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CASBAH WEB SITE UPDATES:
The CASBAH web site has recently been updated. The most recent Progress
Report (Progress Report 19: 1 March - 2 May 2002) at
http://www.casbah.ac.uk/progressreport19.htm is now available featuring
details about new collection descriptions recently added to the database.
These include: summaries of 6 photograph collections housed at the McKenzie
Heritage Picture Archive (Brixton, London) - with the first description
about MHPA providing an overview of the entire archive of photos from the
late 19th century to the present day, and other thematic collection
descriptions entitled 'Women in Greenwich', 'The Black Victorians', 'Imaging
the Black Family' 'The FUZZ - Afrikan Hairstyles and their influence' and
'My Mothers, My Sisters' - all compiled by the project's researcher, Roiyah
Saltus-Blackwood, in conjunction with MHPA's founder and director, Anita
McKenzie.
Progress Report 19 also contains a very detailed account of the project's
research outcomes (particularly during the last quarter of the project's
funding period), compiled by Roiyah, and available in a report entitled
'Project Researcher's Final Report ( 2 January - 2 May 2002)'.
A launch date for the database has now been confirmed - 29 May 2002. Details
about the event programme are given in the Progress Report. (NB: Any
recipients of this message, particularly those from the project's partner
institutions, the CASBAH Steering Group, or the CASBAH-RSLP listserv are
welcome to contact the project before the launch date to discuss pre-viewing
the database. Please send an email c/o [log in to unmask]).
The database search screens that will be active from 29 May 2002 have been
created by web designer Rik Munday, and can be viewed (as an inactive page
only) at the following URL http://www.casbah.ac.uk/test/CASBAH_S2_7.HTML .
CASBAH's 'News and Events' page contains information about two forthcoming
conferences which may interest members of this list:
1. Black and Asian Studies Association (BASA) Conference: Black and Asian
Pioneers of Stage, Screen and Sport - Camden Town Hall, London, Saturday 18
May, 2002. The conference programme includes the following presentations:
Phil Vasili - The stories of Black footballers in Britain; Mike Marquese -
Cricket in war and peace; Ron Shillingford - How boxing has evolved through
Muhammad Ali's influence; Stephen Bourne - Secrets and Lies: Black Histories
and British Historical Films [video extracts will include David Lean's Great
Expectations (1946) and The Sailor's Return (1978)]; Pearl Connor-Mogotsi -
The Pearl Connor Afro-Asian-Caribbean Theatrical Agency 1956-1976; Vayu
Naidu - The way we are: a synopsis of multiple identities of British Asian
Theatre today; Leon Robinson - Echoes of the Ballet Nègres, 1946 - 1952;
The conference will be held at Camden Town Hall, Council Chamber, Civic
Floor, Judd Street entrance, London WC1 (Nearest Tube/Rail: King's Cross/St
Pancras), from 10.00am-c.4.00pm. Fee, including sandwich lunch:
Institutions, £20; Individuals, £12; BASA members, £10; Concessions, £7;
Concessions, BASA members, £6. For further details please contact Black and
Asian Studies Association, c/o Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 28 Russell
Square, London WC1 5DS, or Email [log in to unmask] or tel: Hakim Adi 0208 411
6244.
2.The CONGRESS AGAINST RACISM (BARBADOS) INC. is hosting a follow-up
conference to the U.N. World Conference Against Racism (2001) at the
Sherbourne Conference Centre, Two Mile Hill, St. Michael, Barbados, 2-6
October 2002. The purpose of the 5-day conference will as follows: (a) To
scrutinize the inter-governmental Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
and to identify and prioritize those demands, measures and proposed projects
that are of critical importance to the nations, communities and people of
Africa and the African Diaspora; (b) Having recourse to the Durban N.G.O
Declaration And Programme of Action, to work out and agree upon detailed
strategies that are designed to achieve the implementation of such demands,
measures and proposed projects; and (c) To establish and launch a permanent
global Pan-African N.G.O. organization, the mandate of which will be to
pursue and operationalise the agreed upon implementation strategies.
Presentations at the conference will be structured around the following ten
themes: (1) Reparations for the Nations, Communities and People of Africa
and the African Diaspora; (2) A Response to Globalization and its Negative
Impact on Africa and the African Diaspora; (3) National and International
Affirmative Action and Special Economic Developmental Programmes for the
Nations, Communities And People of Africa and the African Diaspora; (4) A
Response to the Public Health Crisis Facing Africa and the African Diaspora;
(5) Reform Of Judicial, Penal And Police Systems and the Provision of Legal
Remedies for African and African Descendant Victims of Racism; (6) The Role
of Religion, Culture and Spirituality in Memorializing the African Maafa and
Telling the African Story to the World (7) The Application of Gender-based
Perspectives, Mechanisms and Measures to the Issues Facing Africans and
People of African Descent; (8) Critical Youth Programmes and Initiatives for
Africans and People of African Descent; (9) Education Initiatives and
Programmes Designed to Combat Anti-African Discrimination and to Promote
Justice And Development for Africans and African Descendants; (10) The
Development of National and International Oversight and Enforcement
Measures, Structures and Programmes. If you would like to attend and/or
contribute to this conference, or would like further information, please
contact the conference secretariat c/o: Congress Against Racism (Barbados)
Inc., Pan-African Conference Secretariat, 2nd Floor Thomas Daniel Building,
Hincks Street, Bridgetown, Barbados / Tel: (246) 228-8757/8/9 / Fax: (246)
228-8817 / Email: [log in to unmask] / Web-page:
http://home.caribsurf.com/carbarbados.
A pre-survey summary about the project's links with the Yaa Asantewaa Arts
and Community Centre (Paddington, London) is the 'Spotlight Report' for
April-May 2002 and can be viewed online at
http://www.casbah.ac.uk/newsreport6.htm.
Recent external links added to the CASBAH web site include:
BBC History - Multicultural History Web Pages at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/community/multicultural/index.shtml
Ethnic Communities Oral History Project at
http://www.hfusc.org.uk/ecohp/info.html
East Midlands Oral History Archive at http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha/
SS Empire Windrush Passenger List web page (PRO Virtual Museum) at
http://www.pro.gov.uk/virtualmuseum/maingalleries/empire/passengers/default.
htm
As this is my last project-related update before I complete my contract here
on the 17th May, I would like to thank members of the project's partner
institutions, the CASBAH Steering Group, the CASBAH-RSLP listserv, the
Society for Caribbean Studies, the Black and Asian Studies Association and
all the project's external contacts for their help and advice since CASBAH
began in January 2000.
Anyone who has welcomed receiving information posted by Roiyah
Saltus-Blackwood, or myself, relating to Caribbean studies and the history
of Black and Asian peoples in Britain - during the time that we have been
working at the CASBAH project - might be interested in joining the following
email discussion groups (available via the JISC web site):
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/CARIBBEAN-STUDIES.html (established by the
Society for Caribbean Studies in 1999) and
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/BASA.html (established by the Black and
Asian Studies Association in April 2002).
The email postings and noticeboard messages that Roiyah and I circulate
about forthcoming events and conferences relating to Caribbean, Cultural
and/or Diaspora studies will continue to be sent to the CASBAH-RSLP listserv
and ICS/SAS mailboxes upto 17th May 2002.
Kind regards
Carol
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Carol Dixon
Project Officer
CASBAH Project (Caribbean Studies, Black and Asian History)
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
28 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DS
Direct line: 020 7862 8824
Email: [log in to unmask]
Website: http://www.casbah.ac.uk
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