Dr. Kai Barratt
Lecturer
Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies
– School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- kbarratt@utech.edu.jm
- 8769271680-8
- ext. 3753
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Qualifications
- PhD Cultural Studies (2016)
- MA Communication Studies (2004)
- BA History (2001)
Specialisation / Teaching Area
- COM2017: Essentials of Technical Writing
- SOC1001: Introduction to Sociology
- COM1020: Academic Writing 1
- CAT1000: Studies in Culture and Society
- CAT2006: Communication Analysis, Planning, and Design
- HUM3007: Introduction to Caribbean Gender Studies
- COM1002: Oral Communication
- COM1001: Fundamentals of Communication
- COM2002: Business Communication
- COM2001: Advanced Communication
Research Interests
- Carnival in Jamaica
- Social Media and the Trinidad Carnival
- Female Soca Artistes
Professional Membership / Association
- Caribbean Studies Association
- Society for Ethnomusicology
Community Service & Outreach Activities
- FELS Ethics Committee
- LTRC Awareness Committee
- SHSS Representative UTASU
Publications
- Barratt, K. & Cooke, M. (2023). Playing tourism mas: The functions and dysfunctions of Carnival in Jamaica. In G. Sinclair-Maragh (Ed.), The dynamics of Caribbean tourism: Opportunities, challenges and a re-imagined future. University of Technology, Jamaica Press.
- Barratt, K. (2023). Carnival in Jamaica 2022: Is the current model viable? Journal of Arts Science and Technology, 15(1), 183–197
- Barratt, K. (2022). Soca and collective memory: “Savannah grass” as an archive of carnival. In J. Aarons, J Bastian, and S. Griffin (eds.), Archiving Caribbean identity: Records, community, and memory. Routledge.
- Barratt, K. (2017). Out of many, one? Representations of female masqueraders in the Jamaica carnival on Facebook. Memorias, 32, 178-199.
- Barratt, K. (2015). Ah want ah rolly polly? Female soca artistes and the carnival body. Journal of Arts, Science, and Technology, 8, 26-37.
- Campbell-Dawes, T., Angus-White, V., Dixon, C., & Barratt, K. (2021). Students’ Perceptions of Moodle as an Online Supplement for Academic Writing 1 at the University of Technology, Jamaica. Journal of Arts Science & Technology, 13(3), 19–26.
- Barratt, K. (2009). I found my East Indian beauty: Locating the Indo Trinidadian woman in Trinidadian soca music. In K. Mahabir (Ed.), Indian diaspora in the Caribbean (pp. 115-127). New Delhi: Serials Publication.
