25 Jul History Caribbean Civilization Jamaican Ganja Market Essay
Course aims assessed 1. Introduce to participants the concept of the “Caribbean” as an autonomous knowledge area worthy of its own separate study. 2. Motivate participants to understand the Caribbean region as an area for development that needs their own intellectual input. 3. Justify that the Caribbean can be an area for discreet study by comparing it to other world regions. 4. Provide participants with the tools necessary to engage in critical reflection on the Caribbean in the 21st century. Description You are the film review editor at a new magazine called The Caribbean Film Critic. View the following documentary report and write a critique of it (and issues arising out of it) for the magazine. Documentary by Vice News (HBO) (see reading list for full reference) Title: Jamaicans Are Worried Foreigners Will Take Over the Ganja Market (HBO) Link: In your critique you should: 1. Use scholarly and other credible secondary sources to critically comment on the documentary’s representation of the issues of colonial history, post-colonial identity, neocolonialism and Caribbean social and economic development. 2. Give your personal reflections on the issues presented. 3. Include pictures and/or other illustrations in your design
