaper
collections

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Nicte Fuller Medina. “Collecting the Caribbean: a case study of post-custodial digitization
with Cuban institutions.”

Dwayne Cargill. “Modernising the Government of Jamaica’s Records and Information
Management Framework: A model for Caribbean Governments?”

Rita Tjien Fooh. “Capturing the Life Story of Javanese Immigrants in Suriname
4:30 – 5:30pm Visit to the University Archives (optional), UWI Regional Headquarters

6:00-8:00pm Distinguished Lecture in Archives and Records: Professor Donna Hope

“Engaging New Frontiers in the Preservation of Caribbean Memory: The Dancehall
Archive”
Foyer, Regional Headquarters Building

ABSTRACTS ACCORDING TO PANELS

10:30 – 11:45 am PANEL 1: RETHINKING PUBLIC ARCHIVES

John Aarons, Retired University Archivist, University of the West Indies
Brief Bio: John served as University Archivist, The University of the West Indies, 2009 - 2014;
Government Archivist, Jamaica Archives & Records Department, 2002 - 2008; He also held
various positions at National Library of Jamaica, 1976 - 2002 including serving as Executive
Director 1992 - 2002. Adjunct lecturer DLIS 2006 – 2017.

Paper title: “Safeguarding Jamaica’s Official Memory In The Post-Independence Era: Some
Dilemmas.”
Abstract: Like many national archives in the region, the official records in the Jamaica Archives still consists

chiefly of those of the colonial era. The institution in fact is based on these official series – many of which date
back to the 17th and 18th centuries, and survived the ravages of time. Like other pioneering archivists, the first
archivist was able to acquire these ‘legacy collections’ to form the nucleus of the holdings. However modern
archival records have to be acquired in a systematic matter by appraisal under a structured records management
programme.

There is a paucity of these records (in all formats) in the Jamaica Archives – as in other national archives in the
region – especially for the post-independence era (the 1960’s to date). This has consequences for the country’s
memory in two main areas:

Firstly, there is an absence of official documentation of the history of the period and this has dire consequences
for precedents and the historical record. Unlike the colonial period when copies of many record series were sent
in London, and are now in The National Archives, there is no longer a ‘safety net’. We are on our own;
Secondly, and this goes to the heart of this Symposium, how does one uncover ‘new records’ and ‘discover new
archives’ when the ‘traditional’ ones are not, for whatever reason, reaching archival custody.

Professor James Robertson. Professor of History, UWI Mona
Paper Title: “Asking Where Our Collections Come From – Provenance, Categorization And
Gaps.”
Abstract: It has now been twenty years since Kenneth Ingram concluded his dogged pursuit of manuscripts

relating to the West Indies. Over that period our copies of his catalogues have seen hard use, while further
collections have been opened for consultation. This conference offers an opportunity to consider what record
groups have yet to be tapped, both to consider what problems assessing such materials might offer and to think
about how to address such absences. With Ingram’s catalogues before us can have some sense of what West
Indian collections have somehow survived to find shelter in modern archives, but while this means that the
muniment rooms of expat property holders are well represented – encouraging historians to think about how to
read such lists and account “against the grain” – how far can a conference like this one encourage both archivists
and historians to think about what other shelves would have held material with the potential to illuminate West
Indians lives and the societies they built? Posing this question might, I hope, prompt discussions. Not just how
else to interrogate the material that may already be available, but also on where to go to search for new material
(besides among the papers of members of the independence and even the post-independence

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generations). Acknowledging that we do stand on the shoulders of giants may prompt us to look around for
additional places to search.

Sonia Black, Adjunct Lecturer, Records Management, UWI DLIS
Paper Title: “Records Retention And Disposition Practices: Are We Presiding Over A Culture
Of Destruction?”
Abstract: Issue: Records and Information Management (RIM) in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean is a fairly

recent practice and most organizations are faced with a growing volume of records without any clear idea of what
to do with them. Very often organizations have been keeping records from their inception. Consequently, they are
experiencing huge backlogs of unscheduled records and a retention and disposition programme is the earliest
function employed in the process of establishing RIM in the organization.
Unfortunately, most organizations tend to get stuck in the implementation of the records disposal phase of the
Programme once the immediate need is satisfied. They do not progress to managing records through the full life
cycle and most importantly are losing valuable records that should accrue to the archives. In short, once
organizations are relieved of the burden of keeping valueless records they do not embark on a holistic approach
to identify what records should be created to support the full range of organizational functions and identifying the
records that should be preserved for archival purposes. The underlying assumption would seem to be that if we
are not destroying records then we are ‘archiving’ them.
This paper examines the current situation and posits that a records management programme should not only focus
on records destruction as a solution for our storage problems otherwise we are 1) in danger of encouraging a
culture of inappropriate destruction; and 2) perpetuating a disconnect between records and archives. It will attempt
to reconcile current practices in Jamaica with the theoretical basis for retention and disposition in order to identify
the gaps that exist and determine a way forward that embodies best practices. Finally, it will outline the appraisal
methodologies and systematic retention scheduling which would lead to the identification and preservation of
archives.

Avril Belfon, Government Archivist, National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago & President,
Caribbean Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (CARBICA)
Paper Title: “Now You See Me: A Case Study in Preserving Community Memory”
Abstract: The National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago collaborated with the Caribbean Yard Campus (CYC)

for the training of community organizations in the preservation, management and promotion of their history and
heritage. The Caribbean Yard Campus is an educational enterprise that is designed to network traditional
knowledge systems in the Caribbean. The twelve (12) week course entitled “Now You See Me…: Preserving
Community Memory” aimed to empower community and cultural organizations to preserve and give public access
to their heritage. This course was based on community projects being undertaken by participants employing a
collaborative learning process where participants and facilitators engaged in the development of one another’s
projects. Fourteen participants registered representing a range of groups such as stickfighting, moko jumbies, folk
performers, village groups among others. The experience yielded so much more than we could have imagined. It
was a learning experience for all involved. For the archives it meant having to conceptualize ways of recording
concepts and rituals that were central to the identity of members of the groups. For the groups, it was finding ways
to communicate things which were for years treated negatively and had to be hidden and protected. The
presentations at the end told the stories and a little over a year later we are seeing tangible results of this interaction.

PANEL 2: “NEW TEXTS FOR OLD”
11:50am -12:50pm

Norman A. Malcolm, MA Heritage Studies, Senior Teacher, Ardenne High School,
Independent Researcher
Brief Bio: Norman is a seasoned educator and Senior Teacher at Ardenne High School in
Jamaica. He currently teaches History and Caribbean Studies at the CAPE level.

