Cultural Interventions: Repositioning hip hop in India

Singh, Jaspal and Dattatreyan, E. Gabriel. 2016. Cultural Interventions: Repositioning hip hop in India. Linguistics and Education, 36, pp. 55-64. ISSN 0898-5898 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

In this article we show how subject positions are assumed when hip hop is used by institutions supported by western nation-states as a ‘cultural intervention’ in the global south. Focusing on the Indo-German Hip Hop & Urban Art Project 2011–2012, a hip hop educational project sited in several cities in India and sponsored by cultural institutions funded by the German State, we study how actors negotiate between what we identify as a discourse of hip hop authenticity and a discourse of internationalization. Employing a theory of scales allows us to investigate how actors on the ground engage in the semiotic play of repositioning of and in historically situated notions of authenticity and pedagogy. We argue that the findings have implications for future applied and theoretical work on the internationalization of hip hop as an educational and diplomatic endeavor.

Item Type:

Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2016.05.003

Keywords:

Delhi; Internationalization; Formalization; Authenticity; Scales; North–south

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Anthropology

Dates:

DateEvent
26 May 2016Accepted
18 June 2016Published Online

Item ID:

19502

Date Deposited:

06 Jan 2017 15:07

Last Modified:

17 Jun 2018 01:26

Peer Reviewed:

Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/19502

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