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If you haven‘t already heard, the growing area of cultural and creative industries is our forte, and our flagship Cultural Studies, and Entertainment & Cultural Enterprise Management undergraduate and graduate programmes have attracted persons locally, regionally and internationally. We are grateful that you found your way here to explore what we do as a department.

Publications

Articles A Study on the Creative Industry as a Pillar of Sustained Growth and Diversification – The Film And Music Sectors In Jamaica: Lessons From Case Studies of Successful Firms and Ventures by Hendrickson, M. & Stanley Niaah, S READ NOW Report on the Expert Group Meeting on the Film and Music…Continue reading “Publications”

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Institute of Caribbean Studies Courses

Courses

The Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) offers a range of courses and programmes at both the Mona Campus and the…

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Global Reggae Conference 2019

6th Global Reggae Conference 2019

Call for papers 6th Global Reggae Conference – Reggae Innovation and Sound System Culture II February 13-16, 2019, UNIVERSITY OF…

25Feb 201830 Jul 2018

MHRA Style Guide

This online resource provides a readily available source that could be used by all students but especially graduate students as…

Handbook 2018/2019

View the Institute of Cultural Studies (ICS) Handbook for a full list of Courses and Programmes offered by the Department. ICS Handbook 2018/2019

Course Descriptions (2018/19)

Semester I (2018/19) - Course Descriptions Level I Courses & Descriptions Level II Courses & Descriptions Level III Courses & Descriptions

Going Back to the Roots: Using Cultural Heritage Assets to Boost Tourism in the Parish of Portland by Vivienne Theresa Pitter

29 Jul 201829 Jul 2018

This dissertation conducts an examination into issues of power and culture through the case of tourism in the parish of Portland. It evaluates the power structures that have privileged traditional…

Rasta Teacher: Leadership, Pedagogy and the New Faculty of Interpretation By Jalani Adwin Niaah

29 Jul 201829 Jul 2018

This study is about the leadership provided by Rastafari. This leadership is explored through a focus on Rastafari Elder Mortimo Planno, a man who describes himself as a rebel or…

Rex Nettleford: Choreographer as Cultural Philosopher in Three Classic Works – Pocomania, Kumina and Gerrehbenta by Monica Angella Lawrence

29 Jul 201829 Jul 2018

My research involved the examination of three neo-traditional rituals choreographed over a thirty year period, by Rex Nettleford, for the concert stage. Nettleford's philosophical intent is contextualized in examining these…

The Development of Calypso in the Antigua and its Continuity with Old Testament Traditions by Novelle Charlesworth Josiah

29 Jul 201829 Jul 2018

Calypso is a song genre and cultural art form which was brought to Antigua aby the Africans who were enslaved and brought to work there. The contention of this…

The Industrialization of Football in Jamaica: a Cultural Analysis of Jamaica’s 1998 Reggae Boyz Road to France World Cup Campaign by Donald Davis

29 Jul 201829 Jul 2018

This dissertation examines football in Jamaica viewed through the bi- focal cultural lens of play and sport; looking at the evolution of recreational play to the level of work/business/industry (Hargreaves…

The Missing Dialectics: An Examination of the B.Sc. Management Studies Programme at The UWI For Cultural Content And Relevance by Orville Wayne Beckford

29 Jul 201829 Jul 2018

This dissertation examines the Management Studies Programme at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona in order to analyse its cultural content and evaluate whether some courses are adequately…

The Redefinition of “The Jamette” by Female Soca Artistes in Trinidad By Kai Barratt

The study characterizes the women who perform soca as jamettes because the messages in their lyrics, stage performances, and personal brands constantly negotiate female autonomy. The thesis proposes that Trinidadian…

From Traditional to ‘Community’ –Chronicling Kumina in the Modernizing Bath Dead-yard Space by Norman Westmoreland Pottinger

29 Jul 201829 Jul 2018

Dead-yard Kumina in St Thomas is one of the few traditional forms in Jamaica that have maintained some relevance as a wake ritual within a highly contested and changing dead-yard…