Adaeze Greenidge
Biographic Data
| ID | 204776 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adaeze Greenidge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adaeze |
| FAMILY NAME | Greenidge |
| SIGNATURE | GREENIDGE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West Indies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Snapshots of Maya Self-determination in Southern Belize: For Q’eqchi’ and Mopan communities of Toledo District, resisting land grabs and stewarding the commons are central to struggles to protect terr…
The lands of San Jose village, one of 41 Maya villages in southern Belize. (ALL PHOTOS BY ROBERTO KUS)MOPAN: Ulu’um San Jose, hump’eel tuyaam ah 41 peet tika’ ichiloo uyamil ahMaaya.Q’EQCHI’: Lix c
Unsettling orthodoxy via epistemological jailbreak: Rethinking childhood, psychology, and wellbeing from the Caribbean
This article offers a critical overview of the coloniality of the broad fields of psychology and global mental health, as well as advocates anti-colonial approaches to childhood studies and wellness that move beyond Western frameworks and Eurocentric models. More specifically, by drawing upon transformative approaches to wellbeing being practiced by mental health promoters from the Caribbean who are committed to decolonisation, we propose, via th…
Of “madness,” against Babylon: A story of resistance, (mis)representation, and paradox in the Caribbean
Plunder via Violation of FPIC: Land Grabbing, State Negligence, and Pathways to Peace in Central America and the Caribbean
This briefing provides an explicatory synopsis of tensions that emerge at the nexus of state power, corporate extraction, and struggles for Indigenous self-determination in Central America and the Caribbean. Specifically, it offers an overview of the ongoing land rights conflict taking place in Toledo District, Southern Belize, between Maya communities, the Westminster-modelled Government of Belize (GoB), and extractivist corporations. In doing s…
Indigenous resurgence, decolonial praxis, alternative futures: The Maya Leaders Alliance of Southern Belize
While most scholars working on resistance and decolonisation in Latin America and the Caribbean are familiar with the Zapatistas, far fewer have afforded committed attention to the parallel Maya land rights struggle and autonomous social movement in the region. Notably, a movement that is currently advancing in both Central America and the Caribbean, namely, Belize—a former colony of the British Crown. Accordingly, this piece offers a summary of …
Wrestling with race and colonialism in Caribbean agriculture: Toward a (food) sovereign and (gender) just future
Roots, rhizomes and resistance: Remembering the Sir George Williams student uprising
This article is a critical reflection, half a century on and offered from the Caribbean, about allegations of racial discrimination on the part of a professor that prompted the 1969 Sir George Williams affair in Montreal. It provides an overview of the factors that instigated the student uprising; details the response and aftermath that ensued; offers a focus on the role Black women played in the direct action; and illustrates how the incident wa…
Indigenous resurgence, decolonial praxis, alternative futures: The Maya Leaders Alliance of Southern Belize
While most scholars working on resistance and decolonisation in Latin America and the Caribbean are familiar with the Zapatistas, far fewer have afforded committed attention to the parallel Maya land rights struggle and autonomous social movement in the region. Notably, a movement that is currently advancing in both Central America and the Caribbean, namely, Belize—a former colony of the British Crown. Accordingly, this piece offers a summary of …
Wrestling with race and colonialism in Caribbean agriculture: Toward a (food) sovereign and (gender) just future
Roots, rhizomes and resistance: Remembering the Sir George Williams student uprising
This article is a critical reflection, half a century on and offered from the Caribbean, about allegations of racial discrimination on the part of a professor that prompted the 1969 Sir George Williams affair in Montreal. It provides an overview of the factors that instigated the student uprising; details the response and aftermath that ensued; offers a focus on the role Black women played in the direct action; and illustrates how the incident wa…
Unsettling orthodoxy via epistemological jailbreak: Rethinking childhood, psychology, and wellbeing from the Caribbean
This article offers a critical overview of the coloniality of the broad fields of psychology and global mental health, as well as advocates anti-colonial approaches to childhood studies and wellness that move beyond Western frameworks and Eurocentric models. More specifically, by drawing upon transformative approaches to wellbeing being practiced by mental health promoters from the Caribbean who are committed to decolonisation, we propose, via th…
Plunder via Violation of FPIC: Land Grabbing, State Negligence, and Pathways to Peace in Central America and the Caribbean
This briefing provides an explicatory synopsis of tensions that emerge at the nexus of state power, corporate extraction, and struggles for Indigenous self-determination in Central America and the Caribbean. Specifically, it offers an overview of the ongoing land rights conflict taking place in Toledo District, Southern Belize, between Maya communities, the Westminster-modelled Government of Belize (GoB), and extractivist corporations. In doing s…
Wrestling with race and colonialism in Caribbean agriculture: Toward a (food) sovereign and (gender) just future
Roots, rhizomes and resistance: Remembering the Sir George Williams student uprising
This article is a critical reflection, half a century on and offered from the Caribbean, about allegations of racial discrimination on the part of a professor that prompted the 1969 Sir George Williams affair in Montreal. It provides an overview of the factors that instigated the student uprising; details the response and aftermath that ensued; offers a focus on the role Black women played in the direct action; and illustrates how the incident wa…
Of “madness,” against Babylon: A story of resistance, (mis)representation, and paradox in the Caribbean
Plunder via Violation of FPIC: Land Grabbing, State Negligence, and Pathways to Peace in Central America and the Caribbean
This briefing provides an explicatory synopsis of tensions that emerge at the nexus of state power, corporate extraction, and struggles for Indigenous self-determination in Central America and the Caribbean. Specifically, it offers an overview of the ongoing land rights conflict taking place in Toledo District, Southern Belize, between Maya communities, the Westminster-modelled Government of Belize (GoB), and extractivist corporations. In doing s…
Indigenous resurgence, decolonial praxis, alternative futures: The Maya Leaders Alliance of Southern Belize
While most scholars working on resistance and decolonisation in Latin America and the Caribbean are familiar with the Zapatistas, far fewer have afforded committed attention to the parallel Maya land rights struggle and autonomous social movement in the region. Notably, a movement that is currently advancing in both Central America and the Caribbean, namely, Belize—a former colony of the British Crown. Accordingly, this piece offers a summary of …
Unsettling orthodoxy via epistemological jailbreak: Rethinking childhood, psychology, and wellbeing from the Caribbean
This article offers a critical overview of the coloniality of the broad fields of psychology and global mental health, as well as advocates anti-colonial approaches to childhood studies and wellness that move beyond Western frameworks and Eurocentric models. More specifically, by drawing upon transformative approaches to wellbeing being practiced by mental health promoters from the Caribbean who are committed to decolonisation, we propose, via th…
Snapshots of Maya Self-determination in Southern Belize: For Q’eqchi’ and Mopan communities of Toledo District, resisting land grabs and stewarding the commons are central to struggles to protect terr…
The lands of San Jose village, one of 41 Maya villages in southern Belize. (ALL PHOTOS BY ROBERTO KUS)MOPAN: Ulu’um San Jose, hump’eel tuyaam ah 41 peet tika’ ichiloo uyamil ahMaaya.Q’EQCHI’: Lix c
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works)