Newsday
Persons interested in making mas may be disappointed to learn that a Master of Arts in Carnival Studies would not necessarily train them to do so. However, it would qualify them to serve on Carnival committees, judge Carnival competitions, advise or design.
Dr Hollis Liverpool, programme professor at the Academy of Arts, Culture and Public Affairs at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), noted that the Carnival Studies programme began in 2012, and that students needed a first degree from an accredited university in order to enter the programme.
“We get hundreds of applicants who want to study how to make a mas, or how to manage a mas band, or how to sing a calypso. Some of them feel very depressed when we tell them it has nothing to do with that,” he said at UTT’s campus on Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain.
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"Master of Arts in Carnival Studies" doesn't really scream technical stuff to me. It didn't scream what was described either. From the description I though it was just historical.
The idea, however, that there could be a degree program specifically for the more technical things to me sounds good; the demand is there too . Perhaps even somewhat in conjunction with programs that do fashion design (if they have that). Maybe a joint degree by both departments.
Maybe UTT should jump on that.
So what exactly it has to do with Dr.? The Newsday summary is not very clear...