CONFERENCES PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES
2018 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘“Survival helps determine our personal values”: Social Stigma, Values, and the State’; Crime and its Representation in the Anglophone Caribbean, 1834-2018: Workshop 3, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus 20 April, 2018
2018 Workshop facilitator (with Professor Clare Anderson and Dr Lucy Evans, University of Leicester, UK); Workshop on Setting up International Research Collaborations, Faculty of Social Sciences Lounge, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, 19 April, 2018
2018 Presenter; ‘Bottom-up local opinions and views to understand how UN values are perceived in the T&T context’. StratCom 101 – Introduction to Strategic Communications for Preventing Violent Extremism, UN Counter-Terrorism Centre, Police Academy, St James Police Barracks, Trinidad, April 9, 2018
2017 Featured presenter; paper delivered: ‘Securing Equality For All: The Evidence and Recommendations’, Caribbean Judicial Dialogue: Equality For All in the Administration of Justice, Judicial Institute of Trinidad and Tobago, November 30 and December 1st, 2017
2017 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Crime, Resilience and Myth’, AHRC Research Network Workshop: Dons, Yardies and Posses: Representations of Jamaican Organised Crime, Mona, Jamaica, June 15 and 16, 2017
2017 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Justice out of a State of Injustice: Bias, Trust and Fairness in the Judiciary of Trinidad & Tobago,’ British Academy Research Network Workshop: Crime and its Representation in the Anglophone Caribbean, 1834-2018, Mona, Jamaica, June 14, and 15, 2017
2017 Panellist; paper delivered ‘“So much of the political, you know, dictates who we are and who we want to become”: A Rapid Assessment Ethnography of Political Culture in a Caribbean Nation,’ the Caribbean Studies Association meetings, Nassau, Bahamas, June 5-9, 2017
2017 Participant; paper delivered: ‘Justice out of State of Injustice: Bias, Trust and Fairness in the Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago’ Understanding Local Entanglements of Global Inequalities: Socio-Cultural Transformation and Decolonial Thought, Justus Liebig University, Gießen, Germany. 27th-28th April 2017
2017 Featured presenter; paper delivered: ‘Theatre of the Streets: Using Photographs to Talk about Changes in Mas, 1910-1980’ Photographs as Sources for Research, University of the West Indies, January 25
2016 Featured presenter; paper delivered: ‘How Fear Operates – The Production and Reproduction of D/discourses of Fear in Trinidad’ Caribbean Criminological Perspectives, University of Leicester, July 14
2016 Panellist; Paper delivered: ‘Fear is not created equally: A qualitative comparison of the fear of street crime vs. the fear of white-collar crime in Trinidad,’ Workshop on Crime and Representation, University of Leicester, July 12-13
2016 Featured panellist and facilitator: ‘Exploring Implicit Bias – Pathways for Transformation,’ Judicial Institute of Trinidad and Tobago, Continuing Education Seminar, June 10 – 12 2016
2016 Participant: ‘Issues in the Study of Social Media Today’, Why We Post Project Launch and Workshop, University College London, Feb 29-March 1
2015 Featured panellist: ‘Global Trends in Homegrown Violent Extremism: Exploring Implications for Trinidad and Tobago,’ Diplomatic Dialogues, Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad
2015 Featured panellist: ‘Collaborative Engagements in Policing: A Roundtable discussion on Anthropology, Police and Oversight,’ 114th American Anthropological Association Meetings, Denver, Colorado, USA. Nov 19th, 2015
2015 Featured speaker: ‘Self Help Turns you Inward/Social Change needs you Outward,’ Off the Record, TEDx, Port of Spain, Trinidad
2015 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Who’s Afraid of Human Right’s? The Judge’s Dilemma: An Anthropologist’s Contribution’ Fifth Distinguished Jurist Lecture, Judicial Education Institute, Halls of Justice, Trinidad
2015 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Corruption: An Anthropological Perspective,’ Let’s Talk Governance – Community Outreach, Five River’s Community Centre, Tunapuna, Trinidad
2014 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Political Power Now and Then in Trinidad,’ Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth, Edinburgh, Scotland
2014 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Language, Power and an Emic Perspective: Small Goal Football in Trinidad,’ Conference on Science, Higher Education and Business: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sport Studies, Research and Development, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2013 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘I Wonder if it’s Bobol: Political Power then and now in Trinidad,’ 113th American Anthropological Association Meeting, Chicago, UA
2013 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Prejudice Against the Poor,’ Conference on the Economy 2013, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2013 Feature Presenter; paper delivered: ‘Making the World Safe for Human Difference: Cultivating Cultural Diversity,’ First National Conference on Diversity, Hyatt, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
2013 Chair, Armchair Discussion on the Economy, Conference on the Economy 2013, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2013 Feature Panellist; paper delivered: ‘What is Human Difference?’ The Homosexual: A Member of Society, St Andrew’s Theological College, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
2012 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Woodbrook on the path to Independence: Intersections of Class, Ethnicity and Race in the 20th Century’. Trinidad and Tobago at 50: A Model Nation? University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2011 Discussant; ‘What is Poverty?’ Poverty Conference 2011, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2011 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Globalisation, racism and transnational class consolidation.’ New Geographies: Studies in Postcoloniality and Globalisation, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2011 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘What is Social Justice: Methodologies for the Classroom.’ Education Conference, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2010 Chair and discussant, ‘Afro-Caribbean Religions.’ Religion in the Caribbean: Addressing the Challenges of Development and Globalism, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2010 Moderator ‘Tacit Subject and Silences.’ Lavender Linguistics XVII, American University, Washington, DC
2009 Discussant ‘War And Counter-Counterinsurgency: Demilitarizing Anthropology And US Society.’ 108th AAA annual meeting, Philadelphia, USA.
