#HipHopEd Chat is a weekly cyber cypher (chat) where stakeholders within Hip-Hop and Education come together to discuss issues that impact the youth and adults within our local, national and global communities. #HipHopEd Chat is a virtual form of professional development for Educators, workshop for Parents and other Adults and a brainstorming session of Hip-Hop practitioners. Our #HipHopEd chats are every Tuesday from 9-10 EST. on Twitter.
As #HipHopEd Scholars we have the responsibility to publish our research in spaces and places that the communities we are writing for can access and digest #HipHopEd
Peace #HipHopEd Yes! The Revolution will not be televised it will be streamed via YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, Audiobooks & apps! But most importantly it will happen through intellectual dialogues/cyphers of all kinds
#HipHopEd(ucators) we MUST know that we are researchers/scholars & pracitioners doing what others only theorize about! Our scholarship is that RAW authentic #WallyEraScholarship
The revolution needs critical thought, and it needs creative imagination, and it needs strategic action. If we actually want to change things (vs just talking about changing things) we need each of these 3 things. #hiphopedhttps://t.co/2rSxv7zxrc
Peace #HipHopEd Yes! The Revolution will not be televised it will be streamed via YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, Audiobooks & apps! But most importantly it will happen through intellectual dialogues/cyphers of all kinds
Using hip-hop pedagogy has really helped me to bridge that gap between theory & practice for students. The integration of HH let's them really experience CRT instead of just reading about it #HipHopEd
What is it like to balance "academic" language with "hip-hop" language? Is there a difference? As a HS English teacher, sometimes I feel like I'm taking a student's voice away from them by teaching "proper" language. #hiphoped
Just like emcees nurture up and coming artists, it's our responsibility to take put our students (secondary and post-secondary!) on to the publishing game #HipHopEd
Yo #HipHopEd this is digital publishing via YouTube but I've watched Kvng Guap's #HipHopEd channel go from 6K to 24K + Subs in a few weeks introducing & breaking down Classic HH https://t.co/pkY7Q30Dff
The REAL revolution is happening NOW on decentralized platforms like @steemit + @DTube_Official where folks value community + quality OVER vulture capitalism & the commoditification of knowledge #HipHopEd
Peace #HipHopEd Yes! The Revolution will not be televised it will be streamed via YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, Audiobooks & apps! But most importantly it will happen through intellectual dialogues/cyphers of all kinds
What is it like to balance "academic" language with "hip-hop" language? Is there a difference? As a HS English teacher, sometimes I feel like I'm taking a student's voice away from them by teaching "proper" language. #hiphoped
I used to feel like this then it shifted After I realized that the language of hip hop is the language and story of the people. Vernacular, however you spit it, IS power. #hiphoped
What is it like to balance "academic" language with "hip-hop" language? Is there a difference? As a HS English teacher, sometimes I feel like I'm taking a student's voice away from them by teaching "proper" language. #hiphoped
Yo #HipHopEd this is digital publishing via YouTube but I've watched Kvng Guap's #HipHopEd channel go from 6K to 24K + Subs in a few weeks introducing & breaking down Classic HH https://t.co/pkY7Q30Dff
Word and apps like @Rapify in combination with decentralized netowrks of value/economy will revolutionize our digital infastructure...#StayInOurLane#OwnOurLane#HipHopEd
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@NatalieCrue, @steemit, @DTube_Official, @Rapify
So far (and this keeps changing), I prefer the use of "formal" rather than "proper" as it doesn't imply anything about correctness, just audience expectations. I would love to know what adjectives others use! #HipHopEd
If critical voices aren’t publicly accessible, those spaces will be filled by someone else. For profit hip hop curricula relies on lack of criticality. #hiphoped
@JonBalcerak You are so on-point! I had the honor of talking with @chrisemdin last week about how we throw around artificial terms in our discourse, such as “proper.” Don’t even get me started about “proper!” We need our kids to be proud ratchademics! #HipHopEd
In reply to
@JonBalcerak, @JonBalcerak, @chrisemdin
Word and apps like @Rapify in combination with decentralized netowrks of value/economy will revolutionize our digital infastructure...#StayInOurLane#OwnOurLane#HipHopEd
In reply to
@NatalieCrue, @steemit, @DTube_Official, @Rapify
Yeah, I know. I've never come across an adjective to express that *type* of language that isn't either cumbersome or cringey. Like, if it comes up in class, it comes with a long disclaimer. #HipHopEd
And the narrative is innovative. Iterative. R/Evolutionary Because it’s always changing. Those who control should use their power to amplify. #hiphoped