Paper Title: “The “Articulate Minority”: Some Thoughts on Jamaican Twitter as a Repository
for Documenting Memory and Social Resistance”
Abstract: In 2014, Jamaican politician Robert Pickersgill dismissed Jamaican users of social media platform,

Twitter, as an “articulate minority and not ordinary Jamaicans” who were using the platform to challenge the
political status quo. This public dismissal led to ‘twitter storms’ and blogs about the political hegemony’s lack of
respect for (the criticisms of) all Jamaicans, and in particular the users of social media. The size of Jamaica’s
Twitter population is still up for debate, yet as a space and activity, Jamaican Twitter has become noticeably
prominent enough to serve as means of documenting events, activities, personalities, faux pas, and perspectives,
which are not broadcasted, expressed, or represented in other traditional media.[1] This paper considers the
Twitter activities of the “articulate minority” as not only a new source and repository for Jamaica’s national memory,
but more importantly, a Foucaultian Counter-Memory. Jamaican twitter illustrates the definition of Counter-
Memory, i.e. “the practice of memory formation that is social and political, one that runs counter to the official
histories of governments, mainstream mass media, and the society of the spectacle”.[2] Examples of Jamaican
tweets will be used to discuss this new record format of Jamaican society and its counter-memory to official
narratives. This paper forms part of my growing interest and project on Jamaica’s digital culture and its place in
negotiating and articulating Jamaican cultural heritage and identities.

Joseph Prosper, Director, National Archives of Antigua and Barbuda
Paper Title: “Oral Records In Antigua And Barbuda”
Abstract: Oral records are an important source for the study of history in Antigua and Barbuda. The National

Archives of Antigua and Barbuda collects and conserves a small amount of oral records. There are some holdings
within the archives of the local media houses and the Department of Culture. In all cases practice has preceded
theory and there is no national plan to define areas of responsibility and no agreement on uniform practices. The
author describes current holdings and practices and advocates the development of a coherent policy to ensure
the collection, preservation, and use of oral records.
Bibliography “The XI International Archival Congress held in Paris on “new archives” (22-26 August 1988).

Eric Kokke, Marketing & Communications ManagerGO | School for Information
Rita Tjien Fooh, Director National Archives of Suriname
Brief Bios:
Rita Tjien Fooh has worked at the National Archives of Suriname since 2002. First as a member
of the Management of the National Archives from 2004- 2010. From 2010 until the present,
she is the National Archivist / Director of the National Archives. In the Caribbean Branch of
the International Council on Archives (CARBICA) she served as Vice President from 2010- 2014.
In December 2014, she was elected as the President of the CARBICA for the term 2015-
2018. From 2015-2017 she was the President of the UNESCO Memory of the World Program
for the Latin American and Caribbean region (MOWLAC). In Suriname she is also a part-time

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lecturer at the Anton de Kom University of Suriname / the Faculty Humanoria / History
Department, where she teaches Archival studies from 2015 till 2018. She has a Archivaris A
diploma from the University of Amsterdam /Archiefschool and a Masters degree in Public
Administration from the Erasmus University / FHR Lim A Po Institute. She is now a member of
the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of UNESCO of the UNESCO Memory of the World
Program.

Eric Kokke entered the world of Information in 2003 as an Education Manager/Marketing
Manager for an educational institute specialised in archiving, information retrieval and
document management. From the start, he had a keen interest in digitization of information
and sharing the importance of this skill with information specialists. In 2013 he joined GO
opleidingen (= GO Education), a leading educational institute for information related courses
in the Netherlands. For over 70 years, GO opleidingen developed courses to train and educate
information professionals for the future. Outside the Netherlands GO opleidingen is active in
the Dutch Caribbean, Belgium and India. Mr. Kokke also serves as editor for the magazines
Od (Governmental Information) and IP (Information Professional) and is also active on several
professional organizations such as the KNVI (Royal Dutch Association of Information
Professionals - Board Member) and the Innovation Council for Dutch Libraries.
In 2015 en 2018 Eric Kokke acted as creative director for two well received documentaries on
Information Services ‘Alles is informatie’ (Information is everything’) and ‘Toegang!’ (‘Acces!’,
available on Vimeo via https://vimeo.com/328530963).

Paper Title: The National Archives of Suriname (NAS): “Using Social Media to Market
Collections and Services to Local Clients”
Abstract: In 2010 the National Archives of Suriname (NAS) relocated to modern facilities on the outskirts of

Paramaribo to provide improved and innovative services to its clientele. In 2016 the NAS assumed responsibility
for the management of the ‘Suriname Archives’ from the Netherlands. Acquisition of this collection would
attract more clients to conduct research in family history, use the modern facilities and increase the visibility of
NAS to the people of Suriname. Social Media played an essential role in the success of this marketing
campaign. collection and other services offered.One of the positive side effects was an increase in the number
of donations of private archives to the NAS.
Mrs. Rita Tjien Fooh and Eric Kokke will present on how the NAS campaign was introduced and marketed to
local clients and the effects of social media on the number of visitors and the acquisition of archives. At the
same time, the challenges a small archive institutions are faced with, will be discussed.

PANEL 3: “CURATING THE CARIBBEAN CREATORS”
1:40 – 2:40pm

Jessica C. Lewis, Head, West Indies and Special Collections (WISC) Main Library, The University
of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica
Bernadette Worrell-Johnson, Special Collections Librarian, West Indies and Special Collections
(WISC), Main Library, The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica

Brief Bios: Bernadette Worrell-Johnson is a Special Collections Librarian in the West Indies
and Special Collections (WISC) section of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona
Library. She acquired her MLIS in 2015 and gained over 10 years’ experience from the
National Library of Jamaica. There, she was engaged in reference, research, rare book
collection and preservation management and library outreach. With her appointment to the
WISC in November 2018, she has gained the opportunity to further hone her knowledge of
West Indiana content and participate in the discovery of hidden gems while maintaining
standards to ensure collection longevity.

Paper Title: “Unpacking the Peter Abrahams Archive, The West Indies and Special
Collections, The UWI Mona Library”

Abstract: The University of the West Indies, Mona Library houses the personal papers collection of the late

journalist Peter Abrahams. The collection falls into several categories within the Library’s West Indies and Special
Collections (WISC) as a West Indian Creative Writers or Literary Manuscript collection. In unpacking the archive,
it is evident that Abrahams was a “…distinguished immigrant…” as described by George Panton in his 1975 Arts
Profile Gleaner series, determined to deliver works of top quality and high impact in each publication or radio
broadcast. Abrahams maintained his Trans-Atlantic connections, and this is evidenced by correspondence with
members of the South African political sphere and fellow journalists. Within the Abrahams papers, the voice of an
astute social and political commentator, impassioned Pan-Africanist and renowned novelist resonates. This paper
will explore the processing journey of acquisition of the Peter Abrahams archive and shed some light on this
collection as a treasure trove in relation to broadcasting, nationalism, race relations and literature. It will also
explore the provenance of the collection, description, organization, use as a teaching tool and progress thus far.

Yulandé S. Lindsay, Manager/Librarian, Audiovisual and Micrographic Services Unit, National
Library of Jamaica
Brief Bio: A graduate of the University of the West Indies with both a B.A. in History and an
M.L.S. in Library and Information Studies. Has worked at the National Library of Jamaica since
1995 and is currently the Head of (and Audiovisual Librarian) the Audiovisual and Micrographic
Services Department (since 2011). Strongly believes that the Audiovisual Archives are severely
underutilized and is convinced that this situation can be rectified by educating persons about
the value and use of the collections housed there.

