Course Calendar
Please note that this calendar is designed to be flexible: we may make changes along the way, depending on your interests and the needs of the class. Should you miss a class, you are responsible for knowing about—and adjusting for—any changes. Professional protocols and collegiality call for you to alert us if you’ll be missing on a day when we’re having a workshop or when you are scheduled to present materials.
Week 1
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| T. 1/13 | In class: Introductions, key terms, course goals Due: course survey |
| Th.1/15 | Reading: “Much Respect: Toward a Hip-Hop Theory of Punishment” (bring your annotated copy) |
Week 2
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| T. 1/20 | In class: Summary and analysis Reading: “Much Respect: Toward a Hip-Hop Theory of Punishment” (bring your annotated copy) Due: Reading notes |
| Th.1/22 | In class: Summary and analysis, continued Reading: “Much Respect” Due: Paragraph map |
Week 3
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| T.1/27 | In class: Rhetorical précis Reading: “Hip-Hop History and Historiography” HHSR, 1-30 Due: Rhetorical précis |
| Th.1/29 | In class: Revising and editing our rhetorical précis Reading: “Hip-Hop History and Historiography” continued Due: Rhetorical précis Background: From Jamel Shabazz, Back In The Days  |
Week 4
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| T.2/3 | In class: Differences between summary and analysis Reading: Hip Hop Culture and the Authenticity Debates, HHSR, 57-154 Due: Rhetorical précis |
| Th. 9/24 | No class: Winter Carnival |
Week 5
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| T. 2/10 | In class: Writing Hip Hop Reading: “Rapper’s Delight” Turns 25 (NPR) Due: Textual Analysis, first draft (bring three copies) |
| Th. 2/12 | In class: Writing, Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Workshop |
Week 6
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| T.2/17 | In class: What is the “culture” of hip hop? Background: “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City,” HHSR 155-246 Due: Textual analysis, final draft |
| Th.2/20 | No class: work on OED assignment KRS-ONE: Whether you be wealthy or thrifty, ugly or pretty Everybody’s tryin to get 50’s and 100’s I taught this at UCLA just off Sunset Now run get “Ruminations” It’s a book that I published for the healing of this nation In just a few chapters we run through, some possible solutions Cause at the end of the day [Chorus] [KRS-One] It’s all a struggle |
Week 7
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| T. 2/24 | In class: bring your photocopied OED entry |
| Th. 2/26 | In class: Describing the composition, distribution, and reception of a hip hop text Reading: “Straight Outta Compton” (NWA); “Straight Outta Compton” (Nina Gordon) Due: Oxford English Dictionary (OED) project |
Week 8
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| T. 3/3 | In class: Proposal writing workshop Due: Proposal draft (bring three photocopies) |
| Th.3/5 | In class: Contextual analysis writing workshop: integrating sources Due: Three bibliographic sources in rhetorical and contextual précis form |
Week 9
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| T. 3/17 | In class: Hip Hop & Gender Reading: Hip Hop & Gender, HHSR 247-306 |
| Th. 3/19 | In class: Contextual analysis writing workshop; incorporating sources, continued  Due: Contextual Analysis first draft (bring three photocopies)Background: Hip Hop & Gender, continued & Las Mujeres de Hip Hop Cubano |
Week 10
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| T. 3/24 | Reading: I Used to Love H.E.R.: Hip Hop in/and the Culture Industries, HHSR 493-578 Due: In-class writing |
| Th. 3/26 | Reading: I Used to Love H.E.R., continued, HHSR Due: Contextual Analysis second draft |
Week 11
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| T. 3/31 | In class: What Would a Hip Hop Theory of Copyright Look Like? Reading: U.S. Copyright Law § 102. Subject matter of copyright § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use |
| Th. 4/2 | In class: Digital Music Sampling & Hip Hop Reading: Ninth Wonder: The Art of Hip-Hop Sampling |
Week 12
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| T. 4/7 | In class: Planning, proposing, and performing an Inquiry Project Reading: Tupac: A Thug Life Due: Inquiry project proposal |
| Th. 4/9 | In class: Inquiry Project Planning, continued Reading: Tupac: A Thug Life |
Week 13
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| T. 4/14 | Inquiry Project Workshops |
| Th. 4/16 | Inquiry Project Workshops |
Week 14
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| T. 4/21 | Inquiry Project Presentations |
| Th. 4/23 | Inquiry Project Presentations |
Final Exam Week |
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| M. 4/27 | Due 5:00 p.m., to 112 Walker: Inquiry Project & Reflection Letter |
| “It ain’t where ya from it’s where ya at!” — KRS-ONE, Ruminations |
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