https://archive.org/details/stmartin

Language, Culture, and Identity in St. Martin by Rhoda Arrindell

Topics
#StMartin, #SaintMartin, #SintMaarten, #SXM, #Soualiga, #Swaliga, #Caribbean, #Caribbean #linguistics, #Caribbeanculture, #sociolinguistics, english, #varietiesofenglish, #worldenglishes, #dutch, #french, #colonialism, #dutchcolonialism, #frenchcolonialism, #creolization, #nationalism, #Caribbeansociolinguistics, #anglophoneCaribbean

"LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND IDENTITY IN ST. MARTIN is intended to contribute to the language education discourse and provide some insight into how language and culture affect and are affected by identity in St. Martin. Exploring the basic syntactical structure of the St. Martin language, it aims to stimulate further and deeper studies leading to a new awareness of the nature of the language. Furthermore, the book could serve to provide a knowledge base from which the analysis of cultural, identity, and educational issues confronting the South and North of this Caribbean island can be made and understood."

I take photos now and then and sometimes I am fortunate to visit locations where the photos almost take themselves. I am blessed to travel with wife(/model). Here's a contact sheet of my favorite photos from 2022. The photos from space aren't mine, of course, but they are astronauts wearing patches I designed in 2022 #YearInReview #aviation #space #maldives #sxm #auroraborealis #northernlights

"St. Martin’s One #SXM Rejects Dutch “Apology” without #Reparations"
https://www.bajanreporter.com/2022/12/st-martins-one-sxm-rejects-dutch-apology-without-reparations
#Soualiga #Swaliga

Excuse me while I kiss the sky(liner that is really close to the beach).

#sxm #mahobeach #sintmarten

https://archive.org/details/national-symbols-of-sxm

National Symbols of St. Martin - A Primer by Lasana M. Sekou; Rhoda Arrindell

Topics
#StMartin, #SaintMartin, #SintMaarten, #SXM, #Soualiga, #Swaliga, #Caribbean, #nationalism, #independence, #independencemovements, #Caribbeanhistory, #historyoftheCaribbean

from the preface: "National Symbols of St. Martin - A Primer records, highlights, and proposes regenerative features of the composite face of St. Martin's natural, popular, and national symbols."