Paper Title: “Miss Lou’s Views: a reflection of Jamaican life and culture through the eyes of a
Jamaican Icon”
Abstract: Consisting of approximately seventy (70) audio reel to reel tapes, the recordings of Miss Lou’s Views

represents an important contribution to the cultural heritage of Jamaica. Recorded during the 1960s at the now
defunct Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC), Miss Lou’s Views are Louise Bennett-Coverley’s commentary on
Jamaican life. Sharp, observant and humorous, presented primarily in the Jamaican dialect through the
observations of “Auntie Roachie” Miss Lou’s famous fictional muse, Louise Miss Lou’s Views educates as well as
entertains. These recordings are the only ones of their kind which now exist and represent a unique vision of
Jamaica as expressed by one who is a cultural icon in her own right.
This presentation will comb through this rare archive, gleefully reveling in the adage “the more things change, the
more things stay the same”, rejoicing in her use of the Jamaican language, listening in wonder at her poetic grace.
As Auntie Roachie comments on how robots saved people when the buses failed, frequent power cuts, water

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shortages and frequent strikes, we are reminded of a Jamaica that is both long gone and still here. Miss Lou is
not only our cultural icon, but our memory. One that behoves us to preserve at all costs.

Racquel Stratchan-Innerarity, Senior Archivist, Jamaica Archives and Records Department,
Adjunct Lecturer, Archival Studies, DLIS
Paper Title: “Mind the Gap: Challenges in Acquiring Private Collections for Posterity”
Abstract: Acquisition is the process of identifying and acquiring records of archival value either by donation,

purchase or loan, and it is through this process that an archival institution expands its holdings to meet the needs
of its users. Archives acquire two distinctive types of records which may be broadly described as public or
institutional records (records of his sponsor) and private collections. The legal right of the archival institution to
pursue an acquisition programme for private collections is governed by its legislation and effected through its
acquisition policy, which identifies the kinds of materials it accepts and the conditions or terms that affect its
acquisition. The policy serves as the legal framework to guide archival staff, organizations and persons interested
in donating their records of the collection mandate of the archival institution. The legal and quasi-legal mandates
under which archivists work generally contain extensive definitions or descriptions of public or institutional records,
but records of private individuals are treated as the victims of poverty, because it is a vague and ambiguous
collecting area. The acquisition policy is therefore shaped and limited by the powers of the archival legislation
and the perspectives, standpoints and biases of the archivist who create it at different times and in different
contexts. The success of an acquisition programme in the field of private archives therefore rests on the strength
of the legal framework, the initiative of the archivist, tools and resources available for the implementation of the
programme and the management of copyright and other intellectual property rights. These elements will be
critically assessed in the context of the Jamaica Archives and its acquisition programme for private collections.

PANEL 4: “TOWARDS THE PROFESSION’S FUTURE” - STUDENT PAPERS
2:45 – 3:45 pm

Stephen Butters, member of 1st cohort of MA-Archives & Records Management, UWI
Paper Title: Archiving the Antigua Recreation Ground: The Challenge of Capturing and
Preserving its History, Uses and National Memory.
Abstract: The purpose of this research paper seeks to consider the way in which the landscape known as the

Antigua Recreation Ground (ARG) can be “archived”. The colonial records show that some thirty years after
emancipation, a petition was made to the Members of the House of Assembly seeking permission for a parcel of
land to form a Cricket Club. In 1864, the Antigua Cricket Club was formed.
This social space which was a bastion of British hegemony with saw the ‘masters’ of the game, suffering the
indignity of being blackwashed against a West Indian cricket team whose forbears were former slaves. With over
one hundred and fifty (150) years of history, the landscape has been transformed into a multi-disciplinary cultural
space where carnival activities, football, concerts, track and field activities, independence activities and parades.
However, in 2007, the Antigua Recreation Ground lost its cricketing status to the brand new Sir. Vivian Richards
Cricket Stadium for the ICC Cricket World Cup.
Now that the ARG is no longer the main venue for the nation’s premier sporting activity or national celebrations,
and is now relegated to hosting other minor sports and Carnival activities, this paper will consider how the memory
of this prime location could be captured, preserved and made available for future Antiguans and Barbudans.
Using the “Community Archives’ concept, this paper will argue that the sporting community, from popular
cricketing stars to grounds men, food stall vendors and diehard cricket enthusiasts, can come together to collect
ephemera, photographs, and other tangible forms of memorabilia in order to ‘archive’ the ARG and protect its
legacy for the future.

Antonia Charlemagne-Marshall, member of 1st Cohort, MA-Archives and Records
Management,
Paper Title: The John Robert Lee’s Papers and Its Contribution to St. Lucian National Memory
and Identity
Abstract: National Archives is an important place for the safekeeping of and access to a society’s

memory. Within the materials in its holdings are a range of interconnected memories: personal, collective,
historical, archival and national Without the creator’s role in accumulating and the archivist role in acquiring,
describing, arranging and making them accessible the archives, these memories would be lost or faded. This
research paper examines one of the archival fonds at the National Archives Authority of St. Lucia (NAASL), The
John Robert Lee Papers, and explore its contribution to the national memory and identity of St. Lucia. Lee, in his
various capacities as poet, writer, librarian, information officer, cultural officer, member of the Nobel Laureate
Week organizing committee and much more, has created and accumulated archival items documenting St. Lucia
and St. Lucians over the years. The Papers not only fulfil the mandate of NAASL’s acquisition policy of illustrating
growth and development of St. Lucia and St. Lucians but also possesses historical, literary and cultural secondary
values in its range of memory types.
This research is based on archival research methodology. It uses document analysis and thematic analysis to
highlight the subject areas/aspects of the fonds which contribute to national memory and identity. The goal of
the research is to discover subjects/themes that could be regarded as national memory and their
perspectives. The research would also consider to what extent the Private Papers of notary citizens can be used
for documenting and reflecting on national memory. To what extent do they complement official or governmental
records? And also should National Archives be deliberate in the pursuit of Private Papers as they are mandated in
their acquisition of official records?
The research is of importance not only to the citizens of St. Lucia but also to researchers (students, scholars and
administrators) in recollecting the memory of events and perspectives of national significance particularly those,
which portray identity. Furthermore, due to the diversity of the subject matter covered from cultural, historical,
literary, political to Nobel laureates, it has local, regional and international appeal particularly to The University
of the West Indies. Finally, it clarifies the wealth of possibilities for a national archive to deliberately and
appropriately represent its entire nation by its archival holdings.

Carol Francis, member of 1st Cohort, MA-Archives & Records Management, UWI
Paper Title: The Costs of Preserving the Audio Visual Heritage of Jamaica
Abstract: Archives are said to be the repository of a society’s memory, knowledge and identity. Institutions that

do not have a comprehensive preservation and archiving strategy stand to lose priceless records as there is no
possibility of recreating them. In Jamaica, unique audio visual records that trace the history of the island is housed
in publicly managed archives. Audio-visual (AV) records include film, photographs, video and sound recordings
in analogue and digital formats which are fast becoming obsolete. These records both complement and
supplement paper records; are great founts of knowledge; shed light and allow for meanings that are not readily
visible; provide for governance and help to preserve the cultural mores of a society. The window of opportunity
to convert AV records for long term preservation is closing fast. Experts estimate it will close permanently in less
than 20 years as the physical carriers are, according to Mike Casey, author of ‘Why media preservation can’t
wait; the gathering storm’ deteriorating, disappearing and fast becoming inaccessible (Casey 2015. 14).
The records life-cycle model was used to underpin the study in the theoretical framework. The qualitative approach,
examination of documents, reports and observation was used to conduct case studies of the Public Broadcasting
Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ), Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) and the Jamaica Information
Services (JIS) Television Unit. This study presents a general discussion of the issues involved including the complex

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issues of preservation, and accessibility of audio visual archival records in publicly managed institutions in
Jamaica. The results of the study showed the need for preservation strategies; trained staff; inappropriate storage
environments; lack of equipment; inadequate financial resources; and the need for strong preservation policies
and legislation. Recommendations are proffered.

