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[ecrea] Conference: The Power of Hip Hop EXCHANGE

Tue Jun 14 09:11:59 GMT 2016


*Tickets now live: *

*The Power of Hip Hop: EXCHANGE*

*One-day international seminar as part of the Culture.Conflict.Change series *

*at In Place of War (University of Manchester) *

*in partnership with Index on Censorship*

Full price: £45 Students/Concessions: £36

*Date*: Friday 8^th July 2016, 09:30 - 17:00 plus post-event networking and music

*Location:* Rich Mix Cultural Foundation, London, UK

*Organisation Websites: *www.inplaceofwar.net <http://www.inplaceofwar.net/> / www.indexoncensorship.org <http://www.indexoncensorship.org/>

*Programme Website:*www.cultconflictchange.wix.com/powerofhiphop <http://www.cultconflictchange.wix.com/powerofhiphop>

*BOOK ONLINE:*

https://www.richmix.org.uk/events/music/power-hip-hop-exchange

/The Power of Hip Hop: EXCHANGE/ is a unique academic seminar that explores the role, challenges and potential of hip hop culture in facilitating social change in global contexts, and its role as a site of resistance and identity.

Featuring a programme of academic panels, keynote papers, artist presentations and practitioner provocations, this event harnesses In Place of War’s vast international network of grassroots artists and blends it with a rich selection of researchers exploring issues including but not limited to hip-hop and gender, race, religion, commerce, and conflict.

*Keynote Speakers*

Martha Diaz <http://gallatin.nyu.edu/people/faculty/md1722.html> (NYU Gallatin)

Jason Nichols <mailto:http://www.wblinc.org/staff-view/jason/> (University of Maryland)

Plus special introduction by Professor James Thompson <http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/James.thompson/>

*Panelists*

Westley Barnes; Itunu Bodunrin; Silhouette Bushay; Carol Jean Gallo; Steven Gamble; Soudeh Ghafferi; Sofia Gjerstad; Karina Gordok; Yvette Griffiths; Güneş Guven; Peter Kilroy; Latifa Martini; Laura Mills; Aarin Mganyizi; Donalea Scott; Beyza Ucak.

*International Artist Presentations by*

Shhorai <https://www.youtube.com/user/shhorai/videos> (Colombia)

Zambezi News <mailto:https://www.youtube.com/user/ZambeziNewsTV> (Zimbabwe)

Smockey ( <http://outhere.de/outhere/smockey-pre-volution-le-president-ma-moto-et-moi/>Burkina Faso)

*Steering Group & Panel Chairs*

Richard Bramwell <http://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/people/academic_research/richard_bramwell/> (University of Cambridge)

Eithne Quinn <http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/eithne.quinn/> (University of Manchester)

Teresa Bean <https://leeds.academia.edu/TheresaBean> (In Place of War)

*Interested in meeting more artists from the global hip hop community? *


Come along to our public event, */The Power of Hip Hop: LIVE/,* on *Saturday 9th July* too to hear 14 artists from 8 countries talk about the way hip hop has transformed their lives through dance, turntabling, exhibition, talks, satire, performance and more.


Tickets from £15: https://www.richmix.org.uk/events/music/power-hip-hop-live


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