Show & Prove 2018 Hip Hop Studies Conference
The Tensions, Contradictions, and Possibilities of Hip Hop Studies
December 7th to December 9th, 2018
Performances • Exhibits • Panels • Papers • Film Screenings • Workshops • Christena L. Schlundt Lecture
This 4th biennial conference series is interdisciplinary in practice and international in scope. We welcome scholars, community members, artists, practitioners, and students to interact, discuss, share, critique and develop the field of Hip Hop Studies.
DEC 7 Friday 5:00 – 8:30 pm
DEC 8 Saturday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
DEC 9 Sunday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Free and open to the public. Register Here
Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts
3824 Main Street, Riverside (951) 827-4787
DEC 7, FRIDAY •
Evening, 5:00 (doors open), 6:00 (talk begins)
Cristena L. Schlundt Lecture & Reception
Mary Fogarty (York University)
Imani Kai Johnson (Show & Prove Hip Hop Studies Conference Series; UC Riverside)
Shuttle Service and Parking:
Stop at the Information Kiosk on UCR main campus for free parking and shuttle on Friday December 7th.
Leaving the main campus: 4:00 to 6:30pm. Returning: 7:30 to 9:00pm.
Public parking is available in downtown Riverside. Expect delays due to the Festival of Lights in downtown Riverside.
DEC 8, SATURDAY •
Morning Panels I, 9-10:20
WORKSHOP 1: Here We Go Again!: African Dance Presence in Hip Hop (workshop)
PANEL 1: Blindspots in Hip Hop Studies
Morning Panels II, 10:30-12:10
PANEL 2: Show & Prove: Undergrad Panel & Feedback Session
PANEL 3: Subversive Moves: Hip Hop as Counter-Hegemony
PANEL 4: Doing Hip Hop Studies: Methods of Analysis
FILM: Bakosó: What Happens When AfroBeats Hits Cuba
Post-Lunch Workshops, 1:10-2:10
WORKSHOP 2: The MPC at 30: The Magic and Myth of Hip Hop’s Beat Machine (workshop)
PANEL 5: Spiritual Expression & Hip Hop Culture
WORKSHOP 3: Sober Flow: Hip Hop Therapy as Recovery & Healing Tools During the Mass Incarceration Crisis in Prison Re-entry Programs
FILM SHORTS & DISCUSSION: Afro-Cuban Culture & Hip Hop
Afternoon Panels I, 2:20-4
PANEL 6: Words, Beats, & Life (roundtable & cipher workshop)
PANEL 7: Hip Hop & the Hustle of History
PANEL 8: Performing Identity: Race, Gender, and Hip Hop Culture
PANEL 9: Worth the Weight: the Sustainability of Breaking Culture in Phoenix, Arizona (roundtable & film)
Afternoon Panels II, 4:10- 5:50
PANEL 10: Change From Within: Hip-Hop Studies at Columbia College Chicago (inc. performance piece, “Who R U?”) (roundtable & performance)
PANEL 11: Black Asian Solidarity in Hip Hop (roundtable)
PANEL 12: Showcasing Hip Hop: Festivals, Podcasts, & Theatre
Evening Reception and Performances, 6:00 pm
DEC 9, SUNDAY •
Morning I, 9:00-10:40
PANEL 13: Black Women & Black Feminist Thought
PANEL 14: Economic Hustling & the Pitfalls of Capitalism
PERFORMANCE: Indigenous Women in Hip Hop: Rhyming Reclamation of Matriarchal Power in the For Women By Women Project
Morning II, 10:50-12:10
WORKSHOP 4: Tapping the Pulse of a Generation: the Therapeutic, Educational & Cross-Cultural Application of Hip Hop Beat Making
PANEL 16: Critically Engaging Millennial Rap
WORKSHOP 5: From the Streets to Academia (roundtable & workshop)
Afternoon I, 1:10-2:10
PERFORMANCE: The Line Up (performance & artist talkback session)
WORKSHOP 6: Using Hip Hop Therapy Techniques with Youth Through a Social Justice Counseling Framework (workshop)
ARTIST TALKBACK
Afternoon II, 2:20-3:30
CLOSING PLENARY: Conference closing open discussion about the future of Hip Hop Studies
Questions? showproveconf@gmail.com
INFORMATION: (951) 827-3245 performingarts@ucr.edu dance.ucr.edu