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SUMMARY:Reinterpreting A Black Past: Historical archaeology in St. Vincent
  and the Grenadines - Dr Peggy Brunache
DTSTART:20241022T120000Z
DTEND:20241022T130000Z
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CONTACT:Jimena Lobo Guerrero Arenas
DESCRIPTION:Archaeological research into the Black experience during St Vi
 ncent and the Grenadines’ colonial and postcolonial eras is still an une
 xplored landscape. This presentation briefly details my burgeoning work on
  the Wallibou sugar estate (colloquially known as “Lashum”) located in
  the foothills of the active volcano\, La Soufrière\, in the North Leewar
 d region of St. Vincent island. Unknown to most Vincentians\, the Wallibou
  sugar estate was a nexus of some of St. Vincent’s most notable social a
 nd environmental events articulated through Black and Indigenous political
  and environmental struggle. Preliminary historical and archaeological stu
 dies of Wallibou demonstrates a strong potential for revealing new underst
 andings of Black lifestyles of resilience and resistance during and after 
 the slavery era\, whilst negotiating an existence under constant environme
 ntal/ecological threats in a region classified as the highest volcanic haz
 ard zone\, haz_4 and highest risk rating of 10. Due to the general lack of
  historical knowledge or public memory that highlight the dynamic experien
 ces of enslaved and free Africans and their descendants\, the 'Wallibou/La
 shum Heritage Project' is conceived as a community of practice between arc
 haeologists and stakeholders that includes the St. Vincent and the Grenadi
 nes National Trust (SVGNT)\, interested local\nresidents\, and other Vince
 ntians to critically elaborate on the ways of knowing and interpreting the
 ir own past.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
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