BARBADOS COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
DIVISION OF
GENERAL/CONTINUING EDUCATION
COURSE
TITLE: Introduction to
Caribbean Heritage
COURSE CODE: GEED 101
COURSE HOURS: 45 HOURS
CREDITS: THREE
PREREQUISITE: Student MUST have knowledge of History.
COURSE
DESCRIPTION
A generation which ignores history has
not past and no future
–R. Heinlein
History is the version of past events
that people have decided to agree upon
–Napoleon Bonaparte
This
course introduces Heritage and its discipline—history (including archaeology).
The
weeks spent on studying the archaeology and
the history help us to identify and articulate the importance of
Heritage.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
·
To
provide an understanding of the basic themes involved in studying heritage.
·
Students
will understand the strengths and weaknesses of various methods for
reconstructing the past.
·
Students
will be challenged to look at historical evidence and to critically examine how
scholars and others interpret the evidence.
·
Students
will be asked to search for relevance in past events for the present and
future.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Instruction primarily follows a lecture/discussion
format. Small group discussions student
presentations and the use of visual stimuli will be utilised. Tour of Historical site/s.
METHODS OF EVALUATION
Two class assignments and a research project will form
the basis of the semester’s assessment.
The final grade will be based on a combination of marks from the three
semester assignments and a final examination.
The final examination is for three hours duration and will comprise
three essays. The weighting ratio of
course work and examination marks is 40:60.
LATE SUBMISSION
There is a standard penalty
of 2% per day, for up to ten days, or a zero grade for any later submission.
Evidence of medical or compassionate reasons should be presented to the
Division.
ATTENDANCE
If you are absent for any reason please inform the Tutor
and your Division. It is a course requirement that you attend classes
regularly: at least 80% of classes.
COURSE
TOPICS
UNIT
1 What is heritage?
Definitions of Heritage. Heritage from a
Global Perspective
UNIT
2 World Heritage & World Heritage
sites
What is the UN. The role of UNESCO. The
World Heritage Convention and its Affiliates: ICOMOS,
UNIT
3 The natural environment in the Caribbean
A basic look at the natural of the
environment: The plants, animals etc. found on these Caribbean Islands.
UNIT 4 Impact of the Amerindians on Caribbean
Natural Heritage
An examination
of the Paleo , Meso, and
Neo- Indian Groups: Ciboney, Kalinago,
Arawaks and Caribs, and how
they managed to main the rich Natural
Heritage, which was found
by the European
Groups.
UNIT
5 European
presence in the Caribbean and its impact on Heritage
How the Europeans impacted on the groups
which were in the Caribbean, and also their impact on the land. The basic
background information on the European material and
expressive culture of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries.
UNIT
6 The West African presence in the Caribbean
during the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries
How the West Africans impacted on the
groups which were in the Caribbean, also their impact on the land. The basic
background information on the West African material and
expressive culture of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries.
UNIT
7 Sugar and its influence on Heritage - the
Great House and the Chattel House.
Agro-industrial heritage.
Early economic structures and the evolution
of monumental heritage - the role of
sugar in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the society it created and
the legacy of its
Heritage: the Great House and the Chattel
House. Agro-industrial heritage.
UNIT
8 Forts
Forts in the Caribbean – Reasons for
construction etc.
UNIT 9 Our
unique heritage……Out of many one people ?
Out of many one people ? – contested heritage in multi racial, multi
class Caribbean societies, African, European, Indian, other minorities versus
the Creole ideal.
UNIT 10 Conservation and Preservation. NGO’s /
National Trust
What is Conservation? What is
Preservation? What steps are being taken towards them? The role of NGO’s /
National Trust.
UNIT 11 Heritage and Tourism in the Caribbean.
Tourism from ’above’ versus tourism from
‘below. ’i.e. tokenism in community based tourism, the stated ideal versus the
practical reality. “Tourism everywhere is the enemy of
authenticity and cultural
identity.”(Turner & Ash).
INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS
Required
Reading: BOOKS & ARTICLES
Watts, David: The West Indies: Patterns of Development,
Culture and Environmental Changes since 1492 : Chapters 1, 2, & 3.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1987).
Lowenthal, David. 'Landscape as Heritage', (C. 1) In: Fladmark
1993.
Gravette, Andrew. Architectural Heritage of the
Caribbean – A-Z of Historic Buildings. Ian Randle Publishers, 2000.
Frazier, Henry. A- Z of Barbadian Heritage.
Wilson, Edward. In Search of Nature
Stoudemire, Sterling A. The Natural History of the
West Indies. By Gonzalo Fernandez De Oveido.
University of North Carolina Press 1959.
Ashmore, Wendy & Robert
Sharer.
Discovering our Past McGraw Hill
Schomburgk Robert. History of Barbados
Hume, Peter & Neil Whitehead. Wild Majesty: Encounters with Caribs
from Columbus to the Present Day. Clarendon Press Oxford 1992.
Drewett, Peter L. Amerindian Stories: An
Archaeology of Early Barbados. Coles Printery
Hine,s F. C. The Pre-sugar era of
European Settlement in Barbados.
Weingartner, Rudolph. What Museums are Good For.
American Association of Museum. Aug 1984
Hall, Stuart. Whose Heritage?
Cannizzo Dr. Jeanne. How Sweet it is: Cultural
Politics in Barbados.
Goodridge, Sehon. Facing the Challenge of
Emancipation Cedar Press 1981.
Sealey, Neil. Caribbean World.
Cambridge University Press
Fletcher, Sir Bannister. A History of Architecture.
The Athlone Press, University of London. 1963.
Museum Handbook
- Article on Preservation
INTERNET
UN website
UNESCO website
Barbados National Trust
Barbados Museum and
Historical Society
General Reading
Beckles, Hilary M. 1989. History of Barbados. Cambridge University Press. 1990
Curtis, Philip D. The Atlantic Slave
Trade: A Census. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
McGlynn, & Seymore. 1992. The Meaning of
Freedom: Economics, Politics and Culture After Slavery. Pittsburgh, PA:
University of Pittsburgh Press.
Sheridan, R.B. 1974. Sugar and Slavery: An
Economic History of the British West Indies, 1623-1775. Bridgetown,
Barbados: Caribbean University Press.
Williams, Eric. 1970. From Columbus to
Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492-1969. NY: Vintage Books.
