Crossing shifting boundaries:
Language and changing political status in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao

LANGUAGE: SHIFTING BOUNDARIES AND SHIFTING STATUS
1. Ronald Severing, Christa Weijer, "Gaining perspective on Papiamentu: Milestones and achievements" (p. 13)
2. Régine Croes, Gregory Richardson, Merlynne Williams, "Towards an evidence based Caribbean community of knowledge: How the Aruban multilingual model may provide a solution" (p. 29)
3. Maxy Bak-Piard, "Will Papiamentu survive on Bonaire?" (p. 41)
4. Ellen-Petra Kester, Tirza Hortencia, "Language use, language attitudes and identity among Curaçaoan students in the Netherlands" (p. 49)
5. Gregory T.E. Richardson, "This is the way we does talk! Perceptions of Caribbean English in Aruban education and society" (p. 67)
6. Silvia Kouwenberg, Jodianne Scott, "Null subjects in Papiamentu: a reassessment" (p. 75)

SHIFTING BOUNDARIES AND SHIFTING STATUS IN EDUCATION
7. Joyce L. Pereira, "How to begin healing a long festering wound: Papiamento, community and education in Aruba" (p. 87)
8. Régine Croes, "Boiling water, or the process of systematic development of a common understanding" (p. 95)
9. Wim Kamps, "Can English replace Dutch as the language of instruction (beside Papiamentu) in schools on Curaçao?" (p. 105)
10. Desiree Manuel-Eliza, "A new framework for on site teacher training in Curaçao" (p. 111)
11. Gert Schaap, "Learning by traveling" (p. 119)
12. Sharine A. Isabella, "Management of quality improvement processes in small universities" (p. 125)

LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND CROSSING BOUNDARIES
13. Michiel van Kempen, "Historical novels and the history of slavery in the Dutch Caribbean" (p. 145)
14. Wim Rutgers, "The newsmagazine Civilisadó and the post-emancipatory cultural standard: The first documentary serial novel in Papiamentu" (p. 157)
15. Elisabeth Echteld, "Jacobus Josephus Putman (1812-1883): missionary or scholar?" (p. 163)
16. Hélène Garrett, "Female voice and perspective in Caribbean writing" (p. 169)
17. Britta Behrendt, "Children‟s literature: a true reflection of common knowledge?" (p. 177)

CULTURE, MUSIC, HISTORY AND CROSSING BOUNDARIES
18. Gregory T. E. Richardson, "Chip on the shoulder or just exaggerated racialized tension? Perspectives of a black Aruban student and professional living in the Netherlands" (p. 185)
19. Eric la Croes, "La Cantinela del Seú de Curaçao" (p. 195)
20. Kathy Taylor, "Conquered by a Creole" (p. 209)
21. Rose Mary Allen, "Hende a hasi malu p‟é: Popular psychiatric beliefs in Curaçaoan culture" (p. 221)
22. Gerard van Buurt, "A short natural history of Curaçao" (p. 229)