Renegotiating and Theorizing Heritage in the Context of “Disaster” in the Caribbean: The Entanglement of Haitian Disaster-Related Histories

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Figure 1. A 2021 post-quake view of streets with damaged houses and other buildings in the city of Jérémie (a) and the city of Les Cayes (b), Haiti. Photographs by authors.

Figure 2. A map of the fieldwork locations and sites visited. Map by authors.

Figure 3. The cumulative impact of the 2021 earthquake and Tropical Storm Grace on colonial ruins in Abricots (a), a damaged cemetery at Marceline, Camp-Perrin (b), an impassible Guinaudée River (5 km from Jérémie) following flooding just days after the earthquake (c), and an empty Canal d’Avezac in Camp-Perrin, whose flow was obstructed by landslides (d). Photographs by authors.

Table 1. Heritage sites at which damage was catalogued by the authors during their 2021 reconnaissance survey.

Places/Sites	Locality	Observation
Pemerle habitation	Camp-Perrin	Damage to and destruction of walls
Camp Gérard fort	Camp-Perrin	Severe damage to and destruction of walls
Gérard	Camp-Perrin	Damage to and destruction of walls
Saut-Mathurine falls	Camp-Perrin	Transformation into a muddy pool, reduction of waterfalls, rock fall
Cemetery and Peystile in Marceline	Camp-Perrin	Destruction of and cracks on the tombs
Cemetery Levy	Camp-Perrin	Cracks on the tombs
Cayes city	Cayes	Damage to many buildings, including the library of the IPDEC (Bibliothèque de l'Institut de promotion et du Développement de l'Education et de la Culture), the Cathedral of Notre Dame de l'Assomption, the Catholic church Sacré-Coeur, and the folkloric club Les Tirailleurs.
Laval and Tibi	Camp-Perrin	Destruction of and cracks on old colonial buildings
Canal d’Avezac	Cam-Perrin	Obstruction after flooding due to landslides
Ginaudée River	Jérémie	Impassable after the Tropical Storm Grace
Jérémie	Jérémie	Damage to many houses and buildings including the Cathedral Saint-Louis
Debarasse habitation	Jérémie	Destruction to and cracks on old colonial buildings
Kafou Soukri, Balisiers	Abricots	Destruction to and cracks on old colonial buildings

Figure 4. Fallen walls at Camp Gérard following the 2021 earthquake. Photographs by authors.

Figure 5. Damage to local churches following the 2021 earthquake, including the Catholic Church of Sacré-Cœur in the city of Cayes (a) as well as the destroyed roof (b) and ground rubble (c) from the Catholic Church of Saint Louis in the city of Jérémie. Photographs by authors.

Figure 6. Damage at Saut-Mathurine, after the 2021 earthquake, affecting the waterfall at the site. Photography by authors.