Thursday, September 22, 2005
Online Culture Courses
Image from: Jenkins, Edward. The Coolie, his Rights and Wrongs, London: Strahan & Co., 1871.
The internet throws a lot of surprises in your face, and I wasn't ready for this one. It got me excited. I found this site Saxakali, which is a site for "People of Color". They offer on-line courses on various issues. I don't know if the website is still updated, but there are on-line course on the Indian Diaspora (Hill Coolies).
COLORU was especially designed to serve the learning needs of communities of color by offering classes in education, history, culture, business, computers, and technology from African, Asian, Latino, Middle Eastern, & Native American perspectives.
Want to take an on-line Course on the Hill Coolies - CLICK HERE
Course: Asian Indian Diaspora - Hill Coolies (YU2200)
Type: Self-study tutorial
Comments
Hello Cecilia,
Part of my job is designing online courses for an international publishing company.
Thank you, this is very interesting information. Just browsed through it a little, hope I can get time to read it all.
Among others, Brij Lal did some research into the incentives for migration of Indian indentured labourers. He was among the first to point out that the idea that most of these people were kidnapped or tricked into emigrating was wrong. Many of the emigrants were already on the move, away from their villages and looking for work; others made a conscious choice of settling in a foreign country. This is the last trend in the research as far as I know. If interested, you can also check Marina Carter for Mauritius and Verene Sheperd for Jamaica. Their books support Lal's idea and bring interesting evidence (letters from emigrants, petitions, etc.)
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