by admin | Mar 4, 2007 | Afrofuturism, Urban Politics |
An article in today’s New York Times notes the increasing use of military style design principles in cities. For them, this is a totally new groove, or at the very least a post 9/11 groove. While very specific design elements may have become more commonplace...
by admin | Feb 24, 2007 | Hip-hop |
Who would it be? I think I cribbed this meme from one of my man Gary Dauphin’s, deli.icio.us links. Whatever the case, another Michigan alum answers the question definitively. For a longer list check this one out. Now check the dates out on these posts. I...
by admin | Feb 23, 2007 | Afrofuturism |
When political scientists think about “running the numbers” what we normally think about is some form of quantitative analysis. In my case, I’m thinking about multivariate regressions. When Chris Jordan talks about running the numbers he’s got...
by admin | Feb 19, 2007 | Afrofuturism, Hip-hop |
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf” width=”430″ height=”346″ fvars=”m=1931387367;type=video” wmode=”transparent” /] Thanks to the folks at Hip Hop Politics.
by admin | Feb 17, 2007 | Afrofuturism
So I’m watching Sweetback’s Badass Song for the Black Power Fantasies course I am co-teaching with Stanford Carpenter. What we don’t really have a handle on is how transformative the black power period was. There are a whole set of propositions that...
by admin | Feb 13, 2007 | Hip-hop |
cobb book signing04.JPG Originally uploaded by Unbowed. There are a whole range of works that deal with the politics of hip-hop. Given the freight placed on hip-hop as a social/political movement, this is understandable. Hell, I’m at work as we speak on my own...
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