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IR3084 Cultivating Empire: Plantations, Liberation and Ecology in the (Post)colonial Caribbean

Academic year

2026 to 2027 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

To be confirmed

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Module coordinator

Dr Y A Collins

Dr Y A Collins
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Module Staff

Dr Ariadne Collins

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Module description

The Caribbean is central to understanding world politics. It is often understood through perspectives developed in and through knowledge holders in colonial centres. This module will turn to Caribbean thinkers who have written extensively about their region鈥檚 struggles against centuries of colonialism, imperialism and capitalism, and about its attempts to mould coherent societies from the divided plantation economies that remained after independence. It will connect these histories to the international community鈥檚 current state of climate precarity. Students will examine how Caribbean thinkers and leaders navigated empire, fought for liberation and confronted the ecological and economic systems that shape their fortunes. The module will, first, chart a history of Caribbean thought. It will then examine how the region鈥檚 development trajectories overlap and connect with those in Latin America, other parts of the 'Third World', and colonial centres in Europe.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS IR2006

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

A 2h seminar (x11 weeks)

Intended learning outcomes

  • Understand theoretical debates within and related to Caribbean thought
  • Be able to understand how events taking place in the peripheries of the state system shape those in the core
  • Become familiar with the conceptual debates around international development and climate change from the perspective of formerly colonised parts of the world
  • Understand the formative role of colonialism in world politics