Hip-hop – what's in it for the academy? Self-understanding, pedagogy and aesthetical learning processes in everyday cultural Praxis. (2nd April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Söderman, Johan; Sernhede, Ove
• Is Part Of: Music education research. Volume 18:Number 2(2016)
• Page Start: 142
• Page End: 155
• Publication Date: 2016-04-02
• Subjects: hip-hop -- education -- academisation -- learning processes; Music -- Instruction and study -- Periodicals; Music -- Instruction and study -- Research -- Periodicals; Musique -- Étude et enseignement -- Périodiques; Musique -- Étude et enseignement -- Recherche -- Périodiques; 780.72
• DOI: 10.1080/14613808.2015.1049257
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1461-3808

Abstract

Abstract : Since hip-hop first appeared in New York over 35 years ago, it has been associated with social activism and education. Accordingly, it is not surprising that academic institutions in universities and K-12 schools are interested in hip-hop. In this article, we will highlight the 'hip-hop academisation' and map out a new direction in a dialog between hip-hop and the academic world. By investigating the relation between hip-hop and pedagogy through interviews with prominent members of the hip-hop community in New York City as well as an analysis of 'universal', collective, and aesthetic learning processes in a local, Swedish youth-based hip-hop collective, we intend to open up a theoretical discourse on hip-hop and emancipatory pedagogy. Our empirical data are collected through ethnographical methods.