See you at the crossroads : hip hop scholarship at the intersections : dialectical harmony, ethics, aesthetics, and panoply of voices

See You at the Crossroads: Hip Hop Scholarship at the Intersections Dialectical Harmony, Ethics, Aesthetics, and Panoply of Voices offers several essential contributions to the field of Hip Hop studies. It presents several snapshots of innovative work within (and at the intersections between) several intellectual fields of study. The collection of essays reveal the dialectical harmony and solidarity with which Hip Hop scholars, activists, and artists collectively mobilize, stand together, and collaboratively sustain in hopes of realizing social justice and actualizing global liberation. Several leading scholars in Hip Hop studies also provide insight to the aesthetic, the affordances, the ethics, and panoply of voices in Hip Hop culture. Finally, through empirical research, direct artistic engagement and critical pedagogical praxis, the contributors demonstrate how Hip Hop Based Education (HHBE) catalyzes civic engagement and democratic participation in schools through the use of democratic aesthetic tools to galvanize social change. Winner! 2015 AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics'Choice Book Award!See You at the Crossroads: Hip Hop Scholarship at the Intersections Dialectical Harmony, Ethics, Aesthetics, and Panoply of Voices offers several essential contributions to the field of Hip Hop studies. It presents several snapshots of innovative work within (and at the intersections between) several intellectual fields of study. The collection of essays reveal the dialectical harmony and solidarity with which Hip Hop scholars, activists, and artists collectively mobilize, stand together, and collaboratively sustain in hopes of realizing social justice and actualizing global liberation.Several leading scholars in Hip Hop studies also provide insight to the aesthetic, the affordances, the ethics, and panoply of voices in Hip Hop culture. Finally, through empirical research, direct artistic engagement and critical pedagogical praxis, the contributors demonstrate how Hip Hop Based Education (HHBE) catalyzes civic engagement and democratic participation in schools through the use of democratic aesthetic tools to galvanize social change. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Hip-Hop and Pedagogy, More than Meets the Eye....Pages 3-28 A Pedagogy of Cultural Sustainability....Pages 29-44 “We Do it for the People”....Pages 45-56 Front Matter....Pages 57-57 Baptized in Dirty Water....Pages 59-73 You Better Lose Yourself!....Pages 75-92 Fashioning Self, Battling Society....Pages 93-110 “I Do Not Need Help to Define Myself”....Pages 111-127 Are We There Yet?....Pages 129-146 Front Matter....Pages 147-147 From Voiceless to Victorious....Pages 149-168 Exploring the Healing Powers of Hip-Hop....Pages 169-180 Theorizing Activism....Pages 181-193 Back Matter....Pages 195-197 EMPOWERMENT-BASED POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: THE INDIVIDUALAND COMMUNITYEMPOWERMENT: BELONGING AND AGENCY WITHIN COMMUNITIES OFCHANGE AS CRITICAL TO HEALTH AND WELL-BEING; METHOD; The Course: Hip-Hop Culture and Positive Youth Development; Course Materials and Academic Requirements; Procedure; Inventory; Focus Groups.; Reflection Journals; Additional Course Content; DATA ANALYSIS.; Inventory; Focus Groups; Reflection Journals; Additional Course Content; RESULTS; Attitudes about Hip Hop's Empowering and Risky Influences; Focus Group.; REFLECTION JOURNALS.; Esteem; Resilience; Growth 3. "WE DO IT FOR THE PEOPLE"S:poken Word Poets and Hip-Hop Artists as Agents of Social ChangeIN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD ... ; THE A-LIST A-TEAM: ROLES OF SOCIAL CHANGE; Allies; Advocates; Agent; REFERENCES; HIP HOP SPIRITUALITY & IDENTITY; 4. BAPTIZED IN DIRTY WATER: An Ontology of Hip-Hop's Manufacturing of Socio-Religious Discourse forContextual Spirituality; SOCIETAL CONDITIONS; BLACK JESUZ; CONCLUSION; END NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; 5. YOU BETTER LOSE YOURSELF!:Reformulated Praxis Theory, Spirituality, and Hip-Hop Aesthetics; INTRODUCTION; SPIRITUALITY AND BLACK MUSICAL EXPRESSION CommunityChange; 22MIXTAPE CDS/VIDEOS; Esteem; Resilience; Growth; Community; Change; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCE; 2. A PEDAGOGY OF CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY: YEGH3 (Edmonton Hip-Hop History) as a Decentralized Model forHip-Hop's Global Microhistories; YEGH3: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AS ENGAGED ARTS PEDAGOGY FORHIP-HOP EDUCATION; FROM HIP-HOP CITIZENS TO HIP-HOP HISTORY; HIPHOP KULTURE IS ENGAGED ARTS PEDAGOGY; THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT; COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING; COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE: MICROHISTORIES; YEGH3: STUDENT RESPONSES; CONCLUSIONS; END NOTES; REFERENCES IDENTITY, PRAXIS, AND POWERPOWER, FOUCAULT, AND DERRIDA; CARSPECKEN'S RECONFIGURATIONS; REFOCUSING SPIRITUALITY; SPIRITUALITY AND THE STORY IN FRONT OF YOUR NOSE; THIS IS HIP HOP?: CONCLUSIONS; END NOTES; 6. FASHIONING SELF, BATTLING SOCIETY:Hip-Hop Graffiti Jackets as a Method of Positive Identity Development; FLYIN' CUT SLEEVES: HIP-HOP, GANGS, AND OUTLAW STYLES; HIP HOP, IDENTITY, AND AESTHETICS; CONTEXT, COURSE, AND METHODS; FASHIONING IDENTITY; LION: HERITAGE, LEADERSHIP, AND PRIDE; Facing the Inequalities of the System: An Unexpected Interlude; African American Flag TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE:Hip Hop at the Intersection of Passion, Promise and Possibility; OVERVIEW; PURPOSE; SIGNIFICANCE; CONTENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK; HIP-HOP EDUCATION & CRITICAL PEDAGOGY; HIP-HOP SPIRITUALITY AND IDENTITY; HIP-HOP THERAPY AND HIP-HOP PSYCHOLOGY; CLOSING WITH PANOPLY OF VOICES; REFERENCE; HIP HOP EDUCATION & CRITICAL PEDAGOGY; HIP-HOP AND PEDAGOGY, MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE:What Do We Expect, What Will We Measure?; AUTHOR NOTE; INTRODUCTION; HIP HOP IN EDUCATION; SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT Barbwire and Baltimore Skyline: Breaking Through Stereotypes