Belize Country Conference Pre-Prints

This page links to copies of some of the papers presented at the Belize Country Conference, November 21-24, 2001. These versions are offered as a public service by the University of the West Indies. Other papers related to Belize may be added as they become available.

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Author	Paper
Dr Eve Aird	The Evolution of the Belizean University
Francis B. Arana, Sr	The Waning Economic Power of the Garinagu
Dr Carla Barnett	Defining Ethnicity in Belize: Understanding Our History
Pen Cayetano	The Beginning of Punta Rock
Professor Hubert Devonish & Enita Castillo	Some Features of the Morpho-Syntax of Simple Sentences in Garifuna
Lucia Ellis	Traditional Medicine in Belize: an Under-utilised resource?
Professor Albert K. Fiadjoe	Access to Justice — Where does the Ombudsman of Belize Fit in?
Dr Anabel Ford & Dr Keith Clarke	Out of the Past, in the Present, and for the Future of the Maya Forest (This paper contains a substantial bibliography.)
Frank Gomez, Jr.	Education as if People Matter: A Call for Critical Thinking and Humanistic Education
Egbert Higinio	Caribbean: Mimicry or Mimesis through the Poetry of Derek Walcott
Dr Joseph Iyo & Dr Michael Rosberg	Theoretical Perspectives on the Stasis of Class Relations in the Caribbean: the Belize Case Study
Sharon Matola and Celso Poot	One Forest, Three Nations: the Biological and Cultural Diversity of Belize: National Significance with a Regional Impact
Charles McSweeney	Breaking the Apprenticeship Curse: A Critical Look at Information Technology Training in Belize
Dr Joseph O. Palacio	Coastal Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Values - Their Significance to the Garifuna and Rest of the Caribbean Region
Myrtle Palacio	Dangriga BZ or USA?: Out-migration Experiences of a Garifuna Community in Post-independent Belize
Dr Vincent Palacio	Training Needs Assessment for the Hospitality Industry in Belize
Dr Dion E. Phillips	The Military of Belize
Professor Ralph Premdas	Belize: Identity and Ethnicity in a Multi-Ethnic State
Dr Chandrabhan Sharma	A Critical Review of the Mollejon Hydro Project
Dr Roy Young	Migration and AIDS in Belize

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