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Faculty of Culture, Creative and Performing Arts

Department of Cultural Studies

Graduate Student Research Topics - MA Cultural Studies (Graduates)

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2023 Courtney Walker "4B or not 4B? Black Hair and Politics Among 6 Barbadian Youth"

2022 Kimberly Cummins "Balancing The Scales: Oistins, Barbados As A Case Study Of The Conflicting Aims And Outcomes Of Investments In Heritage      Tourism And Destination Branding."

2020 Han Deng "Confucianism and Chinese Cultural Diplomacy in the Contemporary Caribbean: The Case of Barbados"

2019 Heather Wiltshire "Hauling In The Culture: The Craft of the Fish Net In Contemporary Barbados”

2018 Curtis Gibbons "Come Celebrate Barbados : The Use of the Community Independence : A Case Study in (re)Affirming National Identity”

2017 Lana Evans “Jesus, Reigning King of Culture: The Walkholy Kadooment Band in Barbados and Its Public Representation of Christianity”

2015 Deborah Bascombe “Arts Education: A Developmental Framework for The Creative Intellect and Cultural Industries In Barbados”

2015 Raquel Foster “Gendering Vincy Mas” – Women in Public Performance in St. Vincent”

2015 Ireka Jelani “Sacred Performance Across Land and Water: The Evolution of Spiritual Baptist in the Anglophone Caribbean

2015 Andrea Wells “Caribbean Ideogram – Marking Time and Place:- The Use of Sacred Seals In The Spiritual Baptist Church of Barbados”

2015 Janice Whittle “Madras In Dominica: A Symbol of Creole Identity”

2015 Halcyon Wiltshire “All-Inclusive is Exclusive? An analysis of the All-Inclusive Mas in Port-of-Spain”

2014 Winston Kellman “The Influence of the Gothic Architectural Tradition In Barbados (1830 – 1890) The Church, Education and Cultural Identity”

2014 Vivian Waterman “The Calypso Tent: Space for Growth and Cultural Development in Barbados”

2014 Ewan Atkinson “Framing Mother Sally: Cross Dressing in Barbadian Masquerade, an Artist’s Investigation”

2014 Corelieus Barrow “Underneath Clothes and Behind Masks: Cultural and Visual Coding of Afro-Caribbean Masculinity in Contemporary Barbados”

2013 Katherine Murrell “Sailing the Seas in the East an Examination of the Re-Launch of the B.L.S. Rodney

2013 Javier Reid “Mapping Sources to Policy: Sport Policy or Sport as a Policy Tool”

2013 Chauntel Thomas “Material Culture: Craft & Community Examining Handcrafted Jewellery as an aspect of Contemporary Barbadian Culture”

2012 Tanisha Cross “Beyond Good Hair: Untangling the Socio-Politics of Race, Beauty and Identity in Barbados”

2012 Wycliffe Brathwaite “The Evolution of New Caribbean Cultural Musical Identities: A Study of Jazz Festivals in the Eastern Caribbean”

2012 Kleon McPherson “From Bad-John to Pan Player: The Evolution of Pan Player’s Identity in Trinidad and Tobago from the late 1940’s to Contemporary Time”

2011 Therese Hadchity “Subtle Monuments”

2011 Carol Clarke “African Studies in Barbadian Schools: Have We Abandoned Ship or We Staying On It?”

2011 Gail Pounder-Speede “Nah!!! This is Not Art Installation Art Verses the Picturesque in Barbados”

2009 Natalie Atkins-Hinds “Locating the Visual Arts in Barbados Society”

2009 Angela Trotman “The Underlying Influences Determining the Barbadian Dress Style – Late 17th to early 20th Century”

2009 Stacey Cummins “National Independence Celebrations: Interpretations of Nationalism in Barbados”

2008 Glynnis Brathwaite “Caught in the Middle: The Games People Play, Kensington Oval and Power Plays”

2008 Christine Clarke “What Lies Beneath? Bikini Mas’ and the Construction of Young Middle Class Female Identity in the Trinidad Carnival”

2008 Hazra Medica “Show Me Yuh Voting Finger: The Impact of Calypso on Antiguan Election 2004”

2008 Grace Sealy “Evolution of Oral Tradition in Barbados: Drivers of the Change”

2007 Kerri Howard “Mannequins in Motions: Negotiating Identities both on and off Stage”

2007 Angela Skeete “Carving Design in Space the Cultural Role of the Central Bank of Barbados”

2007 Vicki Warner “Dub is De Force: Space , Subversion and Identity/ies within the Barbadian Dub”

2007 Crystal Wiltshire “Crafting a Heritage: The Culture of Dolls in Barbados”

2006 Anderson Bolden “The Cultural Roles of Social Commentary in Barbadian Calypso: The Value of Archiving the Commentary in an Electronic Database”

2006 Patrick Knight “Boys on the Block: Issues and Identity (IES) of the Ghetto Yute”

2006 Janice Perryman “A Social and cultural History of Steel-pan in Barbados since 1945”

2006 Michelle Smith “The Arts in Education as a means of Fostering Identity and Culture Awareness”