Intangible Cultural Heritage and Emergencies in the Caribbean (en Inglés) - Andrea Richards-Cummins

Intangible Cultural Heritage and Emergencies in the Caribbean explores how living heritage shapes how Caribbean communities understand, respond to, and recover from crisis, positioning intangible heritage as central to resilience, adaptation, and recovery.

Combining interdisciplinary perspectives, policy insights, and rich case studies, this volume offers fresh, grounded analysis of how intangible cultural heritage, from traditional knowledge to creative expression, functions as a system of response in times of crisis. As a geographical region comprising thousands of islands and mainland countries, the Caribbean is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate-induced and other natural hazards due to seismic activity, eruptions from the several active volcanoes, extreme weather events and the annual tropical cyclone season. Other concerns resulting in crises in the region are related to armed conflict and varying socio-economic issues resulting in significant migration and displacement between countries, as well as the coronavirus pandemic. This volume provides practical, culturally grounded approaches for integrating local and Indigenous knowledge into disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, and development planning, while addressing issues of loss, memory, and resilience.

This volume will be of interest to those researching intangible cultural heritage, responses to hazards and emergencies, and the Caribbean region.