Conference: Performing Identity in the 'Global' City
April 25th, 2019
London College of Communication
Join us to our talks, roundtable and a live performance. Get your free entrance here:
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New Cityscapes: Redesigning urban cartographies through creative practices and critical pedagogies
Speakers: Dr. Chiara Minestrelli & Ian Solomon- Kawall
Learn more about how Hip Hop music, performance and gardening can help in students in a big city like London.
Each one teach one: The importance of Hip-Hop studies within a Design School context
Speaker: Janine Francis
Join to our talk about why Hip-Hop studies are more relevant and why should they have been taught in Universities?
To the beat, practice and community
Speaker: Tony Nwachukwu
Get to know DJ, producer and lecturer Tony whom will speak about his career and will share an insight on the connection of the influence of Hip-Hop culture and digital-beat based music.
Inner City Pressure: Breaking the beat in London
Speaker: Prof. Hillegonda Rietveld
Discover how rhythms, textures and spaces of the 'uncanny' city found their way into London's break beat music.
Indigenous Australian Hip-Hop: Recognition and Redistribution
Speaker: Dr. Peter Kilroy
Explore how the politics of recognition (focused on raising awareness and challenging stereotypes) and the politics of redistribution (of wealth, power and economic resources) influence Australian Indigenous Hip-Hop music.
Woman 2 woman: Hip- Hop feminist classroom reflections
Speaker: Silhouette Bushay
Get to listen the perspective of the factors around hip-hop feminism classroom practices, how it influences to the decolonization of the curriculum and the reflection on pre-conceived notions.
How the acceptance of my culture in hip hop ‘raised the bar’
Speaker: Alim Kamara
Get inspired by listening to hip-hop artist and storyteller Alim whom will share his journey from being a student, finding his own voice through the music and lyrics  and now being a professional performer.
Roundtable
Join to our final discussion lead by experts around sustainability, identity, social justice and collaboration.
Live performances
Special guests
Don't miss out the chance to listen some live music with special guests for the closure!