Project
Imagined Homeland: Dominica’s Literary Geographies
Project Director
Schuyler Esprit, Create Caribbean Research Institute
Project URL
https://web.archive.org/web/20220706120655/https://dominicadh.org/homeland/
Project Reviewer
Gianna Depina
I chose this project as it related to mine in various ways. Overall, this project aimed to contextualize the literary history of Dominica exploring the sociopolitical contexts that influenced the islands literature.
You may be asking questions like: What does she mean Dominica/Dominican? Are we talking about the Dominican Republic? I have never heard of Dominica! Which were all things I used to ask myself when I first met a Woman from Dominica. Similarly to Cape Verde, which is what my project is about, not many have ever heard of Dominica.
Similar to Cape Verde, Dominica is apart of an archipelago in the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela. The purpose and goals of this study is to deepen the understanding to literature while touching a bit on culture of Dominica.
This project was facilitated by a student done by individuals interning with the Create Caribbean Research institute. This methodology is also similar to mine, by gathering data from novels, ArcGIS and interview based data. Overall, this offers a rich exploration of Dominica’s literary geography. Passage also helps get rid of stigmas placed in “under developed” countries like Dominica, and help others see that these countries are also innovative and make a postive difference in history, along wit modern day society. This paper also elevates the benefits that DH has provided for these countries. The outreach granted through these technologies can facilitate growth within these intellectual communities within the Caribbean and others, along with creating unity.