![]() In other words, what are the roles that hip-hop researchers, practitioners, and activists can undertake to advance hip-hop’s work of knowledge and liberation? What might be the challenges or potentials of collaborations between hip-hop practitioners and the commodified knowledge trade of museums, universities, and conservatories? We invite submissions which may consider, but are by no means limited to, these questions. We invite reflections (including academic papers, workshops, artistic contributions, or other alternative formats) on the relationship between pathways to knowledge rooted in the cultural and artistic practices of hip-hop, and those that stem from institutional efforts to transmit hip-hop’s history and aesthetics. Taking inspiration from French rapper Booba’s 2004 album Panthéon, which elaborates links between reverence, national pride, cultural legitimacy, and the famed mausoleum reserved for “great men,” the meeting seeks to explore the role of institutions in hip-hop’s legitimization. It is an important culture without the ENS, or a chair at Harvard or Oxford taking an interest in it.”Ĭasey hints at what hip-hop scholar Murray Forman has described as, “the dual (and at times dueling) purpose of building academic knowledge while building hip-hop cultural knowledge.” Indeed, knowledge has often been cited as the fifth element of hip-hop. “Rap – even if it’s good that an association at the ENS takes an interest in it, that today, we can hold a seminar on it – rap doesn’t need to be legitimized by elite academic institutions ( grandes écoles). In her appearance before the student-organized seminar ‘ La Plume et le bitume’ at France’s prestigious École normale supérieure (ENS), rapper Casey preempted any temptation to see the academic seminar as a means of legitimizing rap: This process of institutionalization and ‘legitimization’ is complex and deeply ambivalent. Its acceptance into the academic and official realms has led to a popular discourse suggesting that hip-hop culture has been ‘legitimized’ – for better and for worse. Over the past few decades, as hip-hop culture has grown in popular influence and impact, it has increasingly been taken up as both a subject of study and a point of interest in educational and cultural institutions worldwide. As such, we welcome all participants to plan their stay in Paris from 26 to 29 January 2022 to take full advantage of the conferences, the museum exhibit, and a series of hip-hop events in the city. Both the Network meeting and conference complement the museum exhibition “Hip-Hop 360” at La Philharmonie, centred on the history of hip-hop and its arrival in France. The two-day, bilingual English and French Network meeting will lead into a two-day French-language conference on the creation, legitimization, and patrimonialization of hip-hop cultures (28-29 January 2022). The fourth meeting of the European Hiphop Studies Network is organized in collaboration with La Place: Centre for Hip-Hop Culture, and La Philharmonie de Paris. Join us for the 4th Meeting of the European Hiphop Studies Network (EHHSN)! ![]() We look forward, as always, to the productive exchange, and remain at your disposition for any further questions at you, and with kind regards, We apologise for any inconvenience that we might have caused, and we hope that you can understand our collective decision. We will create virtual rooms for all intended panels and once we have the links ready, we will be publishing them here and on our social media platforms. The schedule for the conference remains unchanged. In line with the new measures, one of our hosts – La Place – had to cancel the associated concert, and we have made the necessary decision to adapt as best as we can without full cancellation. Although this was not how we had envisaged the conference unfolding, going online allows several advantages, which we hope you will be able to enjoy to their fullest. Thank you for your patience with us as we navigate the organisational hurdles in the midst of the ongoing pandemic.Īfter receiving many responses, and reviewing the new restrictions that are due to begin in France from the 15th of January 2022, we have decided to take the entire conference online. ![]()
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