Dr. Gabrielle Hosein

Publication/source: Public Humanities 2, e158, 2026

Snippet: Indian indenture in the Caribbean transformed the local topography as labourers brought dried fruits, seeds, and cuttings during the transoceanic voyage. Over one hundred years after this mass migration, these plants have become central to religious ceremonies and cultural festivities, drum-making and art, landscaping, agriculture, home gardening, cooking, and decoration. They now appear familiar and native to the wider Caribbean population. Some of the flora provide flowers, fruits, and leaves that have become synonymous with the region and reflect transported labourers’ deeply embedded footprint and gendered histories. Drawing on these influences, this article describes a collectively created archival project, Indian Inheritances Across and Beyond Caribbean Geographies, produced in memory of the Caribbean historian Professor Emeritus Brinsley Samaroo, whose essay, cited further in this article, and passing in 2023 inspired this project. As shown in this article, the project contributes to contemporary Caribbean visual archives through curation of photographs and text which memorialise the botanical legacy of Indian indenture and the meanings it has for those living in and descended from the region. Building upon these community-sourced submissions, the article intervenes in writing on the Creole garden through its analysis of contemporary gardenscapes in terms of post-indenture phytoarchives and floral mnemonics. In this framing, plants are living archives co-creating multispecies and multiethnic experiences of indenture and its afterlife, and they act as devices which memorialise and metaphorise indenture inheritances, evoking a multisensory connection to the past in the present.

Publication/source: Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 15248380251388136, 2026

Snippet: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most common form of gender-based violence (GBV) experienced by women globally. In the Caribbean, IPV is especially pervasive. This scoping review systematically examined descriptive studies, surveys, secondary data analyses, and mixed-methods studies or interventions conducted between 2000-and 2022 that address IPV or GBV among English-speaking adult Caribbean populations within both the region and in diaspora communities. Studies among non-English-speaking adult Caribbean populations, involving children or referencing childhood sexual abuse, articles not written or published in English, and those with a clear lack of IPV or GBV relevance were excluded. Forty (n = 40) articles met our inclusion criteria and were included in the final analysis. Thematic analysis revealed three major domains: prevalence and risk factors (52.5%, n = 21), cultural attitudes and perceptions (32.5%, n = 13), and service engagement factors (15.0%, n = 6). Studies documented IPV prevalence rates ranging from 15% to 48%, with patriarchal cultural norms, childhood violence exposure, and economic stressors as key contributing factors. Research revealed significant geographic imbalances, with 42.5% (n = 17) of studies focusing on diaspora populations rather than Caribbean residents. Women comprised 87.5% (n = 35) of study participants, while men were included in only 32.5% (n = 13) of studies. Despite growing recognition of the IPV/GBV burden, research in this region remains limited in scope, scale, and methodological rigor. This review underscores an urgent need for rigorous, culturally tailored research to inform policy and improve IPV prevention and intervention strategies. Addressing these gaps can enhance evidence-based practices and health outcomes across the Caribbean.

Publication/source: Small Axe 30 (1), 84-95, 2026

Snippet: Reflecting on the contributions of Professor Emerita Rhoda Reddock, this essay explores her sustained engagement with Indo-Caribbean gendered realities and how investment in understanding her “other” has informed her scholarship and activism. Thinking with the process of mas making, and particularly with the character “Nachorious” created for Jouvay 2025, the author considers the ways Reddock's analyses have informed her own postindenture Caribbean feminist praxes. Both a review of Reddock's life and work and an engagement with her legacy, the essay grounds the creation of Nachorious in Reddock's pathbreaking research on Indian indenture, but it also points to her life lived by example, her good advice for public intellectual writing, her continued involvement in imagining social change, and the value of her work on the intersections of ethnicity, class, and gender for the larger society, particularly in divisive times. Written from the perspective of a younger scholar mentored over decades and an almost daughter, it traverses the ways Rhoda Reddock also influenced life paths, like the author's own, through establishment of her academic home, the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

Publication/source: Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies 6 (1), 115-132, 2026

Snippet: In 2020, scholars and community organizers, Dr Kumar Mahabir and Shalima Mohammed, co-founded the weekly Zoom webinar programme, the Indo-Caribbean Cultural Centre’s (ICC) ‘Thought Leaders’ Public Forum’. In conversation with Gabrielle Jamela Hosein, they reflect on the series’ history and contribution, their intellectual collaboration over six years and their curation of more than 300 sessions. The interview traces their aspirations and commitments to heritage preservation, and the global reach of the Forum – geographically as well as thematically. It also highlights some of the challenges and sacrifices behind the production of this community-based, participatory, digital archive. Finally, the interview documents these collaborators’ expanded efforts to build community and knowledge through tours to sites of Indian indenture. Both on and offline, they offer insight into their ‘real-world engagement’ with indenture’s legacies.

Publication/source: Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance …, 2025

Snippet: Gender-based violence (GBV) is a critical issue that affects the lives of young people in the Caribbean and globally. This article documents a methodology for using spoken word and theatre in GBV prevention work with adolescents in the Caribbean. We discuss a series of participatory activities involving young people aged 11–17, and reflect on the co-creation of a play script and teaching resource. Our findings show that the use of culturally grounded and culturally relevant methodologies in arts-based GBV prevention work can enhance peer learning among adolescents. We argue that such methodologies require a collaborative and participatory process.