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C4 s &,. . oe” Bi, | «BULKRATE = “e IS 7, Permit No. 17 i. ‘~y Charlotte Amalie 8 COVICRIER P) eA Bf Form 3547 Requested COLLEGE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, CARIBBEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ST. THOMAS, U.S.V.1. 00801 Virgin Islands an wa Postage Paid % # VOLUME IV, NUMBER 3 EDITED BY S.J. OLIVERIO SEPTEMBER 1980 Administration DIRECTOR RETURNS FROM Dr. Norwell Harrigan resumed duty as director SABBATICAL YEAR ABROAD of the Institute on July 1 after a year of sabbatical leave. During the year he took part in an educational tour of the Orient, where he visited institutions of higher education in Hong Kong, Thailand and Korea. One semester of the leave was spent as a visiting research fellow at the Center for Interna- tional Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, where he researched models of political autonomy. Dr. Harrigan engaged in Virgin Islands historical research for two terms--one at Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University and one at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. During that time he conducted research at the Bodleian and Rhodes House Libraries, the School of Oriental and African Studies and the Public Record Office. JACKSON EMPLOYED BY Ivor Jackson began work September 1 as research ECNAMP AT INSTITUTE associate, using CRI facilities. He is a con- sultant to the Eastern Caribbean Natural Area Management Program (ECNAMP) which is executed jointly by the Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA) and the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources. Jackson is involved in several ECNAMP projects in various areas of the Caribbean. A project in Anguilla is aiming towards the development of marine resources for fisheries, tourism and recreation. Also, a system of parks and protected areas on that island will be identified. In St. Kitts a study of management alternatives is underway for the southeast peninsula of the island. A project in the British Virgin Islands is assisting the government in setting up marine parks in protected areas. In addition, ECNAMP is engaged in a survey of conservation priorities and an environ- mental education project, among other activities. Jackson is also under- taking a survey of charter boating in the BVI. Prior to his involvement with ECNAMP, Jackson was a special consultant for the Nature Conservancy and the CCA, working in the BVI government as a town and country planner. He holds an MA in urban and regional planning from the University of Rhode Island. = COORDINATOR ATTENDS Hebrew University in Jerusalem was the location CONGRESS IN JERUSALEM for the 1980 Congress of the International Insti- tute of Public Finance, held August 25-29. Hun- dreds of specialists in the field met to discuss government revenue, expend- itures and policy decisions. Giving keynote addresses were Wassiley Leontief, Nobel laureate, and Richard Musgrave, who is recognized throughout the world as dean of public finance. In attendance from the Institute was Dr. S.B. Jones-Hendrickson, coordinator of the Social Research Center (SRC). He was a discussant during the section dealing with '!Public Sector Employment Trends in Market Economies and Central Planned Economies."' Next year the annual congress will be held the first week in September in Tokyo. MARSH RECEIVES A research grant recently was awarded to the RESEARCH GRANT assistant director of CRI, Dr. Clifton E. Marsh. The grant was made available as part of the cul- tural heritage project "Emancipation: A Second Look," funded by the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) and administered by the V.I. Bureau of Libraries, Museums and Archaeological Services. During the next four months Dr. Marsh will research two Virgin Islands historical events, the Emancipation of 1848 and the Labor Revolt of 1878. He will approach the study from a socio-historical perspective, using collec- tive behavior theories to define the Labor Revolt as an organized rebellion rather than a "riot," a term commonly used to describe it. His study will be published by the Bureau as part of their ongoing publications series. Dr. Marsh is currently serving as an advisory board member and a study group leader for the NEH project, now in its twelfth month of operation. For more information on how you can take part in "Emancipation: A Second Look," contact your local library. AGE-EARNINGS PROFILES "Towards A Development of an Age-Earnings Profile IN PROGRESS AT THE SRC in Frederiksted, St. Croix" is the title of a short-term report currently being completed by Dr. Jones-Hendrickson. A computer sample of households will be canvassed by him with a special questionnaire. A similar short-term study will be done on the earnings profile of employes of the College of the Virgin Islands. Additionally, a long-term report will be completed on the entire Virgin Islands, which will be a useful statistical tool for local planning offices. 1981 CSA CONFERENCE May 27-30, 1981 are the dates set for the Sixth TO BE HOSTED BY CVI Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association (CSA). In September a CSA Council meeting was held in Puerto Rico to discuss the upcoming conference program, the theme of which is "The Caribbean: An Agenda for the 1980's." Approxi- mately twenty panels are being planned on a variety of subjects, such as the Caribbean family, artistic, leisure and religious development, energy and the environment, population and socio-economic factors. Most of the associ- ation's 374 members are expected to be in attendance. Dr. Jones-Hendrickson is serving as program chairman for the conference.