Desaray Pivott-Nolan, member of 1st Cohort, MA-Archives and Records Management, UWI
Paper Title: Stamping a New Identity: The Value of Post-Colonial Philately to Trinidad and
Tobago’s Memory
Abstract: The concept of memory as a social construct in Archival Studies is gaining increased interest. Being

extensively examined by the likes of philosophers, historians, anthropologists and psychologists to name a few, the
connection between archives and memory is one that has been up for debate in recent years. Used as a metaphor
for the roles of archives, many archival theorists are joining the conversation through the justification and
reinforcement of the pivotal role of archives in the preservation of collective memory. Given the prevalence of
textual materials in Archives, other media within its holdings are often overlooked. Though arguably containing
similar intrinsic or informational values, philatelic materials, such a postage stamps fall into this category. Stamps
contain a wealth of information within their borders and play an important role in the preservation of collective
memory. Through the use of documentary analysis and the archival descriptive standard ISAD(G), publicly
accessible stamp collections were examined and analysed to highlight the value these philatelic materials possess
in tracing the iconography of Trinidad and Tobago’s memory in the postcolonial era and the formation of its post-
independent national identity. The paper considered the increased need for the acquisition, promotion and access
to contemporary philatelic materials in archival institutions, and their contributions to research and history.

Janelle Duke, member of 1st Cohort, MA-Archives and Records Management, UWI
Paper Title: The Church’s One Foundation: Toward the Establishment of An Archival Space
for the Anglican Diocese of Trinidad And Tobago
Abstract: Church records remain some of the most secluded sources of information for research purposes. The

implications have been felt by many researchers worldwide. For the Anglophone Caribbean region, the Church
of England (Anglican Church) was an inseparable arm of State during colonialism. However, its records remain
separated and undiscoverable by users who wish to examine its contents. The framework for church records in
islands such as Trinidad and Tobago is not limited to simple church history searches rather, it is also suited to
ideological research about Trinbagonian society, as well as establishing genealogical lines and proof of land
ownership. The records of the Anglican Church in Trinidad and Tobago are disbursed among the various churches
around the Diocese inclusive of the Office of the Incorporated Trustees at Hayes Court. A formal Archives has
never been officially established and therefore the holdings around the Diocese are largely disorganized. This
paper seeks to establish the legitimacy of Church records as community archives, essential to the collective memory
and national identity of Trinidad and Tobago. It also explores the question of either lodging the records at the
National Archives or the establishment of an independent Archives managed by the Church. It discusses the current
ongoing work to survey the existing records across the Diocese and design process for the creation of a formal
archival repository at Hayes Court. The paper ends with an update of the current status of the project and
recommendations for improvements in the future.

BOOK LAUNCH
6 – 8pm

Book Title: Decolonizing the Caribbean Record: An Archives Reader
edited by Jeannette Bastian, John Aarons, CD and Stanley H. Griffin

Abstract: Comprising 40 essays by a range of authors,
most of whom are from the region, it seeks to disrupt
the traditional notion of archives and places them
instead “within the context of Caribbean cultures and
identities where the oral may be privileged over the
written, the creative design over text, the marginal over
the mainstream”. It addresses issues such as the
archival value of oral traditions and other cultural
expressions as well as records repatriation and
community archives. Archives are presented within the
context of a society which has ensured slavery,
oppression and exploitation and how these impacted
on records creation and preservation.
Guest Speaker: Professor Emeritus Patrick Bryan, CD
retired professor of History at the University of the
West Indies, Mona Campus.

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PANEL 5: TANGIBLE FORMATS?
10:15 – 11:30am

Elsie E Aarons, Retired Librarian
Paper Title: Cast in stone: Memories from Memorials
Abstract: Memorial stones found in churches and cemeteries provide a treasure trove for researchers, historians

and genealogists. The paper examines the topic with special reference to St. Andrew Parish Church, Half Way
Tree, Kingston. The current structure dates back to 1700 and contains numerous memorials dating back to the
1660’s (some from a previous building). The cemetery is some 8 1/2 acres and currently has over 7,000 graves,
including those of many prominent Jamaicans.
A cemetery, or a church, can provide archival information to be derived from memorials and inscriptions. They
provide brief but important facts relating to a combination of history, social standing and position, genealogy,
family and relationships. Additional information includes reference to ships – grounded or destroyed, battles – lost
or won, or even health issues – general or widespread. Given the space restriction and perhaps the cost of each
letter, brevity, accuracy and succinct text regulates the content. Much of this can provide a springboard to further
research or be a catalyst for in-depth study. Apart from the relevance of the memorials to our history, many are of
interest to families overseas as they relate to their ancestors who worked or served in Jamaica where they eventually
died.
The future of information recorded as memorials could be uncertain given the increasing use of columbaria and
commercial cemeteries where only basic biographical details are recorded or permissible.

Thera Edwards Ph.D. Map Curator, Dept. of Geography and Geology, University of the West
Indies, Mona Campus;
Edward Robinson#, Ph.D., O.M. Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Geography and Geology,
University of the West Indies, Mona Campus

Brief Bio: Thera is presently the Map Curator of the Map and Image Library (MAIL) in the Dept.
of Geography and Geology at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. She holds a
Ph.D. in Landscape History from The University of the West Indies. Her areas of professional
specialisation include biodiversity, protected areas, watershed management, vegetation
ecology, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and mapping as well as project
management. Thera also serves on the Council of the Jamaican Geographical Society and is
Chairman of the Board of the Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation.

Brief Bio: Emeritus Professor Edward (Ted) Robinson graduated with an honours degree in
Geology, with ancillaries in Land and Mine Surveying and Petroleum Production Engineering,
from Birmingham University in 1956. He gained a PhD in Geology from the then University
College of the West Indies in 1969. Ted worked from 1956 to 1961 as a geologist with the
Geological Survey Department of Jamaica until he joined the staff of the UWI in 1961 as a
lecturer and helped found the Geology Department with Dr Kevin Burke. He taught for over
35 years and served as Department Chair from 1966 to 1981. 1976 was a landmark year as
he worked on the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica peat for fuel project and received his
appointment as Professor. After a spell overseas, Ted rejoined the Department of Geography

& Geology at UWI in 1991 until his retirement in 2001. After retirement, he established the
Department’s Marine Geology Unit (MGU) where he continued working until 2012.

