A Tale of Two Tragedies: Forgetting and Remembering Kingston (1907) and Port-au-Prince (2010)
This essay considers two catastrophic earthquakes that took place in Kingston, Jamaica in 1907 and Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 2010. The disasters remain central to the collective memory of each place yet often remain peripheral to their national narratives. The article reflects on the relationship bet...
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| description | This essay considers two catastrophic earthquakes that took place in Kingston, Jamaica in 1907 and Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 2010. The disasters remain central to the collective memory of each place yet often remain peripheral to their national narratives. The article reflects on the relationship between natural disaster and memory in the Caribbean through these two examples. It merges original archival research with photography and personal experience. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c6e0a276f76341e7aae0f0edec798c402025-08-20T02:04:56ZengStockholm University PressKarib2387-67432019-11-014110.16993/karib.5050A Tale of Two Tragedies: Forgetting and Remembering Kingston (1907) and Port-au-Prince (2010)Matthew J. Smith0University of the West Indies, MonaThis essay considers two catastrophic earthquakes that took place in Kingston, Jamaica in 1907 and Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 2010. The disasters remain central to the collective memory of each place yet often remain peripheral to their national narratives. The article reflects on the relationship between natural disaster and memory in the Caribbean through these two examples. It merges original archival research with photography and personal experience.https://triggered.edina.clockss.org/ServeContent?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.karib.no%2Farticles%2F10.16993%2Fkarib.50%2Fprint%2Fhaitijamaicaearthquakememorydisastercaribbean |
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| title | A Tale of Two Tragedies: Forgetting and Remembering Kingston (1907) and Port-au-Prince (2010) |
| title_full | A Tale of Two Tragedies: Forgetting and Remembering Kingston (1907) and Port-au-Prince (2010) |
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| title_short | A Tale of Two Tragedies: Forgetting and Remembering Kingston (1907) and Port-au-Prince (2010) |
| title_sort | tale of two tragedies forgetting and remembering kingston 1907 and port au prince 2010 |
| topic | haiti jamaica earthquake memory disaster caribbean |
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