Constructing the Concept of Cultural Famine in the Haitian Perspective

Haitians are believed to have been living with hunger since before the country's independence in January 1804. Since then, Haitian governments, international communities, and Haitian society have been searching for a way out of hunger. This condition forms a timeline between colonialism, the recognition of independence, dictatorial governments, external interference, institutional weaknesses, and the absence and acceptance of Haitian society in the country's decisions. The aim of this article is to develop the concept of Cultural Hunger theoretically and to learn about the elements that condition its existence. We sought to answer which are the main constructive cultural elements of the Cultural Hunger concept, through an original essay-style theoretical discussion. Using authors such as Frantz Rousseau Déus, Arturo Escobar, Clara Bertrand Cabral, Jacques Cauna, Pierre Daix, Demesvar Delorme, Léon-François Hoffmann, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jean Price-Mars; Amartya Sen and Boaventura de Sousa Santos, articulating sixteen elements such as cultural facts, social culture, educational culture, and the process of inclusion, among others, which help to build the concept of Cultural Hunger. It can be concluded that no previous study has provided an explanation of the long history of hunger, either theoretically, empirically, or systemically, and no study has attempted to construct a concept like the one proposed in this thesis, except that the intergenerational circle of poverty has another focus of discussion. Which highlights the originality and innovation of this concept.