"Academic language" has a lot to do with race & class & respectability politics. Part of our work is rethinking what expert/knowledgeable/professional look like by pushing hip hop and other languages in spaces where its not normally validated. #hiphopedhttps://t.co/X6l4o698oZ
What is it like to balance "academic" language with "hip-hop" language? Is there a difference? As a HS English teacher, sometimes I feel like I'm taking a student's voice away from them by teaching "proper" language. #hiphoped
Don't get it twisted. As #HipHopEd Scholars we do work that the institution does not want us to do. Traditional journals deny conceptual hip hop pieces asking for more evidence, deny grants to conduct studies to generate said evidence, & then say qualitative pieces aren't enough
That's the beauty of some of these #Blockchain driven platforms bro. Imlve been super inspired by these emerging convos about Ownership as well as the ability to monetize your content all while cutting out the middle man. #HipHopEd
Depends on the strategy and your idea concept of revolution: Some folks want to keep the systems and just replace the people in them. The rest of us are trying to build entirely new systems. #hiphopedhttps://t.co/2FPB5H63Be
A plan of action which requires people holding office at local and state levels. You have to study your enemy then beat them at their own game and then some. They learned why Obama bested them. The Dems got to comfortable and some even feared rallying behind Obama -mistake
I'm so glad brilliant thinkers like @GinaAnnGarcia are teaching students of social justice @ Participant Action Research. Attack the lack of representation and voices from many sides (students, educators, researchers, writers), and we can change the narrative. #HipHopEd#RCTwhat
Word Up! We have to embrace our #HipHopEd vernacular and worldview & bumrush the doors of the Ivory Tower...s/o @chrisemdin for the #RatcheDemic#Ratchet + Acadmeic Wave
I was recently at a symposium where we we’re discussing rhetoric. As we begin this dialogue on spaces for hip hop scholarship, it is imperative that we engage the digital natives as they use new media encode the next brad of hip hop scholarship. #hiphoped
We need to embrace various types of writing from rhymes to research, shorts to essays, posts to poems, sermons to stories and everything in between #HipHopEd
@chrisemdin Yes!! My big question is how do we crack the “privilege” of publishing Truth? Why is it that a person has to be highly decorated to be taken seriously in academia? My kids can spit truth - for days - that is more powerful than volumes of academic papers!! #HipHopEd
Yo. If you're a grad student, never write a term paper unrelated to your interest, dissertation, and overall research agenda. You will flip every lit review from every term paper for manuscripts later #HipHopEd#Gems#EmdinCamp
#HipHopEd and language evolves. We don't speak like shearpeare anymore and as teacher we must embrace both dialogue in the classroom after all we are ratchacademic. Code switching in language is every important
So true! Going back to @JonBalcerak ‘s observation, “formal publications” hide behind a false visage of “proper,” “respectability,” and “expertise,” while often-times ignoring the true experts! #HipHopEd
The scholarship of @dradambanks represents the use of digital media literacies that can be used in conjunction and in some cases, alternative texts not only tell stories but also as a new means of critic assessment. #hiphoped
We have to “dig in the crates” when it comes to finding and celebrating writers the way we once did for records. Hip-Hop never asked for permission to be heard so stop asking for permission to write #HipHopEd
Or accept “hip hop” work that embraces status quo and lacks criticality. Gives them the cover of being edgy and timely without disrupting. #hiphoped#fakingthefunk
This is #PoetryMonth and I've heard (podcasts) and seen hip hop mentioned occasionally as an example and genre of poetry. A social justice warrior with serious social media skillz could really blow the 2019 #PoetryMonth outta the water! #HipHopEd
Many of my pre-service teachers don't appreciate the skill it takes to write bars until @AVTHEGREAT analyzes lyrics with them & I give an assignment to write rhymes using math concepts #HipHopEd
Some of the dopest historians/writers/archivists in this culture aren't folks with 89.5 PhDs and/or published in 5 million journals. They're cats with extensive lived experiences, mad research skills, and are ACTIVE practioners within this culture. #HipHopEd
@chrisemdin Yes!! My big question is how do we crack the “privilege” of publishing Truth? Why is it that a person has to be highly decorated to be taken seriously in academia? My kids can spit truth - for days - that is more powerful than volumes of academic papers!! #HipHopEd
This is #PoetryMonth and I've heard (podcasts) and seen hip hop mentioned occasionally as an example and genre of poetry. A social justice warrior with serious social media skillz could really blow the 2019 #PoetryMonth outta the water! #HipHopEd
That's the conclusion we usually arrive at when this comes up in class. You can't dismantle the systems of your oppressor if you don't speak their language. All the better if they're too proud and ignorant to learn yours. #HipHopEd
