Critical Approaches to Hip Hop 2019

This semester, Spring 2019 Hip Hop Alumni introduced a first of its kind course at Penn State Berks cross listed with African American and Interdisciplinary studies AMST226N: Critical Approaches to Hip Hop

James aka SkydeJames of HHA

The course examines the politics of hip hop art and culture by placing hip hop in a broad historical context tracing its aesthetic and cultural roots from Africa to Jamaica to 1970s New York City and then forward 1980s and beyond. For more information on the course contact Professor Justin De Senso at jxd367@psu.edu.

Below are shots from the Penn State Berks Thun Library with a display for Hip Hop Stacks in recognition of the new Critical Approaches to Hip Hop course at PSU, 2019. Shout out to the Thun librarians!