CONTRIBUTORS
KEEPING ‘CARIBBEANESS’ ALIVE IN DANCE The Hon. Rex Nettleford was Co-Founder of the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) and sole Artistic Director from 1967-2010. A Rhode Scholar and Distinguished Fellow at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Rex Nettleford is a leading Caribbean academic and has served as Vice Chancellor (UWI) and editor of Caribbean Quarterly – the University’s Cultural Studies Journal. In 1975 He was awarded the high national honour of Order of Merit; in 1981 the prestigious Gold Musgrave Medal and in 2008 the high ranking Order of the Caribbean Community for his artistic and scholarly work. He was also the recipient of several honorary doctorates from Universities on both sides of the Atlantic. Prof. Nettleford has authored Mirror, Mirror: Identity, Race and Protest in Jamaica; Caribbean Cultural Identity – The Case of Jamaica; Roots and Rhythms; Dance Jamaica: Cultural Definition and Artistic Discovery; Inward Stretch, Outward Reach – A Voice from the Caribbean among other publications.
Giving Enduring Life Sources: The Value of Archival Memory to the Caribbean’s Cultural Heritage Dr. Stanley H. Griffin is the Archivist in Charge at the UWI Archives, UWI Vice Chancellery and Adjunct Lecturer, Archival Studies in the Department of Library and Information Studies, UWI Mona Campus. He holds a BA (Hons.) in History and a PhD in Cultural Studies (with High Commendation) from The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados and an MSc, Archives and Records Management (Int’l) from the University of Dundee, Scotland. His research interests include Multiculturalism in Antigua and the Eastern Caribbean, Archives in the constructs of Caribbean Culture and Cultural Dynamics of intra-Caribbean migrations.
Contemplations on the Existence of the Jamaican Visual Arts Industry Dr. Winston C. Campbell is an art historian, independent curator and art educator. His research focuses on the aesthetics of religious spaces in Jamaica, the lyrical content of Jamaican popular music, African aesthetics, Latin American art and the potential for a Jamaican Visual Art Industry. This work has been presented at conferences in Kingston, London, Manchester, Merida (Mexico) and Boston, among other cities. His book on Christian Architecture in Kingston is due to be published in 2018.
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