So many academic & “ed reform” voices are #fakingthefunk by publishing & producing curriculum & lessons that lack a critical perspective. Remaking the status quo with a trap beat has to stop. #hiphoped
So many academic & “ed reform” voices are #fakingthefunk by publishing & producing curriculum & lessons that lack a critical perspective. Remaking the status quo with a trap beat has to stop. #hiphoped
@KingAdjapong I was thinking about this exact same thing! Our kids are often thought to be “disengaged,” “disconnected,” and “uninterested,” when they are anything but! How do we vault their voices into blaring public view, to silence the ignorant critics? #HipHopEd
What I love so much about this community is the embrace of multiple perspectives, everyone - scholars, educators, students, parents, artists - we all have a voice. We must be working as scholars to ensure everyone is heard. #HipHopEd
@KingAdjapong I was thinking about this exact same thing! Our kids are often thought to be “disengaged,” “disconnected,” and “uninterested,” when they are anything but! How do we vault their voices into blaring public view, to silence the ignorant critics? #HipHopEd
I love this! Maybe we crack the "privilege" by creating a space whose merits are based on authenticity. Article from just 5 days ago in @TheAtlantic : The Scientific Paper is Obsolete https://t.co/vai17RB4Cb#HipHopEd
It’s sad but a true story. A student had an honest clap back. He challenged the rules of epistemology. Who makes knowledge and who decides what is knowledge. Cont...#hiphoped
Motivation is critical. Go get it. Let the world open their minds and break the chalked and destroy the board and anything other tools that hinders our kids from learning. push content that will change the world of learning. #HipHopEd is here and will advocate change. Write
(From convo w/my advisor today) I am thinking that some of the mechanisms -- particularly for white scholars and educators -- is to listen, help young people learn to speak and construct a voice; then to amplify their voices. #HipHopEd
@Knight3k@tdj6899 A lot of new research methods are revaluing the subjective and the personal narrative, challenging traditional positivist methodologies. #HipHopEd
The bitter reality is that the knowledge making process is elitist. It’s dominated by classism and basically locks out those who have been economically marginalized #hiphoped
Reminds me of @Nas "Who made up words? Who made up numbers? What kind of spell is mankind under?" I've discussed these lines with my pre-service teachers #HipHopEd
It’s sad but a true story. A student had an honest clap back. He challenged the rules of epistemology. Who makes knowledge and who decides what is knowledge. Cont...#hiphoped
If that's the case, my female ball python laid 5 viable eggs, 2 of which made it and hatched (and are currently healthy babies) w/o ANY male contribution. Called "parthenogenesis".
I'm in the very early stages of getting this published. Never been documented before.
#HipHopEd
I think another part is knowing there are avenues & outlets that support the work beyond a special issue every once in a while. Why this #HipHopEdBookSeries is a significant move #HipHopEd
What are the best resources for getting a #hiphoped student's work published online? Could be verses, rhetoric, poetry, prose, anything. Especially HS age & younger?
The bitter reality is that the knowledge making process is elitist. It’s dominated by classism and basically locks out those who have been economically marginalized #hiphoped
#HipHopEd If we TRULY want to build platforms that speak to many of the ideas shared during this chat (not to mention previous chats), we need to collectively divorce some of these problematic systems and platforms + start digging deeper.
What are the best resources for getting a #hiphoped student's work published online? Could be verses, rhetoric, poetry, prose, anything. Especially HS age & younger?
Our voices as scholars of color matters. Our access to data as PoC matters. Each of our unique perspectives matters. Let's create knowledge about our fields and ourselves. #HipHopEd
@mathsmarti EVERY pre-service teacher should have to answer and acknowledge the power of those poetic questions!! How different would schools be if new teachers walked into the classroom with that informed perspective? #HipHopEd
Sad but true. It’s time to start up a peer review journal focused on intersections of Hip Hop, education, and mental health. Gotta change the game! #HipHopEd
By making our classroom a safe place where students can be real and so they open up and share without be ridicule and writing component will come #HipHopEd
It is also crucial to de-academize theory so that the common folk can understand it. And do so without losing the integrity of the institution #HipHopEd
#HipHopEd If we TRULY want to build platforms that speak to many of the ideas shared during this chat (not to mention previous chats), we need to collectively divorce some of these problematic systems and platforms + start digging deeper.
