Authors:Kafi Kumasi, André Brock Pages: 1 - 10 Abstract: This article outlines the scope and significance of a special issue of The International Journal of Information, Diversity & Inclusion dedicated to exploring the intersections of hip hop and the field of library and information sciences. The co-guest editors, Kafi Kumasi and André Brock, describe their respective research trajectories to help illuminate what constitutes a hip hop epistemology of LIS knowledge. This issue demonstrates that there are many robust conceptual access points for better understanding the LIS field through the lens of Hip Hop including areas like computational neuroscience, copyright and data science. The research articles are complimented by: two reports from the field; a creative section, which includes three poems; and a book review of two hip hop themed texts PubDate: 2022-05-06 DOI: 10.33137/ijidi.v6i1.38230 Issue No:Vol. 6, No. 1/2 (2022)
Authors:Ron Eglash Pages: 11 - 30 Abstract: Long before the internet provided us with a networked digital system, music exchanges had created a global networked analog system, built of recordings, radio broadcasts, and live performance. The features that allowed some audio formations to go viral, while others failed, fall at the intersection of three domains: access, culture, and cognition. We know how the explosive growth of the hip hop recording industry addressed the access problem, and how hip hop lyrics addressed cultural needs. But why does hip hop make your ass shake' This essay proposes that hip hop artists were creating an innovation in brain-to-brain connectivity. That is to say, there are deep parts of the limbic system that had not previously been connected to linguistic centers in the combination of neural and social pathways that hip hop facilitated. This research is not an argument for using computational neuroscience to analyze hip hop. Rather, it is asking what hip hop artists accomplished as the street version of computational neuroscientists; and, how they strategically deployed Black music traditions to rewire the world’s global rhythmic nervous system for new cognitive, cultural, and political alignments and sensibilities. PubDate: 2022-05-06 DOI: 10.33137/ijidi.v6i1.37127 Issue No:Vol. 6, No. 1/2 (2022)
Authors:Brady Lund Pages: 31 - 41 Abstract: The extent to which data visualizations are used, and the quality of these visualizations, has consistently been shown to influence human decision-making relative to static (non-visual) presentations of findings or ideas (Boldosova & Luoto, 2019; El-Wakeel et al., 2020; Liem et al., 2020). Why are visualizations so impactful' Likely because most decision-makers do not want to sort through spreadsheets or read a novel-length narrative to understand what is important—they want it straight and quick. They want color, novelty, storytelling, and interactivity (Dykes, 2020; Kostelnick, 2016; Kosara & MacKinley, 2013). This is the purpose of data storytelling: to literally tell a story about the data analyses to, in some way, impart knowledge or affect change among the audience. Data and data analysis are never neutral—they are always political–and storytelling is how the data analyst can attempt to influence how data findings are perceived by the audience. This paper discusses the basis of data storytelling and why it is important for creating a narrative around data visualizations that compels readers and viewers to act upon findings. It then discusses (in the form of a reflective discussion) how the art of data storytelling may be improved and activated to promote social justice themes by reflecting on the effectiveness of storytelling in hip hop music. PubDate: 2022-05-06 DOI: 10.33137/ijidi.v6i1.37027 Issue No:Vol. 6, No. 1/2 (2022)
Authors:Krystal Kakimoto Pages: 42 - 51 Abstract: Over the past five decades, hip hop has become a widely celebrated genre of music, yet misconceptions still exist surrounding the hip hop community’s norm of sampling. This paper explores the origins of hip hop and the concept of sampling that is central to the genre. Sampling can be conceptualized as an eight-pronged framework involving three types of wholesale appropriation, three types related to lyrical quotation, and two types related to the variety of music or beats. Each type is discussed, and some examples are given. Following this overview, the ethics of sampling is explored via the context of the origins of copyright in the United States, which, some consider, to be a sampling of the first copyright law from Great Britain, the Statute of Anne. Historic litigation against hip hop artists is also discussed, as well as how these specific cases changed the attitude of record labels and their willingness to allow their artists to sample from outside the genre. The paper culminates with a discussion on various sampling norms within various communities and how they can be viewed as potential ways to revitalize U. S. copyright law. PubDate: 2022-05-06 DOI: 10.33137/ijidi.v6i1.37112 Issue No:Vol. 6, No. 1/2 (2022)
