About 2008 ACS Crossroads

The Caribbean could well be regarded as one of the first crossroads of the modern era, where Africa and Asia met Europe on Amerindian soil. The conditions were a forced and bitter crucible. The results of that encounter contributed not only to the making of the modern western world but also to the dynamism that is central to all the cultures of the Western Hemisphere.
Of Sacred Crossroads

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Being a site of conquest, dislocation, crossings, enslavement and rebellion, but also of memory and survival, hope of return, culture-building, in-between-ness, and immense creativity and heritage, the Caribbean is a relevant site for hosting the 7th International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference, under the theme Of Sacred Crossroads.

Contemporary emphasis on materialism and consumerism as measures of our humanity, arising from the unbridled excesses to which science and technology have been sometimes put, is of growing concern, putting under duress the intangibles embodied in the values by which we live as human beings. Out of these concerns has sprung deepening dialogue at the interface between science and spirituality.

UNESCO's celebration of the intangible heritage of humankind is a timely reminder that civilizations rise not only on great edifices, monuments and artefacts that defy time, but also on those moments of 'livity', or human relationships, that last only as long as they are lived, without which human life would have little meaning.

Of Sacred Crossroads captures many of these concerns in a manner that allows for the broadest of interpretation and accommodation across disciplines and forms—religion, art, dance, song, orature, healing, re-creation, performance, ritual, belief systems, ethics, globalization, communication, among others.

Spotlight themes include:

Rituals of arrival and contact
Crossings: The art of the Caribbean crossroads
Spirituality and Identity
Language rituals
Globalization and the spirit
Indigenous spiritualities
Rituals of conflict, rites of rebellion
Virtual realities, virtual spiritualities
(Spiritual) Tourism
Rituals, substances and sacred geographies
The spirit of music
Cultures of reconciliation
Storytelling
Crossroad Deities and divination
Geographies of the body and spirit

General areas of interest include:

Body - Identity and Difference
Media
Gender and sexuality
Popular culture
Cultural industries
Performance and gender
Youth culture
Religion and culture
Nation states
Power and knowledge
New information technology
Globalization and diaspora
Nationalism and locality
Consumerism and fetishism
Culture and economy
Fundamentalisms
Cultural Studies pedagogy
Policing the crisis
Culture and ethics
Critical methodologies
Politics of opposition
Cultures of everyday life
Social and cultural theory
The city
Cultural policy
Centre and periphery
Space and culture
Imagined communities

Newsflash

Live streaming of the conference

The keynote address and all plenary sessions will be streamed live at tv.mona.uwi.edu. Please consult the conference schedule (.pdf) for specific times.

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Special Rates at the Conference Hotel

The Jamaica Pegasus will be the main hotel for delegates attending the conference. Individuals who wish to contact the hotel directly can do so by emailing Prudence Simpson,