More than noise: Employing hip-hop music to inform community development practice. Issue 5 (19th October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hollander, Justin; Quinn, Jennifer
• Is Part Of: Community development. Volume 47:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 652
• Page End: 669
• Publication Date: 2016-10-19
• Subjects: Community art -- hip-hop -- microanalysis -- practitioners; Community development -- Periodicals; 307.1405
• DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2016.1210662
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1557-5330

Abstract

Abstract: The quality of information which a community development professional has access to will limit her ability to understand the issues, concerns, and desires of a community. Artistic expression, specifically hip-hop music, can provide a novel level of understanding of community dynamics to community development practice and research. This research established a methodology that would enable practitioners and researchers to effectively extract relevant details embedded within hip-hop music. We employed a microanalysis approach to study 100 hip-hop songs to extract the relevant themes and codes. We found key relationships in the music between the artists and how they relate to their physical surroundings.