Ted is a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and the Jamaican Institute
of Environmental Professionals. He is a past member of several boards; namely Petroleum
Corporation of Jamaica, International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Science and
The National Council on Ocean and Coastal Zone Management and the Caribbean Coastal
Area Management Foundation. Ted’s work has been recognised by the Norman Manley
Award for Science and Technology, the Musgrave Silver Medal for Science and the Order of
Merit. He has over 150 academic publications and numerous miscellaneous technical reports
to the Jamaican Government and other Governments. His main research interests are the
palaeontology of microfossils, especially from Jamaican and Floridan rocks, and the
geological and geomorphological processes involved in coastal erosion and sea-level rise.

Paper Title: “Wither Withywood: Using Traditional And New Record Sources In
Geointerpretative Methods To Reconstruct Carlisle Bay's Biophysical History”

Abstract: The history books of Jamaica mention two Carlisle Forts. The more well-known one which was

destroyed in the 1692 earthquake formed part of the Port Royal defensive complex protecting Kingston Harbour
(Cundall, 1915; Long, 1774). The second, built three years after the destruction of the first one in Clarendon
(formerly Vere parish) on the south coast is mentioned in accounts dealing with the attempted invasion of the
island by the French in 1694 (Cundall 1915; Long 1774; Buisseret 1983; Hughes 2017). The repulse of the
French at Carlisle Bay almost completely obliterated the once thriving township of Carlisle (Withywood) but
irrevocably consolidated the British hold on Jamaica. The historical accounts and maps of Vere in the seventeenth
century are remarkably vague in locating the sites associated with Carlisle town. The ever changing, sinuous twists
and turns of the Rio Minho in its the flood plain were not controlled in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
hampering precise location of the river’s mouth at the time of the incursion. Later maps locate the fort and
associated port reasonably well. The whole complex has deteriorated to the point that it is currently partially
submerged under the sea and hence absent from current topographical maps.

The advent of aerial photography and subsequently satellite imagery have added new tools for the study and
identification of historical remains of interest. Examination of aerial photos taken from 1941 through 1999 and
satellite imagery between 2003 -2019 identified common historical structures, meanders of the Rio Minho as well
as the progressive retreat of the shoreline and treeline through time. Fieldwork conducted in summer 2019 at the
site employed vegetation analysis using transects and a terrestrial laser scanner along with snorkeling investigation
of the submerged structures. The methods of analysis of fieldwork data, manuscript plans of estates, interpretation
of remotely sensed images to explicate the biophysical history and the findings are presented in this paper.

Monique Barnett-Davidson, Assistant Curator in Education, National Gallery of Jamaica,
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Library and Information Studies, UWI Mona
Paper Title: Remembering Art Exhibitions: A Jamaican Purview
Abstract: As part of a wider research initiative to explore the value of Jamaican art exhibitions as modalities for

heritage representation, this presentation seeks to discuss the archival significance of art exhibitions in Jamaica.
Currently under-researched within Jamaican cultural and art history, exhibitions of artwork produced in Jamaica,
about Jamaican subject matter and by Jamaican artists, have been occurring since the late eighteenth

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century. Initially associated with the civilizing mission of British imperialists colonizing Jamaica, exhibitions of art
have been inextricably tied to narratives of cultural and national identity, at times moving past other commercial
objectives such as marketability of the artists and sales.

The cultural value of artworks is attributed to or becomes enhanced through, the design of exhibitions: from the
allocation of space, to the development of exhibition narrative, to the associated public relations activities. These
activities, particularly since the beginning of the twentieth century, have increasingly produced a plethora of
documentation worthy for archival interest. Presently these include journalistic articles such as press releases and
reviews, advertisement developed for print and online sources, exhibition publications, labels and text panels,
photography, general commentary in the form of letters to a newspaper editor, as well as other forms of the
endorsement of opinions within online social media. For researchers of art, these documentations extend the value
of the exhibition event beyond its duration and can offer a window into various considerations about the promotion
of art as part of cultural practice.

This research attempts to contribute to the increasing interest in studying exhibitions internationally, by curators,
art historians and cultural theorists. In the Jamaican context, the need for the study of art exhibitions and their
impact is further intensified as they serve as the primary mode of distillation for Jamaican artists and art practice,
in lieu of other established modalities, for example the development of art historiographies. Analysis of the
documentation produced as a result of exhibition development has been very valuable to local researchers and
further increases the archival significance of art exhibitions for the artistic community and the wider society.

Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski, PhD Student, Chelsea College of Art and Design (University of the Arts)
/Tate Britain
Brief Bio: Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski is currently a PhD student at Chelsea College of Arts (UAL) and
Tate Britain. Her doctoral research investigates the life, works, mobilities and philosophy of
Ronald Moody, placing much needed critical attention on the artworks and personal papers of
Jamaican sculptor and philosopher Ronald Moody (1900 - 1984). Focusing predominantly on
his life in Britain (1923 - 1984), the research will contextualise Moody as a complex networked
figure
and will examine the interconnectedness of key artistic relationships. She holds a master’s
degree in Archives and Record Management (International) from University College London,
UK. Her work explores archives in relation to Black and minority ethnic and histories and
experiences in Britain and throughout the Diaspora.
Paper Title: Beyond the Monolith: Recasting Ronald Moody
Abstract: This presentation aims to contextualise Jamaican sculptor and philosopher Ronald Moody (1900 –

1984) as a complex networked figure and practitioner, examining his artworks, and personal papers, as well as
key artistic friendships, networks and influences. Attempting to move beyond the dominant accepted narrative,
which grounds Moody as forgotten, invisible and marginalised. Instead, contemplating Moody through a lens
that explores his art practice, contributions, impact and value to the landscape of British and global art history.
Art critic Guy Brett (2001) refers to ‘four moments’ during the 20th century, in which Moody’s work received wide
recognition. The presentation will identify these four key moments during his career and explore the possibility of
a fifth moment existing in the 21st century. The presentation will revisit what is considered Moody’s second moment,
the 1939 exhibition Contemporary Negro Art, which took place at the Baltimore Museum of Art and included his
elm carving of a female head, Midonz. Employing this moment, I will reflect on how Ronald Moody’s archive as
an object of research can inform and help us explore African diasporic identities, migration, and Black presence
in Britain and Europe from the 1920s onwards. Reflecting on Stuart Hall’s Constituting the Archive (2001) I will

embrace the concept of the ‘living archive’ as a tool to illustrate the tangible and intangible, in relation to what
constitutes archival practice.
In conclusion, I will discuss how the research connects to the current discourse of the ‘archival turn’ in
contemporary art practice, the increased use of records in art making processes, and the movement of records
into and through art production, display, circulation, consumption and exchange, has given rise to a rich body of
practices, works and experiences that activate the archive and connects the past with the present (Carbone, 2016).

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PANEL 6: PERFORMANCE AS/IN THE ARCHIVE
11:35am - 12:50pm

Linda L. Sturtz, Professor and Chair of the History Department, Macalester College,
Minnesota, US
Paper Title: Music, History Making and the Archives
Abstract: Although sounds are perhaps the most ephemeral record of the past, written accounts reporting on

singing and music-making effectively preserved how people who could not write managed to “publish” their views

in public.

In Caribbean history, people publicly present their world views and histories through festive performances like

carnival. Scholars can analyze these performances to understand the outlooks of people in the past who did not

read and write about their own lives. Like oral history and other methods of recovering the past, analysis of public

performances, especially the music and sounds central to these events, allows historians to expand our

understanding of what constitutes the archive and provide for a more inclusive account of the past.

