Remaking Hip-Hop-Based Education: From a Source for Social Reproduction to a Pedagogy of Liberation

• In Event: Roundtable Session 100

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Increasingly, the lyrics, artistic, expression, and cultural work of hip-hop artists have been incorporated in schools. However, the hip-hop based pedagogy promoted by most educators often lack sound pedagogical considerations surrounding how hip-hop can be used to foster their students’ critical understanding of what is responsible for oppression, to provide insight on how to build democratic social movements, and challenge the foundation of schooling as a site to train students to compete for social and economic resources. Through empirical research, theoretical insights, and conceptual analysis, the participants (re)envision hip hop, so it that becomes a transformative pedagogy aimed at eliminating social inequalities, at fostering critical citizenship and at promoting social justice and equity in schools and society.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice

Chair

• Bradley J. Porfilio, California State University - East Bay

Papers

• Is Hip-Hop Education Another Hustle? The (Ir)Responsible Use of Hip-Hop as Pedagogy - Travis L. Gosa, Cornell; Tristian Fields, Cornel; Ove Sernhede, Gothenburg University - Centre for Urban Studies

• Hip-Hop Psychology as a Global, Experiential, and Expressive Approach to Psychotherapy and Medicine - Lauren M. Gardner, The Graduate Center at the CUNY; Debangshu Roychoudhury, CUNY

• Hustlin’ Consciousness: Critical Education Using Hip-Hop Modes of Knowledge Distribution - Emery Marc Petchauer, Oakland University; Decoteau J. Irby, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

• Hip-Hop as a Global Passport: Understanding How Youth in Urban Areas Construct Identities as Global Citizens - Akesha Horton, Michigan State University