The Surviving Storms | CCC project is live in Dominica

A research project focused about how Dominicans have survived, prepare for and adapt to hurricanes is underway on island.

The Surviving Storms | Caribbean Cyclone Cartography project aims to create a digital map of Dominica, as an archive of storm survivals, a place to draw lessons from David, Erika, Maria and earlier cyclones.

The project researchers are based at Create Caribbean Research Institute at Dominica State College, Mona Geoinformatics at UWI, Jamaica and Goldsmiths University of London; they are in Dominica throughout 2021.

The Caribbean-led team is made up of Dr Cecilia Green (Sociology), Dr Schuyler Esprit (Literature), Dr Adom Philogene Heron (Anthropology), Dr Annabel Wilson (Education), Dr Ava Maxam (Oceanography), Gabrielle Abraham (Geoinformatics), Farah Nibbs (Disaster management) and Nathaniel Reid (Geoinformatics).

The project is funded by the UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund.

The team’s multidisciplinary research spans the fields of vernacular architecture, oral history, archival research, documentary film, creative arts, agrarian water management and hazard mapping.

Like tributaries to a river the Surviving Storms | CCC project is broken down into the following workstreams:

On May 6^th, 2021, the project held its Inaugural Symposium in Morne Bruce, inviting a group of key thinkers and professionals to discuss the project’s objectives and guide its vision. Guests were of limited number (in the interest of Covid-19 safety) but included village council representatives, relevant agencies (e.g. forestry, agriculture, CREAD), as well as those from disaster management, youth, media and education sectors.

You can watch a short film about the event here:

https://youtu.be/-dR0g2q-VxE [please embed video]

(Shot & Directed by Michael Lees)

So far, the project team have collaborated with a host of wonderful students, organisations (e.g. North East Women in Agriculture Movement, SHAPE, I Have a Right) and community members (from Petite Savanne, Loubiere, Coulibistrie, Mahaut, Kalinago Territory, Colihaut and Roseau). We look forward to many collaborations to come.

To keep up to date with the project, which runs until November 2022, visit:

And if you would like to share your story or get involved, please contact Adom Philogene Heron on WhatsApp +447866122470.

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