Expanding our notion of what constitutes the archive matters in the present. Michel-Rolph Trouillot, outlined how

excluding voices from the past shaped power relationships in the present by identifying the relationship between

history and archives. In in his influential volume, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History¸ Trouillot

warns about how history-making is threatened by the process of silencing that occurs in four critical moments.

[T]he moment of fact creation (the making of sources);

the moment of fact assembly (the making of archives);

the moment of fact retrieval (the making of narratives);

and the moment of retrospective significance (the making of history in the final instance).

In this paper, I want to direct our attention to Trouillot’s second stage of producing history, “the making of archive”

and suggest one way we can attempt to overcome some of the silencing of the past.

Specifically, this paper will consider how historical actors transcended the limitations of written texts when they

communicated their grasp of what mattered in the past through public performances. The paper will focus on

the practice of “putting people in songs.” Through this form of recounting events that had taken place within

communities, illiterate people produced history that has entered the written record. When outside observers

reported on these performances, their written accounts provide an opportunity to return lost voices to the archive.

Through this indirect means music provided historical actors with the means to “assemble” the “facts” of their

existence and then use music to make a narrative and proclaim a world view that can be considered an archive

in the terms that Trouillot outlines. By collecting and analyzing accounts of these performances, including the

sounds produced in them, we can expand our understanding of what constituted a functional archive produced

by people in the past who did not leave behind a written record they produced themselves. By examining the

practice of “putting people in songs” this paper demonstrates a method for expanding “the making of archives”

in Trouillot’s terms.

Shawn R. A. Wright, Musical Director and Conductor of the University Chorale, Mona
Paper Title: Singing Our Caribbean Identity: Programming the UWI, Mona Festival of the
Nine Lessons with Carols.
Abstract: When the University College of the West Indies was established in 1948 as a college of the University

of London, it not only instituted academic endeavours that mirrored the University of London, but cultural and
customary aspects were also established. This includes the Festival of the Nine Lessons with Carols, affectionately
called Carol Service. This yuletide activity was established in Britain in the late nineteenth century as a service for
the church and community on Christmas Eve. It was adapted – with minor changes – to the familiar format we
know today in 1919[1]. The service continues to be a major calendar event on the Mona campus – always being
held on the second Sunday in December at 7pm in the University Chapel.[2]
Song selections in the Festival of the Nine Lessons with Carols have changed over the years from traditional British
carols to songs of a more Caribbean nature and flavour. Reviewing the archival programmes and recordings of
the service, one notices some fixtures and some changes. Certain selections have not been used since the 1960’s
and 1970’s—the watershed period for independence and other postcolonial revolutions in the Anglophone
Caribbean. One further observes that these changes took place under the musical directorship of Mr Noel Dexter,
the notable composer of well-known Caribbean hymns and former head of the University’s Music Unit. His
contributions to the Music Unit at the PSCCA and choral music on the campus and, by extension, the Anglophone
Caribbean, are well-known and profound.
This Paper will consider the correlation between Dexter and the University in shaping the annual carol service since
his appointment in the late 1970’s up to 2009. It will discuss the history of choral music on the Mona campus
in the late twentieth century into the early twenty-first century, which continues to influence this cultural activity in
the wider Caribbean. Moreover, it will reflect on the vital importance event programmes and ephemera have as
documents of performances for researching the various expressions of Caribbean culture.

Kai Barratt, PhD, Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of
Technology, Jamaica
Paper Title: “Savannah Grass”: Soca and Collective Memory
Abstract: Soca is an upbeat version of calypso that emerged as a legitimate genre in the late 1970s in Trinidad

and Tobago. It is also the music of the modern day Trinidad Carnival, which culminates on the two days before
Ash Wednesday. The carnival in Trinidad and Tobago has roots in European pre-Lenten festivities along with
African rituals and traditions. Carnival, in this regard, is a performance of cultural resistance and a celebration of
freedom, which is captured in its musical expressions.
The themes in soca lyrics mostly surround having fun, partying, relationships, and sexuality. Soca verses are shorter
and there is a greater emphasis on hooks that make it conducive for dancing. However, it is seen as formulaic
and without the social and political commentary that usually characterize calypso. Gordon Rohlehr (2004) sums
up the perception of soca as a commodified popular genre of music:
It is a kind of ‘fast-food’, mass- produced, slickly packaged and meant for rapid consumption and swift
obsolescence. As a cultural commodity soca: defines its target group and adopts whatever methods of devices
are necessary in order to sell itself. (11) Benitez-Rojo’s (1996) contextualizes the Caribbean carnival as being “one
thing and the other at the same time…it serves the purpose of unifying through its performance that which cannot
be unified” (307). While soca is entertaining and evokes feelings of joy and celebration, it also captures the socio-
cultural paradoxes of carnival. This paper uses Kes the Band’s (2019) Savannah Grass as a case to examine soca
as a repository for collective memory not just for time and place, but also for the paradoxes that define carnival.

Allison O. Ramsay, Lecturer in Cultural/Heritage Studies at The University of the West Indies,
St. Augustine Campus.

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Paper Title: Jamettes, Mas and Bacchanal: Carnival in the Archives in Trinidad and Tobago
Abstract: Archival collections such as those located in the West Indiana and Special Collections of the University

of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago can be used to discuss the intangible cultural
heritage of the Caribbean. This paper seeks to examine collections such as the Michael Goldberg Postcard
Collection, the Dennis Mahabir Collection and the Lisa Winer Papers to bring to the fore cultural expressions such
as Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago. Prior to emancipation in 1838, Carnival was mainly confined to the upper
class of the community; however, the formerly enslaved in the late nineteenth century transformed Carnival into
what became known as the Jamette Carnival. I seek to highlight some Carnival practices, aesthetics and
experiences of the black working class, particularly women who were called jamettes in the late nineteenth century.
Jamettes referred to black women in nineteenth-century urban Trinidad who were associated with the barrack
yards, gangs and the streets. An examination of these collections gives voice to the marginalised and notes the
importance of cultural resistance and African cultural retention in Caribbean heritage, one that is complex due to
the intersectionality of gender, race, colour and class in West Indian societies.

PANEL 7: "FORMS & VOICES"
1:50 – 2:50pm

Jesse Boiteau, Senior Archivist – National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Paper Title: Silenced no More: Indigenous Voices Countering Colonial Contexts in the
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Archives
Abstract: In the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada’s release of their 2015 Final

Report and 94 Calls to Action, archives and archivists are faced with the challenge of balancing western archival
practices that reflect the context in which colonial records were created, with the experiences and truths
of Residential School Survivors and marginalized Indigenous communities. In the case of the records documenting
the Residential School system in Canada, the names of the students represent more than simply the subjects of the
records created by government departments and church entities. They represent living, breathing people with
diverse relationships to more than solely the textual records aimed to track and document the progress of
assimilating Indigenous Peoples in Canada. In order to properly preserve and promote the multi-sided stories
behind these records, it is imperative that both the theory and practice around decolonizing archival processes
takes into account the diversity and plurality of contextual narratives that exists within archival holdings.
Using the records held by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) as a case study, this paper will
discuss how the NCTR uses the content management system Access to Memory (AtoM) along with decolonizing
archival theory to create space for the plurality of voices present in this record set to move beyond traditional
archival descriptive practices that focus merely on record creators. By giving Residential School Survivors more
archival authority, it is possible to make connections not only between Survivors and colonial records, but also
between Survivors, colonial records, audio-visual testimonies, contemporary photographs, artistic and cultural
expressions, communities, languages, cultures, and more. By unlocking our perspectives on what constitutes an
archival authority and how they play a role in creating and shaping archival records over time, we begin to shed
light on the web of relationships that reflects the cultures and lived experiences of Residential School Survivors and
their families in Canada. On an international level, this shift in perspective and use of decolonizing archival theory
and practice can be applied to any archival institution, regardless of location or mandate.

