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Rastafari Studies
Introduction
Many view Rastafari as a religious phenomenon emerging in Jamaica in the twentieth century. This view, however, limits the purpose that the movement holds in a wider pedagogical sense. Rastafari is a knowledge system which Jamaica has contributed to the world. The Institute’s Rastafari Studies programme is design to foster understanding of this contribution of Rastafari to Caribbean and New World culture.
The programme is intended to offer students access to a body of knowledge developed through and around the manifestation of Rastafari in Jamaica over the last century. It involves assessing the importance of this Movement's contribution to the development of not only Caribbean culture but African Diasporan sensibilities through a multidisciplinary focus on thought, practice and experience.
The programme will, therefore, address the following specific objectives:
• Contextualize Caribbean Folk Philosophy as an accessible branch of knowledge bearing inner logic, analytical process, iconography and a range of approaches of which Rastafari is one of the most developed;
• Introduce students to the Rastafari Diaspora and the continued experiencing of Rastafari Livity in a globalising environment;
• Deepen understanding of methods for Caribbean cultural inquiry, especially as it relates to grounded research.
Courses
• Level II:
o The Culture of Rastafari [ CLTR2518/AR25R ]
• Level III:
o Rastafari in the Global Context [ CLTRR3518/AR35R]
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