2019, Volume 1

2019, Volume 1: Creative Contradictions: Unsettling resonances in the study of the languages, literatures and cultures of the Dutch Caribbean and beyond


Complete Citation:

Faraclas, Nicholas, Ronald Severing, Christa Weijer, Elisabeth Echteld, Wim Rutgers and Sally Delgado (Eds.) (2019). Creative Contradictions: Unsettling resonances in the study of the languages, literatures and cultures of the Dutch Caribbean and beyond. Proceedings of the ECICC, Aruba 2018. Volume 1, ISBN 978-99904-4-063-8. Curaçao/Puerto Rico: University of Curaçao, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras; 322 pp.


UNSETTLING RESONANCES IN THE SOCIAL HISTORIES OF THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 1 An exploration of women’s studies and gender studies in Curaçao 13 Rose Mary Allen 2 Cultural and linguistic contact during the colonial period: the role of 31 the Dutch entrepôts of Curaçao and Sint Eustatius in the slave trade Ann Albuyeh 3 Indigenous native Afrakans and Amerindians: Culture, heritage and identity 45 in the Virgin Islands Caribbean Americas and Bonaire Chenzira Davis Kahina 4 Partisipando leu for di kas: testimonio di 30 di mei na Hulanda 65 Charles Do Rego 5 Memories of the present: sharing stories from the village 83 Nina Gribling UNSETTLING RESONANCES IN PAPIAMENTU/O AND THE OTHER LANGUAGES OF THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 6 Reduplikashon komo fenómeno morfosintáktiko; ortografia di reduplikashon 99 den papiamentu Ithel Brute, Ronald Severing, i Nicholas Faraclas 7 Procesos y patrones fonológicos de los criollos de base léxica 113 española-portuguesa en el Caribe John E. Rueda Chaves y Alex Ortega Ortega 8 Papiamento at the University of Aruba, a first step: looking back and 135 looking forward Zuleika Fernandes Perna-Silva 9 Ode to Mi nigrita papyamentu 141 Hélène Garrett 10 Sarnámi and Hinduism in Suriname: a preliminary study 165 Kirtie Algoe UNSETTLING RESONANCES IN THE LITERATURES OF THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 11 From global to local and beyond: an investigation of two centuries 179 of literature in the Dutch Caribbean islands Wim Rutgers 12 Over een meertalige bloemlezing met gedichten, liedteksten en monologen 189 van Fridi Martina (1950-2014) Elisabeth Echteld 13 De ontmoeting tussen de Friese en Surinaamse literaire beweging 199 in het wereldkader Welmoed de Boer 14 The progressive degradation of the portrayal of the colonized in Aphra 219 Behn’s Oroonoko or the royal slave, Equiano’s The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African, and Joseph Conrad’s Heart of darkness Frances’Lee González Rosado 15 Un idioma nunka no ta sufisiente 223 Dannabang Kuwabong and Nifa Ansano UNSETTLING RESONANCES IN THE SOCIETIES OF THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 16 Law and property rights in Small Island States in the Caribbean: 241 a modern mode of colonial plunder Donald Saint Patrick Taylor 17 The motivation of immigrants to Aruba to apply for Dutch citizenship 253 Nora L. Röders 18 Technology in Dutch Caribbean classrooms 269 Janneke Beerman, Adrienne Fernandes and Leendert Pengel 19 Care for mentally vulnerable detainees in the Caribbean: a matter of both 279 health and human rights Frans Koenraadt 20 Improvement of Aruban nonprofit organizations and efforts to enhance 297 their capacity building Helmut Vink ABOUT THE EDITORS 315 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 316 ABOUT THE COVER ARTIST Prof. Dr. Nicholas Faraclas (Puerto Rico)  Prof. Dr. Ronald Severing (Curaçao) Drs. Christa Weijer (Curaça Dr. Elisabeth Echteld (Curaçao) Prof. Dr. Wim Rutgers Angiolina (Giolina) Henriquez (Aruba) Dr. Sally J. Delgado (Puerto Rico)