Kevin Montero, Deputy Director, Belize Archives and Records Services
Paper Title: Recording And Recordkeeping Practices In The Maya Community Of Southern
Belize
Abstract: According to Shoman (2011), the Maya civilization dates back thousands of years and includes what

are now southern Mexico, western Honduras, El Salvador and Belize. Its classic period saw tremendous
achievements, one of which was the development of a sophisticated writing system. This paper reviews the
contemporary recordkeeping practice among the Maya Community of southern Belize. Its records management
system will be reviewed to highlight both strengths and weaknesses or deficiencies in the classification,
organization, storage, retrieval, and preservation of records, regardless of form or medium, that seek to preserve
the cultural memory of this community.
This paper will include the efforts and experiences of the leading Mayan NGO’s and community leaders to gain
an understanding of their methods of documenting their cultural memory, both independently and through external
assistance, and its subsequent recordkeeping approaches. Where possible a review of their accumulated records
will be undertaken. It is expected that this visit will provide an understanding of their method of organization of
records, the types of records held and the identification of any private collection, if any, of records held by
prominent members of the community. In addition to an assessment of the state of records and as part of its
mandate to “assist public offices and other institutions to follow good record keeping practices”, the Belize Archives

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and Records Service will offer recommendations on how to acquire, preserve and make available the unique
expressions of the Maya community.
Finally, some specific recommendations will be made for practical training based on needs assessment with
emphasis on the preservation of records given that these communities and institutions are situated in areas that
are prone to hurricanes, high annual rainfall and the adverse effects of being near the sea.

John Hunte, PhD, arts practitioner, activist, and teacher.
Paper Title: Dancing the National Narratives: Concert Dance as Archive
ABSTRACT: The development of concert dance in the 1960s and 1970s in Barbados reveals the continued

contestation between afro-centric and euro-centric ideologies and methodologies in a space that privileges the
latter. This article discusses the formation of the Barbados Dance Theatre Company (1968 – present) and its
juxtaposition with the Yoruba Foundation (1974 -1979). Here, dance appears to take on several meanings. It can
act as a celebration of and as a tool of liberation. Presentations can also serve to disturb the space, to reinforce,
resist and preserve one’s identity against forces designed to assimilate.
The modern dance teaching of Barbados’s first Artistic Director of Barbados Dance Theatre Company by white
American Mary Stevens revolutionized concert dance as Barbados looked towards political independence in
1966. Other dance expressions included: masquerade practices to tuk music from pre-emancipation, landship
(a social organization and indigenous cultural form that was formally established in the 1860s), and 20th century
manifestations of wukking up and social dancing (including classic, latin, and top 40s dancing). In the
subsequent formation of the Barbados Dance Theatre Company in 1968 also emerged discourses on classism,
gender identity and racism that prompted other prolific and varied dance expressions of concepts of Barbadian
national identity in the 1970s, beginning with Yoruba Foundation.
Captured in these archives are the extent to which race, class and gender interfaces in Barbadian space and are
reflected in dance practices. Gilroy, “(considers) the global spread of black people … through the flows of
people, ideas, money, objects, music,” and by inference, dance (“The Black Atlantic”). The dance, when viewed
as archive, outline the ways in which concert dance groups were privileged, and formed systematically reinforce
the capitalist, patriarchal norms that are found within the social fabric of Barbados.

PANEL 8: CURATING COLLECTIONS
3:00 – 4:15pm

Fletcher Durant, Head, Conservation and Preservation, University of Florida, George A.
Smathers Libraries
Brief Bio: Fletcher Durant is the Director of Conservation and Preservation at the University of
Florida's George A. Smathers Libraries. He is a trained libraries and archives conservator with
an MSIS from the University of Texas.
Paper Title: The University of Florida’s Boat Film: Returning access to shared newspaper
collections
Abstract: From its founding, the University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries have actively committed to

collecting materials related to the Caribbean to support the University’s research and teaching missions. In a case
study on promoting and managing access to hidden materials, UF is working on making collections that have
historically been limited in accessibility and description available to a wider community of international researchers
and stakeholders by migrating historic newspapers from microfilm into digital formats that will be freely and openly
available to users through the internet. Partnering with the University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras and thanks to
a generous grant by the Council on Library and Information Resources Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and
Archives Program, UF is digitizing approximately 800,000 pages of newspaper from Puerto Rico and the
Anglophone Caribbean from 1789-1923 in hopes of allowing diasporic communities better, easier access to
historic primary sources to use as they wish. Half of the materials selected for digitization represent Anglophone
Caribbean newspapers and gazettes that were originally microfilmed on site in Caribbean during the 1950s and
60s by University of Florida librarians. The project will result in improved cataloguing and metadata of the
newspaper titles, fully text-searchable pages, and more resilient storage of hurricane and disaster threatened
content.
This paper will present major lessons for archival institutions for managing digitization projects of historic
collections, particularly those materials, such as cellulose acetate film, that may have acute preservation needs.

Nicté Fuller Medina, CLIR fellow in data curation in Latin American and Caribbean Studies,
University of California, Los Angeles
Brief Bio: Nicté Fuller Medina obtained her PhD at the University of Ottawa. She is a
sociolinguist who researches language in Belize, specifically, bilingualism, language mixing,
and linguistic ideology. She is currently the inaugural CLIR-Mellon fellow in data curation in
Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and sits on
the Scholarly Advisory Board for the Digital Libraries of the Caribbean (dLOC). She is
currently developing a decolonial model for preservation and repatriation of legacy
sociolinguistic data to Belize.

Paper Title: Collecting the Caribbean: a case study of post-custodial digitization with Cuban
institutions
Abstract: The International Digital Ephemera Project (IDEP) is a UCLA Library initiative that partners with

institutions in Cuba, Armenia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, and South Africa to digitize, preserve and provide broad
public access to print, images, multimedia, and social networking resources from their collections. UCLA uses a
post-custodial model (Bastian 2002) where partner institutions retain custody of materials and, based on their
needs, UCLA assists in building technical and archival capacity within the cultural heritage institutions. The UCLA-
Cuba partnerships have resulted in open access to important print and audiovisual material that have been

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otherwise unavailable to scholars, both on and off the island, and to develop strong ties to the Cuban cultural
memory community in spite of political barriers (Osorio and Sangwand 2018). To date, the collection comprises
252,388 digitized items from a variety of media i.e., Spanish language and Chinese language newspapers, literary
journals, Universidad del Aire radio programming, and movie posters, all of which can be found online. As a
result of the work under IDEP, the UCLA library has initiated a new granting program, the Modern Endangered
Archives Program (MEAP), which provides grants to institutions worldwide on a competitive basis to digitize at-risk
materials from the modern era. This presentation discusses the post-custodial collaborations between UCLA and
various Cuban institutions, the challenges faced while preserving and providing access to Cuban cultural heritage
in Cuba and the ways in which the library has expanded its post-custodial collecting efforts through projects such
as MEAP.

