Join the Green School for a conversation with artist Edouard Duval-Carrié and University of Miami professor Dr. Erica Moiah James, moderated by Dr. Rebecca Friedman. Together, they will explore the Global Borderless Caribbean initiative, which reimagines the Caribbean as a dynamic, interconnected region where culture, history and identity transcend borders. Discover how artists and scholars are rethinking the Caribbean as a transnational space—emphasizing connection, layered histories and global resonance.

The event will begin with a solo performance titled “Hip Hip Horray Performance in T(h)ree” by FIU doctoral candidate A’Keitha Carey.  

Lunch will be served.  

The Global Borderless Caribbean is at the heart of iWitness, a dynamic multifaceted community nonprofit that works in close collaboration with the Green School’s Public Humanities Lab. iWitness invites us to engage in visual storytelling, critical reflection and civic dialogue, focusing on issues that impact and shape communities in Latin America and the Caribbean and their global diasporas.

Speakers

Edouard Duval-Carrié is a contemporary artist and curator based in Miami, Florida. At heart, he is an educator— challenging the viewer to make meaning of dense iconography derived from Caribbean history, politics, and religion.  

Dr. Erica Moiah James is an art historian, curator, and Associate Professor at the University of Miami. Her scholarship centers on indigenous, modern, and contemporary art of the Caribbean Americas, and African Diaspora.  

Dr. Rebecca Friedman is a Professor of History at FIU and the Founding Director of the Public Humanities Lab.

Performance

Hip Hip Horray Dance Performance in T(h)ree centers Black women’s lived experiences and practices. This solo work by A’Keitha Carey explores multiple dimensions of Black female performance (including power, virtuosity, autonomy, play, the political, and freedom) that takes place in African Diasporic social gatherings such as Bahamian Junkanoo, Jamaican Dancehall and Trinidadian Carnival.