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Podcast: The NeoLiberal Round
Episode: Lecture 6 Part 1: Reimagining the Caribbean β History, Identity & Invention
Description: What is the Caribbean?What it is not:Not simply βa group of islands surrounded by the Caribbean Sea.βThat colonial compass would erase Belize, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.The Caribbean is not just geography β itβs history, identity, and ideology.A Construct, An Invention:Ian Meeks and Norman Girvan argue the Caribbean is an invention, molded by the European gaze since 1492.The so-called βdiscoveryβ was really colonial construction β cultural erasure dressed as exploration.The Socio-Political Caribbean:Social scientists ask: In whose interest is society designed?Whose narra...