by Ninah Divine | Jul 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
What does it mean to study multiculturalism? What did I do in Trinidad? In trying to understand a country you can look at census data and see the numbers aligning with each ethnic group and the distribution across the country, average SES and education levels. But I...
by Ninah Divine | Jul 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Having spent some time on our second campus, the University of Trinidad and Tobago John Donaldson, or the Creativity Campus, I am getting a nice second look at Trinidad’s student population. You would expect universities to feel starkly different when the costs...
by Ninah Divine | Jul 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
As a formal part of the nation of Trinidad & Tobago, it was an obligation of mine as a researcher to visit Tobago this week. With entirely different geological characteristics, much more like the rest of the Caribbean than Trinidad itself, Tobago is the vacation...
by Ninah Divine | Jul 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
As I wrap up my time in St. Augustine and my first home in Trinidad in SAL Hall and head to Tobago and Port of Spain, I thought I would do a bit of reflecting on the first half of my experience. My take aways from Trinidad thus far are: 1. The power of people. When I...
by Ninah Divine | Jun 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
After one week of interviews and 40+ hours of transcribing, I am nearer to answering my questions. And the answer may well be that there is no one answer. History is selective. Ask any Native. And narratives are also selective in what they reveal, but the people I...
