The Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Research and the Institute of Trendy Languages Analysis (Faculty of Superior Examine, College of London) will host the net occasion “Nonetheless Standing: Notes from the Ti Kai Challenge, Dominica.” This speak shall be held on-line on Might 26, 2022, from 4:00 to five:30pm (BST). Attendees have to register upfront. See extra data beneath.
‘The ti kai works with the hurricane, it permits the hurricane to be’ – Olive Bell, Dominican Architect.
Chair: Oscar Webber (CLACS, IMLR)
Audio system:
Adom Philogene Heron (Goldsmiths, College of London)
Marica Honychurch (Photographer and President of Dominican Society for Heritage, Architectural, Preservation and Enhancement)
Jeanne Royer (Dominican structure pupil)
Polly Patullo (Writer, writer, and co-founder of Papillote Press)
Bringing collectively ethnography, structure, pictures and heritage activism, the Ti Kai Challenge is a collaborative research of regionally crafted wood homes in Dominica, Japanese Caribbean. This speak will present the worth of foregrounding the humanities and humanities in discussions round constructing catastrophe resilience. On this respect, it additionally represents a showcase for the potential of collaborations between lecturers and non-academics. On this speak, the group will discover how their totally different talent units allowed them to set and full a radically totally different analysis agenda, finding out hurricanes and generational responses in a brand new and modern means.
Waitikubuli, ‘tall is her physique’ (the title given to Dominica by its indigenous Kalinago inhabitants) is essentially the most mountainous of the Antilles. Dwelling to 9 lively volcanoes, positioned within the path of Atlantic hurricanes, vulnerable to landslides and riverine flooding, the island’s folks face an array of environmental hazards. But the ti kai, with its cautious orientation, steep pitched roof, mortise and tenon fused hardwood body, protecting shingles and excessive stone basis, works with the hurricane; some standing for over 100 years, they’ve endured many storms. In September 2017, when category-5 Hurricane Maria made landfall – the most recent in an extended historical past of storms to hit Dominica – properties had been destroyed by 165mph winds and raging flood waters. But, after Maria, a exceptional variety of wood ti kais remained standing, structurally intact, while bigger, newer and seemingly stronger concrete buildings sat close by, windowless and roofless. Nonetheless, within the 5 years since Maria many have been deliberately destroyed, changed by concrete buildings and visions of ‘resilience’.
This seminar introduces the genius and craft that exemplify these environmentally tailored properties, it tells the tales of those who inhabit them and presents a case for guaranteeing their Twenty first-century survival.
All are welcome to attend this free occasion beginning at 4pm BST, which shall be held on-line through zoom. You’ll need to register upfront to obtain the net becoming a member of hyperlink.
REGISTER HERE: https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/occasions/occasion/26203
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