Category Archives: Governance and the culture economy
The Story Hunters
The Story Hunters An Anthropologist’s Conversation with a Caribbean Peasant Rice Farmer Inspires an Innovative Civic Project. The author, Bertrand Laurent, is an anthropologist who works on governance, workforce development and crime reduction in the Caribbean. He is Executive Chair … Continue reading
The Smallest Big City in the World
Every American city has experienced its share of social, environmental, economic and political challenges. New Orleans is probably the only city that, with the possible exception of arctic snow blizzards and desert sandstorms, has exerienced them all. The citizens of … Continue reading
A World of Cities
Cultural, economic and social relations between cities are hastened by immigration, decentralization and increasing discomfort with national policies. We are increasingly becoming a world of cities, and less a world of nations. Continue reading
The Embargo and Havana’s Colony, New Orleans
Once France established New Orleans in 1718, her colonization of the territory was, as described by author Ned Sublette, “halfhearted and brief”. Only 44 years later, in the Treaty of Fontainebleu of 1762, France’s King Louis IV secretly gave New … Continue reading
Congratulations Airbnb Cuba!
A smart business move with a good public diplomacy result. Continue reading
The Caribbean Institute is Conducting an Assessment of Cuba’s Culture Economy
The Caribbean Institute is Conducting an Assessment of Cuba’s Culture Economy The Caribbean Institute for Sustainable Development defines the culture economy as “that segment of the economy that pertains to the production and marketing of cultural goods and services.” Sectors of … Continue reading
President Obama’s Trip to Cuba Should Avoid Cold War Rhetoric
The last time a sitting US President visited Cuba was January 1928, when Calvin Coolidge attended the Pan American Conference held in Havana. Now, 88 years later, President and Mrs. Obama will travel to Cuba on March 21, illustrating one … Continue reading
The Caribbean Institute for Sustainable Development 