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 | Du Bois Fellow Talks Hip-Hop. - Joycelyn
A. Wilson, a fellow at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute of African and
African American Research, opened her presentation of her academic work
on Tuesday by rapping. Wilson, who is an Emmy-nominated documentary film
producer, discussed hip-hop as a locus for education within the African
American community. | |
 | Harvard's Dr. Joycelyn Wilson Gives Insight on Hip-Hop and Education (Video Interview) -
Dr. Joycelyn Wilson has studied hip-hop culture for over a decade.
After recently earning a fellowship at Harvard University, Dr. Wilson is
now working on behalf of the Hiphop Archive at the prestigious Ivy
League school. Dr. Wilson sat down with rolling out to discuss the
hip-hop generation's views on education. | |
| | Harvard's Dr. Joycelyn Wilson Breaks Down Hip-Hop and Academia - Everybody
is not going to get an advanced degree. I think that God places us on
paths in the direction for what he wants us to do and we just have to
put ourselves at a place in life where we can get those glimpses. | |
 | What Will be Hip-Hop's Legacy? A Harvard hip-hop scholar compares the golden age to today's era of greed and violence - Unfortunately, hip-hop's educational legacy is at odds with what I call the "hip-hop paradox of gluttony," an ethical dilemma steeped in the widespread public perception that hip-hop is nothing more than a celebration of violence, misogyny and excessive materialism for the über-individualist. Unfortunately, these destructive elements are the residue from hip-hop culture's transition to hip-hop commerce. |
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