37th Annual Meeting of the West Indian Literature Conference

                                               Photography Kevin Adonis Browne

Jorge Luis Morejon Shared a panel with Professors Kwynn Johnson and Rachel Moseley-Wood at the 37th Annual Meeting of the West Indian Literature Conference by presenting his paper titled "South Florida Rituals: Unearthing Invisible Traces." Morejon's presentation included the enactment of the areito dance referencing the way  the Taino people of the Caribbean could have probably performed it. Facilitated by Rosie Gordon-Wallace, the presentation started with the re-arrangement of the space, to then ask participants to hold hands and improvise a collective chant, perform a simple step as they rotated together counterclockwise. The dance progressed in crescendo and eventually achieved a climax followed by a release. The presentation took place at the beginning of the session and not at the end as schedule. Ms Gordon-Wallace expressed her satisfation with the opening of the session with a performative presentation and so did Morejon's fellow panelists.

Session 28Multi-Room C

THE EYES HAVE IT: ENVISIONING CARIBBEAN TERRAINS Chair: Rosie Gordon-Wallace, Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator Sheryl C. Gifford, Florida Atlantic University “Alternate or Altered Reality? Jason de Caires Taylor’s Environmental Art and Caribbean Cultural Consumption” Kwynn Johnson, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine “Place as Palimpsest / Yon kote tankou Palimpseste” Rachel Moseley-Wood, University of the West Indies, Mona “A University of the People?: Visual Education in the British West Indies” Jorge Luis Morejon, University of Miami “South Florida’s Rituals:  Unearthing Invisible Traces”