2009 Panellist, ‘Performance and the Possibilities for Social Change.’ Advancing Social Justice in Times of Crisis: The 6th Annual Public Anthropology Conference, American University, Washington, DC
2009 Chair and discussant, ‘Cultural and Sexual Identities.’ Urban Transformations: Public, Private Practices of Social Change, American University, Washington, DC
2009 Chair and discussant, ‘Conversation, Stylistics, Status.’ Lavender Linguistics XVI, American University, Washington, DC
2008 Chair and discussant, ‘Militarisation of Anthropology?: Anthropologists and the Military.’ Fifth Annual Public Anthropology Day, American University, Washington, DC
2007 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Petro-Dollars, Violence and the Spectacle of Carnival in Trinidad.’ Fourth conference of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD), Barbados, West Indies
2007 Chair and discussant, ‘Looking for home: Citizenship, Migration and the Language of Survival.’ Lavender Linguistics XIIII, American University, Washington, DC.
2006 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Who “ent” Dead, Badly Wounded.’ 105th AAA annual meeting, San Jose, CA
2006 Chair, ‘Caribbean Masculinities,’ Gender Perceptions Forum, organised by the GLBTA and Caribbean Circle, American University, Washington, DC
2006 Chair, ‘Studies in Queer Performance Panel,’ Lavender Linguistics XIII, American University, Washington, DC.
2006 Chair and Discussant, ‘Sexuality, Citizenship and the State,’ GLBTA Symposium, American University. Washington, DC
2006 Language and Communication Guest Speaker, American University. Washington, DC
2006 Discussant, ‘Sexuality and Citizenship,’ 3rd Annual Exploring Public Anthropology Day, American University. Washington, DC
2018 Workshop facilitator (with Professor Clare Anderson and Dr Lucy Evans, University of Leicester, UK); Workshop on Setting up International Research Collaborations, Faculty of Social Sciences Lounge, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, 19 April, 2018
2018 Presenter; ‘Bottom-up local opinions and views to understand how UN values are perceived in the T&T context’. StratCom 101 – Introduction to Strategic Communications for Preventing Violent Extremism, UN Counter-Terrorism Centre, Police Academy, St James Police Barracks, Trinidad, April 9, 2018
2017 Featured presenter; paper delivered: ‘Securing Equality For All: The Evidence and Recommendations’, Caribbean Judicial Dialogue: Equality For All in the Administration of Justice, Judicial Institute of Trinidad and Tobago, November 30 and December 1st, 2017
2017 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Crime, Resilience and Myth’, AHRC Research Network Workshop: Dons, Yardies and Posses: Representations of Jamaican Organised Crime, Mona, Jamaica, June 15 and 16, 2017
2017 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Justice out of a State of Injustice: Bias, Trust and Fairness in the Judiciary of Trinidad & Tobago,’ British Academy Research Network Workshop: Crime and its Representation in the Anglophone Caribbean, 1834-2018, Mona, Jamaica, June 14, and 15, 2017
2017 Panellist; paper delivered ‘“So much of the political, you know, dictates who we are and who we want to become”: A Rapid Assessment Ethnography of Political Culture in a Caribbean Nation,’ the Caribbean Studies Association meetings, Nassau, Bahamas, June 5-9, 2017
2017 Participant; paper delivered: ‘Justice out of State of Injustice: Bias, Trust and Fairness in the Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago’ Understanding Local Entanglements of Global Inequalities: Socio-Cultural Transformation and Decolonial Thought, Justus Liebig University, Gießen, Germany. 27th-28th April 2017
2017 Featured presenter; paper delivered: ‘Theatre of the Streets: Using Photographs to Talk about Changes in Mas, 1910-1980’ Photographs as Sources for Research, University of the West Indies, January 25
2016 Featured presenter; paper delivered: ‘How Fear Operates – The Production and Reproduction of D/discourses of Fear in Trinidad’ Caribbean Criminological Perspectives, University of Leicester, July 14
2016 Panellist; Paper delivered: ‘Fear is not created equally: A qualitative comparison of the fear of street crime vs. the fear of white-collar crime in Trinidad,’ Workshop on Crime and Representation, University of Leicester, July 12-13
2016 Featured panellist and facilitator: ‘Exploring Implicit Bias – Pathways for Transformation,’ Judicial Institute of Trinidad and Tobago, Continuing Education Seminar, June 10 – 12 2016
2016 Participant: ‘Issues in the Study of Social Media Today’, Why We Post Project Launch and Workshop, University College London, Feb 29-March 1
2015 Featured panellist: ‘Global Trends in Homegrown Violent Extremism: Exploring Implications for Trinidad and Tobago,’ Diplomatic Dialogues, Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad
2015 Featured panellist: ‘Collaborative Engagements in Policing: A Roundtable discussion on Anthropology, Police and Oversight,’ 114th American Anthropological Association Meetings, Denver, Colorado, USA. Nov 19th, 2015
