The University of Michigan has long served as a crucible for scholarship about people of Caribbean descent, and as a space for the education and professional development of students of Caribbean descent. Historically, however, members of the Caribbean community and individuals conducting work about this community have operated in silos within the university. Indeed, there are neither student-run nor institutional structures for bringing these individuals together.
PCWID endeavors to achieve a single organizing aim. It aims to offer a forum for people Caribbean scholarship to exchange intellectual inquiries, we also hope to develop spaces and opportunities to build a sense of community among, and promote the retention and the general well-being of students, faculty and staff of Caribbean descent.
The 4 primary objectives of the events and discussions of PCWID are to:
PCWID endeavors to achieve a single organizing aim. It aims to offer a forum for people Caribbean scholarship to exchange intellectual inquiries, we also hope to develop spaces and opportunities to build a sense of community among, and promote the retention and the general well-being of students, faculty and staff of Caribbean descent.
The 4 primary objectives of the events and discussions of PCWID are to:
- Complicate narratives regarding theCaribbean experience by engaging key questions from a wide variety of scholarship that focuses on the effects of colonialism, immigration, colorism, classism, sexism etc.;
- Expand approaches to studying the Caribbean by exploring the methodologies and participatory paradigms that are being used, and that might be used more effectively to examine Caribbean spirituality, agency, sovereignty, altruism, citizenship, etc;
- Promote collaborative work among students and faculty in the University of Michigan; and
- Create and sustain mechanisms for transnational partnerships throughout the Caribbean Diaspora.