A House that Could Walk
A House as Metaphor for Barbados. Barbados itself is a belongings home of sorts-- a small island that declined to stay where the world tried to position it. It got its identity and shifted it through centuries of upheaval: • Amerindian origins • English colonial rule • African survival and reinvention • The plantation era • Emancipation. • Migration. • Education. • Independence. • Republic. At every turn, the island adjusted without losing itself. That is the belongings house spirit. Movement without rooting out. Strength without rigidness. Identity that takes a trip but does not fade. A RoguesCulture Series of the Schedule: Rogues in Paradise.