Creative Practice and Socioeconomic Crisis in the Caribbean : A Path to Sustainable Growth.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- 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 -- Appendix A: Caribbean scholars -- Appendix B: attributes of a systems view of life -- Glossary A: academic terms -- Glossary B: culture specific terms -- Index.

Although the world is saturated with extraordinary methods, innovation, and technology, the Caribbean seems to have been left behind in the substantive growth of global development. While the majority of the world defines the Caribbean as "paradise," the reality of life for Afro-Caribbean culture is defined by an unrelenting hardship. This book comprehensively analyses this phenomenon from a unique and intimate perspective in order to offer a viable pathway to sustainable growth. By examining the historic progression of the Caribbean region and African culture, the author explores the relationship between creative practice and socioeconomic crisis and questions whether limited access to environments that facilitate original and conceptual ideas correlates with socioeconomic crisis. The outcomes and methods of analysis developed in this book are a useful tool for other cultures or organizations seeking to diffuse socioeconomic crisis and implement a pathway of sustainable growth. This innovative book will be of great interest to students and scholars of cultural and sustainability studies, Caribbean and African Studies as well as Development and Sustainable Development.

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