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Graduate Student Research Topics – MA Cultural Studies (Graduates) <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n2023 Courtney Walker "4B or not 4B? Black Hair and Politics Among 6 Barbadian Youth"<\/p>\n
2022 Kimberly Cummins "Balancing The Scales: Oistins, Barbados As A Case Study Of The Conflicting Aims And Outcomes Of Investments In Heritage Tourism And Destination Branding."<\/p>\n
2020 Han Deng "Confucianism and Chinese Cultural Diplomacy in the Contemporary Caribbean: The Case of Barbados"<\/p>\n
2019 Heather Wiltshire "Hauling In The Culture: The Craft of the Fish Net In Contemporary Barbados”<\/p>\n
2018 Curtis Gibbons "Come Celebrate Barbados : The Use of the Community Independence : A Case Study in (re)Affirming National Identity”<\/p>\n
2017 Lana Evans “Jesus, Reigning King of Culture: The Walkholy Kadooment Band in Barbados and Its Public Representation of Christianity”<\/p>\n
2015 Deborah Bascombe “Arts Education: A Developmental Framework for The Creative Intellect and Cultural Industries In Barbados”<\/p>\n
2015 Raquel Foster “Gendering Vincy Mas” – Women in Public Performance in St. Vincent”<\/p>\n
2015 Ireka Jelani “Sacred Performance Across Land and Water: The Evolution of Spiritual Baptist in the Anglophone Caribbean<\/p>\n
2015 Andrea Wells “Caribbean Ideogram – Marking Time and Place:- The Use of Sacred Seals In The Spiritual Baptist Church of Barbados”<\/p>\n
2015 Janice Whittle “Madras In Dominica: A Symbol of Creole Identity”<\/p>\n
2015 Halcyon Wiltshire “All-Inclusive is Exclusive? An analysis of the All-Inclusive Mas in Port-of-Spain”<\/p>\n
2014 Winston Kellman “The Influence of the Gothic Architectural Tradition In Barbados (1830 – 1890) The Church, Education and Cultural Identity”<\/p>\n
2014 Vivian Waterman “The Calypso Tent: Space for Growth and Cultural Development in Barbados”<\/p>\n
2014 Ewan Atkinson “Framing Mother Sally: Cross Dressing in Barbadian Masquerade, an Artist’s Investigation”<\/p>\n
2014 Corelieus Barrow “Underneath Clothes and Behind Masks: Cultural and Visual Coding of Afro-Caribbean Masculinity in Contemporary Barbados”<\/p>\n
2013 Katherine Murrell “Sailing the Seas in the East an Examination of the Re-Launch of the B.L.S. Rodney<\/p>\n
2013 Javier Reid “Mapping Sources to Policy: Sport Policy or Sport as a Policy Tool”<\/p>\n
2013 Chauntel Thomas “Material Culture: Craft & Community Examining Handcrafted Jewellery as an aspect of Contemporary Barbadian Culture”<\/p>\n
2012 Tanisha Cross “Beyond Good Hair: Untangling the Socio-Politics of Race, Beauty and Identity in Barbados”<\/p>\n
2012 Wycliffe Brathwaite “The Evolution of New Caribbean Cultural Musical Identities: A Study of Jazz Festivals in the Eastern Caribbean”<\/p>\n
2012 Kleon McPherson “From Bad-John to Pan Player: The Evolution of Pan Player’s Identity in Trinidad and Tobago from the late 1940’s to Contemporary Time”<\/p>\n
2011 Therese Hadchity “Subtle Monuments”<\/p>\n
2011 Carol Clarke “African Studies in Barbadian Schools: Have We Abandoned Ship or We Staying On It?”<\/p>\n
2011 Gail Pounder-Speede “Nah!!! This is Not Art Installation Art Verses the Picturesque in Barbados”<\/p>\n
2009 Natalie Atkins-Hinds “Locating the Visual Arts in Barbados Society”<\/p>\n
2009 Angela Trotman “The Underlying Influences Determining the Barbadian Dress Style – Late 17th to early 20th Century”<\/p>\n
2009 Stacey Cummins “National Independence Celebrations: Interpretations of Nationalism in Barbados”<\/p>\n
2008 Glynnis Brathwaite “Caught in the Middle: The Games People Play, Kensington Oval and Power Plays”<\/p>\n
2008 Christine Clarke “What Lies Beneath? Bikini Mas’ and the Construction of Young Middle Class Female Identity in the Trinidad Carnival”<\/p>\n
2008 Hazra Medica “Show Me Yuh Voting Finger: The Impact of Calypso on Antiguan Election 2004”<\/p>\n
2008 Grace Sealy “Evolution of Oral Tradition in Barbados: Drivers of the Change”<\/p>\n
2007 Kerri Howard “Mannequins in Motions: Negotiating Identities both on and off Stage”<\/p>\n
2007 Angela Skeete “Carving Design in Space the Cultural Role of the Central Bank of Barbados”<\/p>\n
2007 Vicki Warner “Dub is De Force: Space , Subversion and Identity\/ies within the Barbadian Dub”<\/p>\n
2007 Crystal Wiltshire “Crafting a Heritage: The Culture of Dolls in Barbados”<\/p>\n
2006 Anderson Bolden “The Cultural Roles of Social Commentary in Barbadian Calypso: The Value of Archiving the Commentary in an Electronic Database”<\/p>\n
2006 Patrick Knight “Boys on the Block: Issues and Identity (IES) of the Ghetto Yute”<\/p>\n
2006 Janice Perryman “A Social and cultural History of Steel-pan in Barbados since 1945”<\/p>\n
2006 Michelle Smith “The Arts in Education as a means of Fostering Identity and Culture Awareness”
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