Schedule

Welcome

1–1:15PM

First Panel: Community and Institutions

1:15–2:00PM

A plenary discussion concerning the role of digital scholarship in substantively integrating and engaging with Caribbean communities in building Afro-diasporic institutions.

Regine Michelle Jean-Charles (Northeastern University)
Minkah Makalani (Johns Hopkins University)
Matthew J. Smith (University College of London)

Interlude: Annotating Grainger

2:00–2:20PM

A presentation on the week-long annotation of Digital Grainger.

Julie Kim (Fordham University)
Kimberly Takahata (Villanova University)

Comfort Break

2:20–2:30PM

Second Panel: Whereto Our Cultural and Historical Data

2:30–3:20PM

A plenary discussion concerning the present scope of Caribbean digital libraries and archives, and what futures we may dream of together as a Caribbean community.

Aida Montero (Biblioteca Juan Bosch)
Margo Groenewoud (University of Curaçao)
Vidyaratha Kissoon (Caribbean IRN)
Hadassah St. Hubert (National Endowment for the Humanities)