I was able to contribute a chapter to this book (Chapter 15: Hip-Hop as a Global Passport). This book… Illuminates hip-hop as an important cultural practice and a global social movement, this collaborative project highlights the emancipatory messages and cultural work generated by the organic intellectuals of
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The United States Fulbright office as well as mtvU (MTV’s 24-hour college network) made it possible for me to travel to Sydney and volunteer at community centers in Western Sydney, deliver a technology class based around global hip-hop, and write about my experience. Please take time to
Read more →Mon, Apr 16 – 4:05pm – 5:35pm Sponsor: SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice Building/Room: Vancouver Convention Centre, First Level – East Ballroom A Abstract: Increasingly, the lyrics, artistic, expression, and cultural work of hip-hop artists have been incorporated in schools. However, the hip-hop based pedagogy promoted by most educators often
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Sat March 31 http://www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/diversity-at-nyu/multicultural-educationandprograms/show-and-prove.html Check out Chiara and I at the first session of the Show Up and Prove Conference. Abstract: Global Perspectives on Identity: Using Hip-Hop to Explore Australian Indigenous Cultural and Gender Identity The growing popularity of Hip Hop and its diffusion on a global
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