Global Hip-Hop Cultures: Recent Episodes
Global Hip-Hop at Trinity
As part of the International Studies Program at Trinity College
"Global Hip-Hop cultures" is a course that helps students reflecting on how Hip-Hop as a cultural and political movement reached out to youth globally. Through a Hip-Hop studies approach, we traveled the world, unveiling a set of core concepts, discourses, and frameworks that helped us to observe hip-hop's global emergence.
To understand Hip-hop's main characteristics and how these characteristics support connections between youth from different countries. We reflected on the makings and meanings of hip-hop as an instrument for identity formation.
To observe hip-hop as a global phenomenon, we approached hip-hop formation in New York in the 1970s as a starting point for this African Diaspora production. However, we also highlight hip-hop as a diverse and plural movement that has its own Diaspora.
Through the literature cannon, we utilize authors such as Jeff Chang, Tony Mitchell, Murray Forman, Sujatha Fernandes, and MK Asante. to contextualize the importance of hip-hop in this millennium. In addition, we had the chance to engage with different scholars and artists that helped us observe hip-hop's impact in each place where it developed.
Knowing that 'Keeping it real is key to hip-hop recognition, our journey took us to the different regions and countries, introducing the main aspects that drove the local youth to hip-hop and the definition of authenticity offered by local participants.
We went from the Bronx to Paris, Hungary, Palestine, Samoa, Australia, South Africa, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, and many others during our journey. We also approached hip-hop produced by indigenous groups such as Native Americans and Aboriginal and ethnic minorities like Roma people in East Europe.
In each of these places, hip-hop has been used as a tool to express non-conformity, denounce exclusion, and claim sovereignty.
Students have watched videos and documentaries of hip-hop artists worldwide, observing how artists from different nationalities, races, ethnicities, classes, and genders have used hip-hop to express non-conformity to their realities. In addition, students had the chance to explore their own emotions through creative assignments.
Besides, students produced this podcast's episodes to analyze and situate rhymes and artists in hip-hop's local and global context.
You will find the results of these projects on this podcast.
In this episode, I delve into breakdancing as a global phenomenon and how the Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival amplifies that. I explore the academic panel "Developing Resistant Capital" the Trinity Till Infinity Dance Showcase and interview student organizer Raymond Alvarez about his experience with breakdancing and the festival.
This is a two part podcast about hip-hop in a global context. First episode is about the 15th Annual International Trinity Hip Hop Festival and the second is about hip-hop in South Korea. Hope you enjoy!
Here we explore the Trinity Hip Hop festival from breaking to mixing and everything that keeps Hip Hop real.
Ever heard of British rap? Come on in and check out England's unique rap genre called Grime.
Jump right into our exploration of the South African Hip Hop scene! You won't regret it!
Hip Hop podcast episode focusing on the early years of the genre in Germany and it's timeline to where we are now.
Today's episodes speak about the impact that music has on people and how Trinity's Hip Hop Festival has been a major key part of creating a space for all kinds of people to show their talents and share with us their stories.