Bastian, J. (2002). Taking Custody, Giving Access: A Postcustodial Role for a New Century
Archivaria, The Journal of the Association of Canadian Archivists. 53, 76-93.
Osorio, J. and Sangwand, T. (2018). Puentes para preservación: Building preservation
partnerships between the U.S. and Cuba. 2018 Congress of the Latin American Studies
Association, Barcelona, Spain, May 23 – May 26.

Dwayne Cargill, Principal Director (Acting), Information Division, Ministry of Education, Youth
and Information, Government of Jamaica
Paper Title: Modernising the Government of Jamaica’s Records and Information Management
Framework: A model for Caribbean Governments?
Abstract: The Government of Jamaica (GoJ) through Cabinet, approved a comprehensive Records and

Information Management (RIM) Policy which provides for an integrated, standardized, and secured RIM System,
which facilitates access to Government information and archival material (MoEYI, 2018). This, in an effort to
improve its decision making capacity and ultimately leading to an enhance customer experience and service
delivery. The Office of the Cabinet (2014) commissioned RIM Assessment highlighted a break down in the RIM
systems across the Public Sector. Among the issues identified are the varied RIM policies and practices in
Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs); multiple and outdated RIM legislation; inadequate oversight and
governance for RIM generally and in MDAs specifically; lack of written procedures for RIM; and varying/no
classification scheme (OoC, 2014). The policy in addressing these issues, provide a framework to be adopted by
all MDAs and signaled the government’s intention to modernise the governance framework for RIM through the
reorganisation of the Jamaica Archives and Records Department into a National Archives and repealing and
replacing the existing Archives Act with a more modern legislation, among other things.
The GoJ RIM Policy mandates an approach that aligns with ISO 15489 and ISAD (G) 2nd edition keeping in mind
the rapid pace in information and communication technologies trend and the need for the Government to
adjust. The implementation has therefore been incremental and considers the economic situation of MDAs and
the resource intensive nature of the RIM Programme. Insights into the successes and challenges will be discussed
to provide useful guidance and best practices for Caribbean practitioners with similar experiences.

Rita Tjien Fooh, Director National Archives of Suriname
Paper Title: “Capturing the Life Story of Javanese Immigrants in Suriname”
The National Archives of Suriname launched their oral history project officially in 2013 to
record/capture the life stories of Javanese emigrants in Suriname, who were recruited as
indentured labourers in the early twentieth century. Although the National Archives is the
custodian of the records of the Emigration department, these records are just capturing the
views of the colonial government/the planters and not the experiences of the emigrants

themselves. From 2013- 2015 the National Archives interviewed about 50 Javanese emigrants
living in the various districts of Suriname. These life stories will be published in 2020 when
Suriname will commemorate 130 years of Javanese immigration.
In this presentation I will share the methods we used to capture the life stories of these
emigrants, the challenges we encountered and the results of this project.

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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
6:00-8:00pm

Professor Donna Hope, Professor of Culture, Gender and Society in the UWI Mona Campus’
Institute for Caribbean Studies

Brief Bio: Donna P. Hope is Professor of Culture, Gender and Society in the Institute of
Caribbean Studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West
Indies, Mona Campus in Jamaica.

Lecture Title: “Engaging New Frontiers in the Preservation of Caribbean Memory: The
Dancehall Archive”

ABSTRACT: The cultural preservation of post-independence

Caribbean memory is an ongoing task that must be tackled with
expedience. Today, our post-millennial realities are rife with new
paradigms that represent new ways of being and becoming.
These new paradigms simultaneously make and re-make histories,
while gifting us modern ideas, methods and mechanisms for
curating and preserving tangible and intangible artefacts of
Caribbean culture. Here, traditional models of memory-keeping,
guarded by select gatekeepers, must contend with non-traditional
forms in cyberspace. Spaces like the internet, social media and
attendant portals are transformed into archives, upon and though
which select visions of the past, present and future collide. These
archival visions of Caribbean memory are curated and historically
rendered on a singular timeline by ordinary citizens busily
engaged in making and re-making history.

The Dancehall Archive and Research Initiative is one key example that is brokered on the pervasive and
accessible nature of these modern archival spaces. As a child of this era, The Dancehall Archive was
born out of a desire to identify and utilize new locations for archiving post-independent Caribbean
cultural memory; and to safeguard, preserve and provide access to same. Thus, moving beyond the
traditional archival space, this ambitious project is brokered on preservation and innovation as twin
towers that can provide non-traditional and accessible locations for accessing Caribbean memory in
the post-millennial era.

THURSDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2019

CARBICA-DLIS Master Class
Implementing Digital Records Management and Information Governance

9am-4pm
Main Facilitator: John Isaza, California-based attorney, CEO of Information
Governance Solutions featuring Virgo™
Brief Bio: Mr. Isaza is one of the world’s foremost experts in the field. He has developed
information governance and records retention programs for some of the most highly regulated
Global 1000 companies. John is co-author of 7 Steps for Legal Holds of ESI & Other
Documents, a contributing author to the ABA’s Internet Law for the Business Lawyer, 2nd
Edition, as well as Editor-in-Chief and co-author of the recently released, Handbook on Global
Social Media Law for Business Lawyers. Mr. Isaza is past co-Chair of the American Bar’s Social
Media Subcommittee, a Fellow of ARMA International, and current co-Chair of the ABA’s
Consumer Privacy and Data Analytics Subcommittee.

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Acknowledgements

The Department of Library & Information Studies will like to thank the following persons and
entities for their support of the First Symposium on Archives and Records

 The Symposium Review & Programme Committee: John A. Aarons, CD; Dr. Ruth Baker-Gardner;
Professor Jeannette Bastian; Dr. Suzanne Francis-Brown; Dr. Stanley H. Griffin; Dr. Rosemarie
Heath; Professor James Robertson; Dr. Paulette Stewart

 The Department Office: Mrs. Carlene Jacobs-Smith, Ms, Angella Wilson, Mr. Mark-Jeffery Deans
 The Symposium Secretariat: Mrs. Natonya Garwood; Ms Shawna-kay McFarlane; Ms Alicia

Lawrence; Ms Carol Francis; Ms Janelle Duke, CARBICA
 Mrs. Florence Francis and the staff of the Regional Headquarters Building
 The Caribbean Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (CARBICA)
 Professor Donna Hope, Mr John Isaza, Dr Etienne Joseph, Dr Tonia Sutherland, and all presenter

and participants.
 The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport
 The University Archives of The UWI
 The Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica
 UWI TV
 Mona Information Technology Services (MITS)
 Faculty and Staff of The Department of Library & Information Studies
 The UWI Library and Information Students Society