From 23.-25.06.2016, Richard Bramwell and James Butterworth organised an international conference on Hip Hop Studies in Cambridge University, UK. It was a great event. Scholars from all over the world came to meet, discuss and present on various topics such as Gender, Politics, Education, Agency, Race and more in the field of HipHopStudies. Highlights were definitely the keynotes from Murray Forman and Tricia Brown, two important co-founders of the research field. My highlight were the two discussion panels on the last day about HipHopEducation and Research on HipHop.
Next to many interesting lectures there was a Breaking performance by SIN CRU from Cambridge and a MC cypher.
Also, i met some more scientists from Germany, also working in the HipHop field, like Sina Nietsche from Dortmund. That´s great!
All in all it was great platform to exchange with so many interesting, smart and energetic people addicted to HipHop Culture!
More about the Conference here and by #grimeycambridge
More about HipHop Education: #HipHopEd (a UK network)
The next conference on HipHopStudies? i don´t know yet were ist is...
What to read on HipHop Studies:
- Tricia Rose: Black Noise
- Froman & Neal: That´s the Joint! The HipHop Studies Reader
