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IYARIC is a peer-reviewed, graduate student-run journal at the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean, York University. 

Current IssueVol 3, No 1 (2026): Rebuilding the Ruins: Contemporary Performing Arts in Latin America and the Caribbean

Published March 26, 2026

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Table of Contents

Editorial Introduction
Keisha Bell
1-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.90
Cover Art, "Dance Class"
Caleb Levy
7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.98

Archives and Archiving

Black Liberation, Culture, and Ritual: An Interview with Herbie Miller
Keisha Bell
9-16
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.89

Critical Essays/Articles

Reclaiming Resistance: Brazilian Feminist Voices and the Theatre of the Oppressed
Fatima Qaraan
29-37
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.36
From Roots to Rhythms: The Development and Musical Diversity of Chutney Music
Shelisa Cameil Akbar
38-48
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.33
Big Speech, Small Island: Tobago’s Speech Band in Spoken Word and Oral Traditions
amilcar sanatan
78-86
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.47
Why Latin American Theatre Struggles to Reach Beyond Its Borders: How the Postdramatic Theatre Movement Happened in Latin America in the 1970s But No One Noticed
Marilo Nunez
89-97
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.35

Creative Works

Anthro-poets from East Port-of-Spain’s Yards: Spoken Word as Arts-based Methodology for Ethnography in Urban Trinidad and Tobago
amílcar peter sanatan, Fayth Seaton, Sean Singh, Deneka Thomas, Zariel Thomas
17-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.30
Artist Statement, "Transference"
Vanessa Godden
49-55
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.95
Rojo is the Colour of Memory
Sebastián Oreamuno
67-77
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.37
REVEL
Sashoya Simpson
87-88
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.39
Bottle Gourd Sprout, Calabash Open Mic
Rhea Manley
98-100
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.38
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