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GEOG 105 8/17/16

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CulturalGeographyM.Pesses

AntelopeValleyCollege

Mediageographies?Agrowingfieldexploringmusic,television,film,advertising,publishing,theInternet,videogames,etc.

PlayList

01|Modernity02|Diffusion03|Space/placeandmusic

HarmonyinmyHead

‡ EdJackiewicz,CSUN‡ Thinkingabouttheplacesandspacesofmusic

Portablemusic‡ OnatriptoHawaii,seesunderwateriPodw Whylistentomusicunderwater?

w Doesthatenhanceorruinnature?‡ Orplaceingeneral?

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Portability‡ WiththeWalkmanandnowiPods,musiccantraveltoanyplacew “Reconfiguringhowpeople,music,andspaceinteract.”

Place&recordingmedia‡ Remembering8-tracksinhisfamilycar‡ BuyingatenpackofcassettestocopyhisfriendsSteelyDanalbumsinhis“fauxwoodpaneled‘den’”

‡ ThechangetoCDs

Theconcert“Oneofmymostvividpre-teenmomentswasataKISSconcertinSpringfield,Mass.watchingacoupleengageinactsbeyondmypre-pubescentimaginationinfrontofapre-concertaudienceofseveralthousand,therebycementingmydevotiontorockandroll.”

Messagesandmeaning“Notmanypeoplewillreadabookaboutanissue,butmostwilllistentoatwoorthreeminutesong.”

Diffusion

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Ashortgeographyofhip-hop‡ Obviousspatialfactorsw WestCoast/EastCoast

‡ TheresultofdifferentdiffusionprocessesculminatinginNewYorkinthe1970s

SteveGraves,CSUN

Africaninfluences‡ RapcaninpartbetracedbacktoWestAfricanrootsw “Black”musicingeneralsharessimilarstyleandcomposition

WestAfricanlegacy‡ Polyrhythm– twocompetingrhythmsplayedatthesametime

‡ Improvisation‡ Verbaltalents– oraltradition

w “thedozens”

AfricaninfluencesThegriot

w Professionalsignerswholeadasemi-nomadiclifeintheSavannahareasofAfrica.‡ Employedbywealthypatronsandactasnewsbearersfromvillagetovillage.

HeritageMusicalheritagebroughtbyslaves,preserved

w Churchw Allowedtoflourishthanks toJimCrowlawsw Laterevolvesintoblues,jazz

Jazz

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Blues RockandRoll

Caribbeaninfluences‡ AmericanRhythmandBluesbroughttoJamaicain1950s,butlimitedaccess

‡ Localimitationà reggae‡ Reggaeledtonewinnovations

Innovation‡ Version

w Seenintoday’s“sampling”

‡ DJsw Bigsoundsystemsresponsetooutdoordanceparties

w Toasting,Talk-over,andDub

Innovation“…becameJamaica’smainsourceofsocialandpoliticalcommentary,but[also]continuedtobedancemusic”(Ellison1989:8).

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CulturalHearth‡ OriginatedintheSouthBronx

w Pointedtopresenceof4separateblackimmigrantgroups‡ Jamaica‡ Barbados‡ PuertoRico‡ Cuba

w AswellasAfrican-Americanslivinginthesameplace

Context

DJKoolHerc DJKool Herc

GrandmasterFlash AfrikaBambaataa

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Rapping

‡ DJ-ing eventuallyincorporatedMCs(rappers)w Debateastohowandwhyitstarted

w RootsinJamaican“toasting”

Discovery‡ Hip-hop/rapwasdiscovered(bywhitepeople)byaccident

The‘first’record

EvolutionIndependent&undergroundthroughoutthe1980s

w MTVwouldn’ttouchit‡ RunDMC- firstbreakthroughgroup

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EvolutionSoon,non-NYCrappersbeganclimbingcharts

EastCoast‡ Stuckwithamoretraditionalhip-hopstylew Boastingandimagebasedlyrics

w Racialandethnicpride

WestCoast

‡ GangstaRapw Imagesofviolencew Drugsw PoliceBrutality(andretribution)

‡ StraightOuttaCompton

Analysis“Rapisthecontemporarystageforthetheaterofthepowerless.Onthisstage,rappersactoutinversionsofstatushierarchies,tellalternativestoriesofcontactwithpoliceandtheeducationprocess,anddrawportraitsofcontactwithdominantgroupsinwhichthehiddentranscriptinverts/subvertsthepublic,dominanttranscript.”

TriciaRose,1994

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Analysis‡ MurrayForeman– NortheasternUniversityw Notahistoricalthing

‡ Itisspatial‡ “Hip-HopNation”

w Reimaginingandreclaimingspace

Analysis‡ Evolutionfrombroadspacesof“thecity”todistinctneighborhoodsandsmallerscalelocalities

Analysis‡ Importanceof“posses”

w Actuallyrevealsthemesoffamilyamidstviolenceandugliness

w Alsorevealedthroughindependentlabels

Seattle?‡ Northwestrapscenewasthoughttobenonexistent

Seattle?‡ Northwestrapscenewasthoughttobenonexistentw SirMix-A-Lotw Gore-Texjackets

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Globalization‡ Definingspaceandplaceinanincreasinglyglobalizedworldw BlackandLatinogroupsmarginalizedfromglobalnetworks‡ (Re)claimingthe‘hood‡ Creatingidentitythroughareimaginingoftheircities

‡ Exploringspaceandplaceatdifferentscales