Authors:Ralph McDaniels, Jill Anderson, Kim McNeil Capers Pages: 52 - 63 Abstract: Queens Public Library (New York, USA) has presented a variety of hip hop programs and worked with many hip hop artists and entrepreneurs. A holistic examination of the library's hip hop programs and partnerships illustrates a model for analyzing hip hop itself. The authors are calling the three components of this new model: 1) Narrative, 2) the Global Local Echo, and 3) Connection. This article explains this new model in more detail, using examples from Queens Public Library. PubDate: 2022-05-06 DOI: 10.33137/ijidi.v6i1.37116 Issue No:Vol. 6, No. 1/2 (2022)
Authors:Jonathan Kabongo, Craig Arthur, Freddy Paige Pages: 64 - 78 Abstract: Digging in the Crates: Hip Hop Studies at Virginia Tech, or VTDITC, is a pedagogical model that exists to foster a sense of community among artists, fans, and scholars. Based in our campus’ main library, we hope to model that students’ and community members’ personal interests are worthy of academic study and further establish Hip Hop Studies’ presence at Virginia Tech, the academy, and in the larger community. To that end, the VTDITC community has designed, taught, and assessed more than 150 community-based media literacy workshops over the past half decade. We have demonstrated, explained, and created opportunities for a wide variety of learners to experience the science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics inherent to the hip hop culture. We have learned alongside a diversity of audiences—from elementary school children to adults. To name just a few of our partner organizations, we have worked with the 4H Virginia Congress, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia, Higher Achievement, Inc., a variety of public libraries including our regular collaborator Roanoke Public Libraries, the Science Museum of Western Virginia, Virginia’s Summer Residential Governor's School for Humanities, and the West End Center for Youth. In our contribution to The Global Drumbeat: Permeations of Hip Hop across Diverse Information Worlds, we will outline and explain an example lesson plan from one of our workshops. We will provide our learning outcomes as well as our assessment plan. Additionally, we will detail the theoretical underpinnings and guiding principles that inform our pedagogical decision making. Our workshops take a hands-on, practitioner-minded, and co-creation approach to teaching media literacy. Inasmuch, this contribution will also provide a recommended list of music creation equipment and other appropriate classroom technology that will accommodate a variety of budgets. Furthermore, we will include several promising practices and recommendations gained from more than 50 years of collective experience creating hip hop music and 10 years of collective experience teaching the hip hop arts. Our hope is that this contribution will inspire other library workers and educators to remix our workshops to suit the needs of their communities. PubDate: 2022-05-06 DOI: 10.33137/ijidi.v6i1.37118 Issue No:Vol. 6, No. 1/2 (2022)
Authors:Michelle E. Jones Pages: 83 - 84 Abstract: The poem seeks to express the tension within the Black community to be authentic and true to your family/friends without misleading others. The frequency of misinformation being perpetuated in minority communities happens all too frequently to the detriment of many. Another perspective is offered to create a sense of responsibility to verify acquired knowledge. Emphasis on the relevance of consummate information consumers is highlighted. Poetic submission for special issue, "Hip hop and libraries," volume 6, issue 1/2, 2022. PubDate: 2022-05-06 DOI: 10.33137/ijidi.v6i1.37016 Issue No:Vol. 6, No. 1/2 (2022)
Authors:Jose Guerrero Pages: 85 - 93 Abstract: This book review essay examines two recent works on hip hop culture and the music industry in the United States of America with attention to how their discussions of sampling, copyright, racism, and socioeconomic class relate to library and information studies. PubDate: 2022-05-06 DOI: 10.33137/ijidi.v6i1.37848 Issue No:Vol. 6, No. 1/2 (2022)
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