The Studies Conference allows academic researchers to present the major goals and outcomes of their research on some aspect of St. Lucian social and cultural life. The event seeks to promote a productive and informative exchange between researchers and St. Lucian citizens, including academics, historians, cultural specialists, and those working within the policy arena. Third, […]
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Improving justice for kwéyòl language speaker in the jurisdiction of the eastern Caribbean supreme court.
The Folk Research Centre has embarked on an ambitious program to digitize Its collection of artifacts, documentation and other content, to make them available online for greater access to the general public. The need for the Folk Research Centre to digitize their information collection and to make them available online cannot be over emphasized. One
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FRC project for the indigenisation and popularisation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in St. Lucia. The project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aimed to translate the SDGs to the local language, Kwéyòl, and the local context, and popularise them in order to promote efforts towards sustainable development. The processes involved in
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The FRC celebrates and remembers Dame Marie Selipha ‘Sesenne’ Descartes (28th March 1914 – 2010) Saint Lucia’s Queen of Folk Culture and National Cultural Hero on the 109th anniversary of her birth.
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The project was developed by the FRC and received funding support from the WACC. The main purpose of the project is to build capacity of Kwéyòl language users to utilize the Kwéyòl language in social media discussions, blogs and web posts on a wide range of matters related to sustainable development, community action and national
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On 25th March 2018 a massive fire ravaged the FRC’s home at Mount Pleasant destroying over 40 years of documented Saint Lucian history, artifacts and invaluable resources. Five years onwards the FRC perseveres despite multiple challenges.
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Dominican cultural activist and artist Alwin Bully, died on March 10th in his home island of Dominica, after several years battling debilitating Parkinson’s. He was born November 23rd 1948. He was well-known in Saint Lucia in theatre and literature circles. He had also been very involved for many years in the preservation and development of
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All members of the public were invited to participate in a koudmen organised to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the FRC fire which ravaged our home at Mount Pleasant. This initiative, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday 18th March 2023, was geared at revitalizing the FRC site, underscoring the importance of the FRC’s
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The Masquerade Project was a summer programme for kids in collaboration with the KiddiCrew Summer Programme. It was coordinated by June King-Frederick, who was a part-sponsor and host of the workshop in Traditional Masquerade Costume-making. Approximately 50 kidslearnt the skill of making masquerade hats, and produced hats which were subsequently used for performances, and as
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