ERIC Number: EJ1033331
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Publication Date: 2013-Nov
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Ending the "War against Youth": Social Media and Hip-Hop Culture as Sites of Resistance, Transformation and (Re) Conceptualization
Porfilio, Brad J.; Roychoudhury, Debangshu; Gardner, Lauren
Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, v11 n4 p85-105 Nov 2013
The purpose of this essay is to ameliorate the virulent discursive and material attack against today's "border" youth launched by large-scale corporations and Western politicians. Specifically, the authors problematize the dominant tropes of youth being mindless, obedient objects who passively accept the stark social reality they experience due to corporate logics trumping the needs and welfare of global citizens. Based on their empirical and cultural work with Hip Hop artists in the US and Canada, and through relevant examples in other global contexts, the authors illustrate that numerous Hip Hop artists are critically aware of the forces causing oppression in their social worlds and are actively employing various forms of social media for personal empowerment and social justice ends. Finally, the authors generate a conceptual model--Hip Hop Activist Praxis-- for the purpose of not only articulating the processes utilized by Hip Hop youth, artists and activists, but also aiding concerned scholars, educators and practitioners in challenging their views of youth, Hip Hop culture and technology, and (re) conceptualizing their partnerships with youth.
Descriptors: Urban Culture, Popular Culture, African American Students, Social Justice, Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Student Empowerment, Neoliberalism, Resistance (Psychology), Youth Problems, Activism, Citizen Participation, Case Studies, Consciousness Raising, Social Attitudes
Institute for Education Policy Studies. University of Northampton, School of Education, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, UK. Tel: +44-1273-270943; e-mail: ieps@ieps.org.uk; Web site: http://www.jceps.com
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; United States
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