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In December 2018, Donte Small \u201918<\/span><\/strong> and Nia Vargus \u201918<\/span><\/strong> presented at \u201cRaising the Curtain on Race: Race and Development,\u201d a conference hosted by Cura\u00e7ao\u2019s National Commission for UNESCO, the University of St. Martin, and the Eastern Caribbean Public Health Foundation. It was a gratifying ending to a story that began the previous summer, during an Intensive Course Abroad<\/span><\/a>, or ICA, to Cura\u00e7ao.<\/p>\n

Assistant Professor of Writing Studies Phaye Poliakoff-Chen had never taught a study abroad course before\u2014but she\u2019d always wanted to. So when she was pitching ideas to Professor Eric Singer, who was then the associate provost for experiential and external programs, she suggested Cura\u00e7ao, the autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Poliakoff-Chen was introduced to Cura\u00e7ao in 2010 by an exchange student, Annette Mor\u00f3n, with whom she has stayed friendly. Goucher had never done an ICA on the island before.<\/p>\n

\u201cCura\u00e7ao has this very painful history,\u201d Poliakoff-Chen says. The Spanish destroyed the Indigenous people, and the island became a major stop on the Dutch slave trade. In 1915, Shell opened a polluting oil refinery there.<\/p>\n

But Cura\u00e7ao also has so much beauty\u2014in its welcoming people and its joyful architecture, which includes the oldest continually operated synagogue in the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n

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Dutch-style architecture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Poliakoff-Chen had all this in mind when she proposed to take eight students there to study travel writing. They would not write about sunsets or cocktails. Instead, Poliakoff-Chen would \u201cask students to understand the ethics of being a travel writer,\u201d she says, \u201cand to question themselves about the responsibilities for people who travel and report back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ICA was budgeted for eight students; \u201cI ended up with 20,\u201d Poliakoff-Chen says. Faculty members Jamie Mullaney \u201995<\/span><\/strong> and Brandon Arvesen \u201905<\/span><\/strong> rounded out the group.<\/p>\n

ICAs are three-week long courses that are offered as an alternative to a semester abroad. For Poliakoff-Chen\u2019s students, the first two weeks were spent traveling the island with a guide from the University of Cura\u00e7ao, Lianne Leonora. \u201cWe visited museums, attended lectures, met with different scholars and creators and artists,\u201d says Small.<\/p>\n

Then, \u201cwe would reflect on each of the events,\u201d says Vargus, \u201cand then for the last week, we worked on one piece that focused on one experience or the whole experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ICA students visit Cura\u00e7ao’s Parliament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the start of their last week, Vargus began to write a research piece about the art of the island, and how it reflects the culture of race there. \u201cAt some point,\u201d she says, \u201cit became a personal narrative, also,\u201d using art and culture to compare the ways people in Cura\u00e7ao and in the U.S. view race. She found that race was more of a taboo subject in Cura\u00e7ao, something best left for the privacy of the home. She also found that people in Cura\u00e7ao focused more on ethnicity than race.<\/p>\n

Right away, Small was drawn to the languages of the island. Many people in Cura\u00e7ao speak Papiamentu, a creole language created by enslaved people. He noted how much of the island\u2019s economy was built around tourism, and how difficult it could be for someone who only speaks Papiamentu to find work catering to visitors. Many islanders have to know English, Spanish, and Dutch, as well.<\/p>\n

In the story of the Papiamentu language, he saw a connection to his own story. Small was incarcerated for six and a half years; it was through the Goucher Prison Education Partnership that he met Poliakoff-Chen. When Small was released, he enrolled at Goucher full time. The world was opening up to him, but he had to learn new ways of being in it.<\/p>\n

\"Donte
Donte Small with Jamie Mullaney and Phaye Poliakoff-Chen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cLanguage was something I always struggled with,\u201d he says. \u201cI always struggled with grammar, and then when I went to college, there was another hidden struggle: my pronunciation.\u201d Small had to learn yet another way to speak, or code-switch. Being in Cura\u00e7ao \u201creally heightened the reality for me of how language could limit you in a lot of aspects.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly after the group returned to Baltimore, Poliakoff-Chen called Small and Vargus with news: Their university guide in Cura\u00e7ao, Leonora, was also a co-organizer of a conference on race, and she wanted to invite the two to present their papers.<\/p>\n

Small and Vargus both worked hard to edit their pieces. Vargus cut eight pages from hers; Small carefully rewrote his to make sure the tone was respectful and didn\u2019t come off like an American telling the people of Cura\u00e7ao their own history.<\/p>\n

In the midst of finals last winter, during her final semester\u2014Vargus graduated early\u2014she returned to Cura\u00e7ao for their session on the outsider\u2019s perspective. A former first-year mentor and program chair, Writing Center tutor, and teaching assistant, Vargus had a very busy college career. Now that she\u2019s graduated, she finally has a chance to breathe, take in everything she\u2019s learned, and figure out what\u2019s next. It probably involves a lot of writing.<\/p>\n

\"Nia
Nia Vargus gives her presentation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Small, who was still on parole as the conference took place, was not able to get permission to leave the country in time to attend. He participated over Skype instead. But that doesn\u2019t take anything away from the experience Cura\u00e7ao gave him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ICA was absolutely phenomenal,\u201d he says. \u201cIt really inspired me to travel the world, and it really taught me how to travel the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, Small works as a tech professional, which gives him a creative autonomy that he loves, and a language with endless possibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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