Open AccessEnvisioning the Future using the Dreams of the Past
Author(s) -
Areli Freeman
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
caribbean quilt
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1929-235X
pISSN - 1925-5829
DOI - 10.33137/cq.v6i2.36849
Subject(s) - colonialism , context (archaeology) , history , consumption (sociology) , environmental ethics , power (physics) , sociology , political science , social science , philosophy , archaeology , physics , quantum mechanics
In this paper, the connection between the ways in which history in the Caribbean is written and understood, and between revolutionary move- ments and thought today in the Anglophone Caribbean, are explored. It is argued that it is not possible to achieve a decolonized Caribbe- an, a necessary condition for the inclusive development of the region, when histories of revolution and development remain thoroughly steeped in colonial biases and imbalances of power. Through examining the colonial context of knowledge production and consumption while also acknowledging that the past is often used as a model for the future, it is concluded that a focus on writing decolonized histories is essential to imagining a decolonized future in the Caribbean.