Born and brought up in India ANNIE PAUL has lived in Jamaica since 1988 and is a writer and critic based at the University of the West Indies, Mona, where she is head of the Publications Section at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies. Managing editor of the journal Social and Economic Studies, Paul is the recipient of a grant from the Prince Claus Fund (Netherlands) in support of her book project on visual art and popular culture in postcolonial Jamaica. She was one of the founding editors of Small Axe (of which she remains an associate editor) and the original Caribbean Review of Books; she has been published in international journals and magazines such as Slavery & Abolition, Economic and Political Weekly, Art Journal, South Atlantic Quarterly, Wasafiri, Callaloo, and Bomb. Paul has also been a contributor to the GZTriennale, Documenta11; the AICA 2000 International Congress & Symposium at the Tate Gallery of Modern Art, Bankside, London; Meridien Masterpieces, BBC World Service; Dialogos Iberoamericanos (Valencia, Spain) and to forums sponsored by inIVA (Institute of International Visual Art, London).
Paul is author of the blog Active Voice click here to visit her website.
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No Space for Race: The Bleaching of the Nation in Postcolonial Jamaica
art, race and politics in Jamaica
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'Do You Remember the Days of Slav'ry?' Connecting the Present with the Past in Contemporary Jamaica
In early 2006, the parish councilors of St Elizabeth, Jamaica, decided not to support plans for celebration of the abolition of the slave trade citing the position taken by National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante, founding father of the Jamaica Labour Party, that ‘we should celebrate our achievements (but) we should not look back at our shame’. This article looks at this instance and others like it of ambivalence towards the memory of slavery and how it ought to be treated today. Main sources for the article are discussions in the public sphere, radio, newspaper and television debates on the subject, and interviews with key principals such as the chairwoman of the Committee for the Commemoration of the Abolition of the Slave Trade as well as dissenting voices such as the St Elizabeth councilors during the period 2006–2007 in the run-up to commemorative activities.
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V i s u a l i z i n g A r t i n t h e C a r i b b e a n
Catalogue essay for Brooklyn Museum show Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art,
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Re: Annie Paul
Thanks Annie, great to hear from you. Glad you like the $2 dollar! I'll be back in Jamaica Sept 2010 for a break in my current residency. Hope to link with you again then if possible.
Warmest regards,
Graeme
Re: Anne Paul
Long time, though I knew I would find you somewhere. How are things going down there in JA? I'm happily busy at the moment and I look forward to hooking up in the near future.
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Michael
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omg am just seeing this...i'm great Michael, good to hear from you! Dr. McMillan!
XXVII Black International Cinema Berlin 2012
Fountainhead Tanz Theatre, Black International Cinema Berlin, Footprints in the Sand? Exhibition, Cultural Zephur e.V.
THE COLLEGIUM Forum & Television Program Berlin Germany.
Motto:
I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure won"t if I don"t.
Oscar Brown Jr.
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View to the Future-The Flag still Flies...