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The Films of the Cuban Diaspora
SANTIAGO JUAN-NAVARRO & ELIECER JIMÉNEZ ALMEIDA
This course offers an examination of the cinematic works produced by Cuban-born directors living abroad. It provides instructors with a curriculum that explores the rich and complex narratives of Cuban diaspora cinema, offering insights into the cultural, social, and political dynamics of displaced Cuban communities.
Lengua y Comunicación: Julia de Burgos
Carmen M. Rivera Villegas & Rocío Luque Colautti
Este libro es como un salón de clases convertido en un taller para practicar la lectura, la escritura, la escucha y el habla usando como modelo cartas, artículos y poemas que Julia de Burgos escribió desde Puerto Rico, Cuba y la ciudad de Nueva York entre finales de los 1930 y principios de los 1950.
Cartografías de la Memoria
RAFAEL CAPÓ GARCÍA & SOFÍA MARTÍNEZ RIVERA & MJ CARPENA MELERO
This study guide is to be used in tandem with Memoria Decolonial’s “Map of (de)colonial monuments” which maps the coloniality of monuments, commemorations, and historical memory in Puerto Rico.
Zombies, Vampires, and Spirits
NATHAN H. DIZE
This course syllabus is designed to offer an introduction to the representation of folkloric figures and spirits from Guadeloupe, Haiti, and Martinique via film, literature, and visual art.
Texaco Wiki
JESSICA A. HUTCHINS
The Texaco Wiki is an open educational resource to accompany study of the novel Texaco (1992) by Patrick Chamoiseau. This resource includes adaptable resources and lesson plans to incorporate the Texaco Wiki into undergraduate courses at any college or university.
Visions of the Caribbean
MEDARDO ROSARIO & ALEXANDER S. BUTLER
This curriculum, tailored for higher education teacher candidates, explores the multifaceted dimensions of the Caribbean region through literary and cartographic materials.
The Raizal People: History and Culture of San Andrés
SHARIKA CRAWFORD
This module supports teaching an introduction to the history and culture of the Raizal people, the indigenous Anglophone Afro-Caribbean inhabitants of the islands of San Andrés and Providencia. The module centers on Raizal author Cristina Bendek’s 2018 novel Los Cristales de Sal.
Edmond Paul (1837-1893): Biography and Bibliography
EMILIO TRAVIESO
A brief biography of Haitian intellectual and statesman Edmond Paul (1837-1893). Incudes a bibliography of his publications with links to original documents. Available in Haitian Creole, French, Spanish, and English in UF Pressbooks and in dLOC.
Yon lòt ekonomi pou yon lòt Ayiti
EMILIO TRAVIESO
This web-based open educational resource, written entirely in Haitian Creole (Kreyòl), is designed to help students and researchers working on economics and development in Haiti. The core of the website is a searchable database of authors, including biographical profiles, bibliographies and links to available documents.
Taíno Culture and Survivance
Isabel Espinal
This course syllabus examines how Taíno knowledge and culture has survived violence, the myth of extinction, and “paper genocide.” It explores research from multiple disciplines in the last 30 years and touches on Taínos in history as well as the contemporary Taíno resurgence in the Caribbean and in the United States.
The 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion
LEAH ROSENBERG
This teaching guide is designed to assist scholars, educators, and the public in locating material concerning the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica and its contexts. It includes a detailed list of relevant digital resources openly available through the dLOC and elsewhere online.
Transoceanic Cultures
Savrina Chinien & Laëtitia Saint-Loubert
This lesson plan is an excerpt from a connected classrooms course that took place between University College Dublin and University of the West Indies – St. Augustin. The course explored connections between aquatic spaces and experiences of forced migration before, during and after the Middle Passage and up to the present day.
Gesta Ambiental de Casa Pueblo
JEANMARY LUGO GONZÁLEZ & DINAH M. WILSON FRAITES
This timeline selects, arranges, and contextualizes primary and secondary sources from the digital collections of dLOC’s partner Casa Pueblo, a community-based organization that has for decades fought for environmental and energy justice in Puerto Rico. The resource is available in both Spanish and English.
Vieques Microsyllabus and Study Guide
SARAH MOLINARI & MARISOL LEBRÓN & MARIE CRUZ SOTO & ALEXANDRA CONNELLY REYES & ISABEL GUZZARDO TAMARGO
This resource contains nine topic-based units that integrate primary and secondary sources, multimedia, and four original video interviews.
Konbit Konesans
NATÁLIA MARQUES DA SILVA & KESSIE THELIAR-CHARLES & TIMOTHY LOMELI & PETROUCHKA MOÏSE & DARLÈNE DUBUISSON & LAURA WAGNER
A digital library developed by the Haitian Studies Association dedicated to gathering multilingual sources related to Haitian studies, including publications, teaching materials, and syllabi.
