Class Schedule


Class 1 (1/20/2004)	+ Course Intro + Review Syllabus	Get Adobe Acrobat [if needed]
Class 2 (1/27/2004)
Class 3 (2/3/2004)	+ Hip-hop Culture Defined + Putting Hip-hop in Context (Harlem Ren., Civil Rights, Black Power Movement and more . . .) + Movie: Cooley High	+ Sign up for course listserv	+ American Apartheid + Last Call: The Need for a Revolution in Cntemporary Hip-hop
Class 4 (2/10/2004)	+ Urban Education and Early Hip-hop + The Public Perception of Hip-hop + Movie: Warriors	+ Review Hip-hop Timelines	+ Chapter 1 Yes Yes Y'all + The Cultural Jacking of Hip-hop
Class 5 (2/17/2004)	+ Graffiti: The First Response		+ Chapter 2 Yes Yes Y'all + Chapter 1 Taking the Train
Class 6 (2/24/2004)		Paper 1	+ Chapter 2 Taking the Train + Exploring the Generation Gap
Class 7 (3/2/2004)	+ Government Response + A Deeper Look at the Urban Enclave + Movie: Through the Years of Hip Hop, Vol. 1: Graffiti		+ Poverty Concentration Measures and the Urban Underclass
(3/9/2004)
Class 8 (3/16/2004)	+ Government Response to Graffitti (2) + Graffiti Timeline + Graffiti: Art or Vandalism? Movie: 'Style Wars'	Read NYT Article on Parkchester	+ Chapter 3 Taking the Train + Listen to CD # 2
Class 9 (3/23/2004)	+ Droppin the Needle + The Psyche of the B-Boy + The Rise and Fall of Graffiti Culture + Media Interpretations of Graffiti + Movie: "Beef" + Movie: "TV's Illest Minority Moments Presented by ego trip"	Read Group Assignment Handout	+ Yes Yes Y'all pp. 112-134 + History of Graffiti
Class 10 (3/30/2004)	x Topic: Past/Current Perceptions of Hip-hop [more soon] Read article on use of the n-word in Hip-hop	Paper 2	+ Read the following student papers: Paper 1-- Paper 2 + Interview with Kam
Class 11 (4/6/2004 )	+ Breakdancing: Uncovering the Face of Hip-hop + Latinos and Breakdancing: Exploring the multinational aspect of Hip-hop + Group [1] Presentation: The Message of Graffiti [handouts] + Movie: The Freshest Kids		+ 1982 Breakdancing Article + Handouts + Chapter 5 Taking the Train
Class 12 (4/13/2004)	+ Group [6] Presentation: Early Philosophies in Hip-Hop [handouts] + Controlling the Culture: Hip-hop as Corporate Entity -- guest lecture by Jared Ball, PhD student (focusing on Hip-hop) @University of Maryland + The Rise and Fall of B-boy Culture		+ Media: Cultural Imperialism, Commodity and the Politics of Economy and Image + How Cultural Imperialism has Hurt Hip-hop Culture
Class 13 (4/20/2004)	Topic: Come Clean: Challenging the Stereotypes and Fighting the Law [more soon] + Group [3 and 5] Presentation: Multiculturalism in Hip-hop [handouts]	Paper 3	+ Yes Yes Y'all Chapter 7 + Stealing Hip-hop
Class 14 (4/27/2004)	+ Music and Activism: Looks at Brazil, South Afrika (sic) and the comparison to Hip-hop. Movie: Amandla + Group [7] Presentation: Stylistic Predecessors to Hip-hop [handouts]
Class 14 (05/04/2004)	+ Group [2 and 4] Presentation: Women in Hip-hop [handouts] + Dismantling a Culture or Self-Sabotage? What happened to Hip-hop? + Course Wrap Up	Final Assignment Due

: Wednesday April 7