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CIPHER: Hip Hop Interpellation (Le Conseil International pour Hip Hop et Recherche / The International Council for Hip Hop Studies)

Project description

Global study investigates spread of hip hop

Hip hop started in the 1970s as a popular music developed by inner-city African Americans in New York City. Even though it's a highly localised African American music, it has translated easily to far-flung communities and contexts around the globe. The question is why. The EU-funded CIPHER project will investigate. It will conduct the world’s first study of hip hop music and culture. As a knowledge mapping project, CIPHER will crowdsource expressions of hip hop’s local knowledge over the internet and then send researchers around the world to follow up on those expressions, working with local artists and fans. The CIPHER Advisory Board is global, with academics specialised in hip hop from the US and around Africa, Asia and Europe.

Host institution

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK
Net EU contribution
€ 1 990 526,25
Address
Western Road
T12 YN60 Cork
Ireland

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Region
Ireland Southern South-East
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00

Beneficiaries (1)

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK
Ireland
Net EU contribution
€ 1 990 526,25
Address
Western Road
T12 YN60 Cork

See on map

Region
Ireland Southern South-East
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00