Mapping Deforestation and Afro-Caribbean Drum-Making Traditions

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2020-04-24

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My research project tracks the effects of deforestation on African diaspora drum-making traditions in the Caribbean. I focus on the islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic). Forest resource scarcity on these islands creates new challenges for the continued practice of centuries-old traditions from the African continent. Using the ESRI Story Maps platform, I will combine geospatial data on drummakers’ source materials with prose, oral history excerpts, photos, and audio-visual recordings. This multimodal approach contributes to recent scholarly work on the cultural impacts of climate change. The project is a continuation of my ongoing research on folkloric music in the Dominican Republic, and it forms the basis of my MLS digital humanities capstone project.

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Drum-Making, Mapping, Interviews, Deforestation

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