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Reclaiming History to Rebuild the Present. A qualitative case study of stakeholder perceptions on reparations for slavery as a development strategy in Jamaica

Fiskesjö, Hanna (2018) MIDM19 20181
Department of Human Geography
LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management
Abstract
In 2014, Caribbean countries declared to claim reparations for slavery from former colonising states. A Reparative Justice Framework covering ten points of action formulated reparations as a regional development strategy, widening stakeholders to include development actors and focalising beneciaries to those disproportionally suering from post-slavery legacies. Jamaica is signatory to the claim, and a regional precursor for reparations activism on multiple levels, including by Rastafarians and other local advocates. However, a complex post-colonial history, including discrimination of Rastafarians, seemingly impedes multistakeholder
national endorsement. Yet, public mobilisation is a priority to forward the case.
This qualitative case... (More)
In 2014, Caribbean countries declared to claim reparations for slavery from former colonising states. A Reparative Justice Framework covering ten points of action formulated reparations as a regional development strategy, widening stakeholders to include development actors and focalising beneciaries to those disproportionally suering from post-slavery legacies. Jamaica is signatory to the claim, and a regional precursor for reparations activism on multiple levels, including by Rastafarians and other local advocates. However, a complex post-colonial history, including discrimination of Rastafarians, seemingly impedes multistakeholder
national endorsement. Yet, public mobilisation is a priority to forward the case.
This qualitative case study lls a scholarly gap in the case-specic research by investigating broad stakeholder perceptions in Jamaica to identify and explain areas of contestation impacting on public endorsement of reparations conceived as a development strategy. Thematic analysis of empirical data from interviews and focus group discussions distinguished three loci: diverging development conceptualisations, redistribution and representation.
Findings were analysed using Honneth's critical theory of recognition, framing recognition as a central concept to comprehend emergent contradictions and complexities. The analysis suggests that historically originated but unresolved frictions, manifested through a system of inadequate institutions, entail multidimensional recognitive denial which ultimately hamper global, cross-sectoral support. (Less)
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author
Fiskesjö, Hanna
supervisor
organization
course
MIDM19 20181
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
reparations, slavery, CARICOM, Jamaica, Rastafari, Honneth, recognition
language
English
id
9042965
date added to LUP
2021-04-12 08:38:22
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2021-04-12 08:38:22
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  abstract     = {{In 2014, Caribbean countries declared to claim reparations for slavery from former colonising states. A Reparative Justice Framework covering ten points of action formulated reparations as a regional development strategy, widening stakeholders to include development actors and focalising beneciaries to those disproportionally suering from post-slavery legacies. Jamaica is signatory to the claim, and a regional precursor for reparations activism on multiple levels, including by Rastafarians and other local advocates. However, a complex post-colonial history, including discrimination of Rastafarians, seemingly impedes multistakeholder
national endorsement. Yet, public mobilisation is a priority to forward the case.
This qualitative case study lls a scholarly gap in the case-specic research by investigating broad stakeholder perceptions in Jamaica to identify and explain areas of contestation impacting on public endorsement of reparations conceived as a development strategy. Thematic analysis of empirical data from interviews and focus group discussions distinguished three loci: diverging development conceptualisations, redistribution and representation.
Findings were analysed using Honneth's critical theory of recognition, framing recognition as a central concept to comprehend emergent contradictions and complexities. The analysis suggests that historically originated but unresolved frictions, manifested through a system of inadequate institutions, entail multidimensional recognitive denial which ultimately hamper global, cross-sectoral support.}},
  author       = {{Fiskesjö, Hanna}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Reclaiming History to Rebuild the Present. A qualitative case study of stakeholder perceptions on reparations for slavery as a development strategy in Jamaica}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}