Abstract

For Caribbean historians and heritage professionals, engaging with the region’s heritage has been challenging on many fronts. Heritage in the Caribbean is deeply contested as archives, monuments, and collections remain fragmented across the Atlantic, while oral traditions, music, and ritual offer alternative ways of transmitting memory. These forms often sit uneasily together, shaped by pressures of erasure, commodification, and climate vulnerability. This seminar discusses the complex relationship between Caribbean history, heritage, and the possibilities of repair in the wake of slavery’s legacies. Arguing, that repair must move beyond symbolic gestures, the seminar explores opportunities for collaborative research, capacity building, and community access as pathways to repair. Grounded in professional ethics, heritage work must benefit descendant communities and strengthen trans-Atlantic scholarly networks precisely at a moment when climate change and digital technologies are reshaping preservation.

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