Creative Practice and Socioeconomic Crisis in the Caribbean: A path to sustainable growth (Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development)

Synopsis

Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. An Intentional Task -- Motivated By Hardship And Respect -- Positionality Disclosure -- Project Overview -- Foresight -- Clarifying Intentional Creative Practice -- 2. A Participant Of Crisis -- Magnified Positionality -- Cultural Tourism: Not Me -- Background Narrative: My First Encounter (may 1994) -- Magnified Moment #1 Conditioned For Desperation (june 1994) -- Magnified Moment #2 Left Behind (1994 -- 1997) -- Magnified Moment #3 Crisis To Chaos (1995) -- Magnified Moment #4 Inconceivable Measures (1995) -- Magnified Moment #5 Following The Master (1995) -- Magnified Moment #6 Soil, Seeds, And Roots (1995) -- Magnified Moment #7 Shallow Intentions (1996) -- Magnified Moment #8 Creative Continuum Of Influence -- Jamaica (2003) -- Magnified Moment #9 Opportunity Deprivation (2010) -- 3. Paradise Lost In Crisis -- A Historical Progression Of The Caribbean -- Encounter Era (1492 -- 1501): Birth Of Crisis And Chaos In The Caribbean -- Colonial Period (1501 -- 1945): Intentional Inconceivability -- Decolonized Period (1945 -- 1980): Continuum Of Disorder -- Developmental Period (1955 -- 1982): Forfeited Independence -- Neoliberal Period (1980-current): Exploited Outcomes -- 4. An Intentional Reality: Three Lenses Of Perspective -- Caribbean Scholars: The Voice From Within -- Theoretical Lens I Going For The Goods -- The Dark Side Of Capitalism -- Theoretical Lens Ii Dependence Embedded With Chaos -- Cultural Conditioning Theory -- Theoretical Lens Iii Strength Through Restoration -- Intentional Creative Practice -- Summation: Intentional Conditioning -- Three Lenses Of Perspective -- 5. Amplifying The Afro-carib Voice -- Research Design And Methodology -- Historical Rationale For Respecting The Afro-carib Voice -- Observed Rationale For The Afro-carib Voice -- Methodology: Qualitative Method -- Identifying Experiences And Meanings: The Afro-carib Lifeworld -- Community Selection -- Satisfying The Criteria Of Voice -- Selection Of Participants -- A First Person Point Of View: One-on-one Conversational Interviews -- Creative Practice: Additional Objective For One-on-one Interviews -- Analysis And Interpretation -- Analytic Process -- 6. Emergent Themes -- Participant Generated Findings -- Credibility Of Findings: Establishing Trustworthiness -- Findings: Meanings, Descriptions, And Essences Of Lived Experiences -- Theme Unit 1 A Cohesive Family Unit -- Theme Unit 2 Socioeconomic Crisis Is Deconstructing A Sense Of Place -- Theme Unit 3 Individual And Cultural Growth Is Inhibited -- Theme Unit 4 The Cultural Value Of Creativity -- Theme Unit 5 Creativity Is Innate And Essential -- Concluding Remarks -- Future Research -- Epilogue. Kent J. Wessinger. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.