Gutman Conference Center, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge
In 2023, publications and institutions across the globe celebrated the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop. While many lauded the trajectory of the music—from back-to-school jams in the Bronx to a multibillion dollar industry—less attention was paid to where Hip Hop is headed now. Likewise, in academia, Hip Hop Studies has flourished, and we are now at the 30th anniversary of Tricia Rose’s Black Noise, which inaugurated it as a field for academic inquiry. And it is also necessary to look forward in that endeavor.
The Department of African & African American Studies and the Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research are a small group of leading thinkers in the field for a one-day symposium about the future of Hip Hop Studies. Each of the four scholars will present a lecture on their own work and how it fits into new directions and critical concerns in the study of Hip Hop as a branch of popular music studies and Black popular culture studies. To conclude, Tricia Rose will deliver a “50 Year Reflection” on the state of the field of which she is a foundational figure.
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