ERC Starting Grant · 2023
Islands in the Stream: Climate-related Disasters and the Rhythms of Caribbean Music
For decades, Caribbean musics have seen unparalleled global popularity, becoming key to the region’s tourism economy. Yet today, Caribbean live music scenes are in peril, reeling from recurring climate-related disasters. In light of music’s centrality to Caribbean tourism economies and cultural life and the increasing frequency and severity of climate related events, the stakes for understanding the role of live music in recovery processes is particularly high. Focusing on three urban contexts - San Juan (Puerto Rico), Kingston (Jamaica), and Havana (Cuba) - I-STREAM will investigate the impact of climate disaster on the long-term rhythms of musical activity – the location, frequency and…
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