Also urge folks to check out @steemit
& how folks are using the platform @phillyhistory is a grad-level history seminar @TempleUniv. Each of the Ss are currently using Steemit to blog, document & share their ongoing research for their seminar
https://t.co/sCMGSMjS2b#HipHopEd
True, but cultural hierarchies and networks (crews, battles, the lab) promoted healthy quality control. What are the mechanisms for these w/ writing while "not asking for permission"? #HipHopEd
Christopher Emdin is the opening keynote for #NCTM2018 in DC on April 25. We look forward to being transformed, and never looking at teaching math in the same way. #HipHopEd#NCTMannual
We have to be honest with our own isms that we adopt. We validate a tweet by how many followers the person has regardless of the thoughtfulness or lack thereof in the tweet. This exists offline as well #HipHopEd
@mnemognose Truth! I was given an impromptu science lesson on forces last week by my middle school class that completely revolved around teaching one of my kids to tie a doo-rag properly! My kids all knew how to explain tension, torsion, and compression flawlessly! #HipHopEd
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@mnemognose, @KingAdjapong, @mnemognose
I understand the cultural hierarchies that exist in higher education - but it is our role to shatter them through the language we use while there #HipHopEd
True, but cultural hierarchies and networks (crews, battles, the lab) promoted healthy quality control. What are the mechanisms for these w/ writing while "not asking for permission"? #HipHopEd
AAAAAH that is so BRILLIANT!! (So hard not to add expletives to just how happy this example makes me!). Going to where the students are, BEING real, MAKING it real!! GENIUS. (All caps better than swearing, sorry!). #HipHopEd
Good point. I think if kept in the vein of the culture, like anti-racism work, the built in "BS" device would also function depending on who sees the work. #HipHopEd
In academia, there is always that tension of "who" are you publishing for? Are we really making the impact that we strive for? Is the publishing for "the people" or for "the tower?" #hiphoped
And who has these levers of QC currently?Where are they located? How do they define quality? If neoliberal folks had their way it’d just be #gritrap articles all the way down. #hiphoped
I have worked with students to publish in peer reviewed journals and popular outlets alike. For some reason academics have decided to tell students that publishing is hard. It SO isn't. #HipHopEd
I was trying to word this. Thanks #HipHopEd some people can only collaborate with established scholar but does that makes the small person voice ineffective????
We have to be honest with our own isms that we adopt. We validate a tweet by how many followers the person has regardless of the thoughtfulness or lack thereof in the tweet. This exists offline as well #HipHopEd
@mnemognose Swearing, caps, or anything in between, you feel the same way I did when I witnessed the sheer brilliance of my kids dropping science and not even realizing it! Reminded me of @chrisemdin ‘s subway example with inertia in his Urban Science Ed. book #HipHopEd
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@mnemognose, @KingAdjapong, @mnemognose, @chrisemdin
Part of the issue I find is that the current cannon of literature written is "about us" from the outside. And "you wasn't with me shooting' in the gym!" #HipHopEd
#hiphoped while clearly there is beef with institutional gatekeeping... the reality is that we're at a tipping point. The cat is out of the bag with Hip Hop and many are in places to open doors and offer platforms for this work that can normalize this work.
Sure, but current QCs being wack doesn't mean something different is better. Just look at rap on SoundCloud, many blogs, etc. I'm for access. Also for quality. Feel me? #HipHopEd
It can be done. I started each of my chapters for my thesis work with a rap quote that correlated with the subject & dropped as much contextually based slang as possible throughout #HipHopEd
Thanks :) I know some people find swearing to be disrespectful, and I don't want my word choice to distract from any of our messages. PLEASE tell me someone caught this lesson on video, tho? At least document the hell outta this lesson for HipHopPD! #HipHopEd
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@NealPaulSchick, @KingAdjapong, @chrisemdin
The written word has the power to be interpreted in the voice of the reader. This makes words have a sound that is like song being heard for the first time with every new reader. #HipHopEd
Yes!! Shakespeare was dope (I guess) but so too are the countless intellectual MCs that have interpreted our world for the last several decades #HipHopEd
And (as usual) always happy to give folks a tutorial on & answer Qs about decentralized platforms, send you links/real world applications, #blockchain, @steemit, and all the other nerdy Hip-Hop ish I'm always yappin about😝😝. #Free99#HipHopEd
