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.
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Funding Scheme
ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant
Host institution
T12 YN60 Cork
Ireland
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Beneficiaries (1)
T12 YN60 Cork
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