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Erica Moiah James is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Miami's College of Arts and Sciences, specializing in Caribbean art, African diaspora studies, and decolonial theory. Her research interrogates temporal frameworks in art history, colonial representations, and contemporary practices addressing violence, trauma, and memory.
- Academic focus areas: Caribbean art, African diaspora, decolonization
- Key collaborations: Galerie de l'UQAM, Heritage Gallery
- Email: emj58@miami.edu
Research Trends: James' recent publications analyze ethnographic portraiture in colonial Jamaica, Haitian temporality critiques, and Caribbean feminist art practices. Her work often engages with themes of cultural ambivalence, appropriation of Western aesthetics, and the tension between artistic innovation and historical reproduction.
Methodological Contributions: She employs decolonial theory to challenge linear temporal narratives in art history, emphasizing Caribbean epistemologies that transcend hegemonic frameworks. Her critique of 'universal Blackness' in Charles White's work highlights the complexities of racial representation in modernist art.
