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Hip Hop Ecologies - Program

This document announces an online workshop hosted by the University of Konstanz from February 18-20, 2021 about the intersection of hip hop and environmentalism. The workshop consists of multiple sessions each day featuring presentations from scholars on topics like representations of nature in hip hop lyrics and music, hip hop as a form of environmental activism, and connections between hip hop culture and ecology in different places around the world. The document provides details on the date, time, presenters, and presentation titles for each session during the three-day workshop.

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Hip Hop Ecologies - Program

This document announces an online workshop hosted by the University of Konstanz from February 18-20, 2021 about the intersection of hip hop and environmentalism. The workshop consists of multiple sessions each day featuring presentations from scholars on topics like representations of nature in hip hop lyrics and music, hip hop as a form of environmental activism, and connections between hip hop culture and ecology in different places around the world. The document provides details on the date, time, presenters, and presentation titles for each session during the three-day workshop.

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Hip Hop Ecologies

ONLINE WORKSHOP HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ

February 18-20, 2021


https://zoom.us/j/92236915133
ALL TIMES CET +1 (KONSTANZ)

Thursday, February 18

2.00-3.00 pm Opening remarks


Timo Müller / Moritz Ingwersen (University of Konstanz)
The Forest Fires Collective: An Early Effort Combining Hip Hop and
Environmental Awareness
Kwame Harrison (Virginia Tech)

3.15-4.30 pm Hip Hop Naturalisms: From Mobb Deep’s “Survival of the Fittest” to
Kendrick Lamar’s “DNA”
Julius Greve (University of Oldenburg)
Metaphors of Environment and Environmentalism in Italian Rap Lyrics
Rebecca Schreiber (TU Dresden/University of Trento)

4.45-6.00 pm Hip Hop and Arctic Ecology in the Era of Climate Change
Nassim Balestrini (University of Graz)
“The ocean ain’t your motherfuckin’ trash can!”: Common et al.’s “Trouble
in the Water” as Environmental Activism
Stefan Benz (University of Mannheim)

Friday, February 19

2.30-3.45 pm “Picture the world”: Kate Tempest’s Aesthetic Resistance


Dustin Breitenwischer (FU Berlin)
Hip Hop and Hipness: Representations of Nature in Childish Gambino's
Music Performances
Lena Gotteswinter (University of Regensburg)

4.00-5.15 pm Molotov the Spaceship Doors: A Tribe Called Quest and Climate Change
Narratives of Planetary Escape
C. K. Margrave (Texas State)
Streets, Gardens, Bodies: The Hip-Hop Ecosystems of the BreakBeat
Poets Anthologies
Marta Werbanowska (Howard University/University of Warsaw)
Saturday, February 20

2.30-3.45 pm The Green Hip-Hop Nation: Glocalization and Environmentally Conscious


Hip Hop in India
Elloit Cardozo (Azad Institute, Calcutta)
Agency and Activism in Indigenous Australian Hip Hop
Julia Hoydis (University of Graz)

4.00-5.15 pm Hip Hop and Environmental Activism in Kenya's Dandora Slums


Mumbo Kithae Dennis (Daystar University, Kenya)
“Keep Your Solar Plexus Shining Brighter Than Your Necklace”: Female
Empowerment, Self-Care, and Community Through Ecological Awareness
Florian Wagner (University of Jena)

5.30-6.00 pm Concluding discussion

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