Heritage, Commodities and Circulation, Black Atlantic Landscapes, Identity and Subjectivity, Caribbean Futures
Regions
Caribbean; Martinique
Biography
Alyssa Adina James is a 2020 SSHRC Doctoral Fellow whose research examines the consequences of recasting colonial history for Caribbean subjectivities and futures. She interrogates the discourses and practices that transform commodities into heritage - and history into commodity - as it unfolds through Martinique’s nascent coffee revival project.
She is co-host of the Black feminist anthropology podcast, Zora's Daughters.
Education
York University, MA in Social Anthropology, 2017
University of Toronto, BS in Psychology and Equity Studies, 2011