2015 Featured speaker: ‘Self Help Turns you Inward/Social Change needs you Outward,’ Off the Record, TEDx, Port of Spain, Trinidad
2015 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Who’s Afraid of Human Right’s? The Judge’s Dilemma: An Anthropologist’s Contribution’ Fifth Distinguished Jurist Lecture, Judicial Education Institute, Halls of Justice, Trinidad
2015 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Corruption: An Anthropological Perspective,’ Let’s Talk Governance – Community Outreach, Five River’s Community Centre, Tunapuna, Trinidad
2014 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Political Power Now and Then in Trinidad,’ Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth, Edinburgh, Scotland
2014 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Language, Power and an Emic Perspective: Small Goal Football in Trinidad,’ Conference on Science, Higher Education and Business: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sport Studies, Research and Development, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2013 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘I Wonder if it’s Bobol: Political Power then and now in Trinidad,’ 113th American Anthropological Association Meeting, Chicago, UA
2013 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Prejudice Against the Poor,’ Conference on the Economy 2013, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2013 Feature Presenter; paper delivered: ‘Making the World Safe for Human Difference: Cultivating Cultural Diversity,’ First National Conference on Diversity, Hyatt, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
2013 Chair, Armchair Discussion on the Economy, Conference on the Economy 2013, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2013 Feature Panellist; paper delivered: ‘What is Human Difference?’ The Homosexual: A Member of Society, St Andrew’s Theological College, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
2012 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Woodbrook on the path to Independence: Intersections of Class, Ethnicity and Race in the 20th Century’. Trinidad and Tobago at 50: A Model Nation? University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2011 Discussant; ‘What is Poverty?’ Poverty Conference 2011, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2011 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Globalisation, racism and transnational class consolidation.’ New Geographies: Studies in Postcoloniality and Globalisation, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2011 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘What is Social Justice: Methodologies for the Classroom.’ Education Conference, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2010 Chair and discussant, ‘Afro-Caribbean Religions.’ Religion in the Caribbean: Addressing the Challenges of Development and Globalism, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
2010 Moderator ‘Tacit Subject and Silences.’ Lavender Linguistics XVII, American University, Washington, DC
2009 Discussant ‘War And Counter-Counterinsurgency: Demilitarizing Anthropology And US Society.’ 108th AAA annual meeting, Philadelphia, USA.
2009 Panellist, ‘Performance and the Possibilities for Social Change.’ Advancing Social Justice in Times of Crisis: The 6th Annual Public Anthropology Conference, American University, Washington, DC
2009 Chair and discussant, ‘Cultural and Sexual Identities.’ Urban Transformations: Public, Private Practices of Social Change, American University, Washington, DC
2009 Chair and discussant, ‘Conversation, Stylistics, Status.’ Lavender Linguistics XVI, American University, Washington, DC
2008 Chair and discussant, ‘Militarisation of Anthropology?: Anthropologists and the Military.’ Fifth Annual Public Anthropology Day, American University, Washington, DC
2007 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Petro-Dollars, Violence and the Spectacle of Carnival in Trinidad.’ Fourth conference of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD), Barbados, West Indies
2007 Chair and discussant, ‘Looking for home: Citizenship, Migration and the Language of Survival.’ Lavender Linguistics XIIII, American University, Washington, DC.
2006 Panellist; paper delivered: ‘Who “ent” Dead, Badly Wounded.’ 105th AAA annual meeting, San Jose, CA
2006 Chair, ‘Caribbean Masculinities,’ Gender Perceptions Forum, organised by the GLBTA and Caribbean Circle, American University, Washington, DC
2006 Chair, ‘Studies in Queer Performance Panel,’ Lavender Linguistics XIII, American University, Washington, DC.
2006 Chair and Discussant, ‘Sexuality, Citizenship and the State,’ GLBTA Symposium, American University. Washington, DC
2006 Language and Communication Guest Speaker, American University. Washington, DC
2006 Discussant, ‘Sexuality and Citizenship,’ 3rd Annual Exploring Public Anthropology Day, American University. Washington, DC