Hip hop, rap and post-migrant knowledge production

We welcome Hannes Loh and Murat Güngör, two hip-hop experts who published a standard work in German hip-hop studies with their 2002 book "Fear Of A Kanak Planet-HipHop zwischen Weltkultur und Nazi-Rap". Since then, their work has made a significant contribution to researching the dynamics of hip hop in Germany and shedding light on its role as a driver of knowledge production in post-migrant contexts. Her new book "Remix Almanya - Eine postmigrantische HipHop-Geschichte" will be published on October 4, 2024.

Moderated by Prof. Dr. Ali Konyali and Islem Knani, we will talk about the cultural practice of rap and its aesthetic dimensions as well as the negotiation of language and the position of multilingualism in hip-hop culture. We also want to critically question the racist attributions associated with this art form. Last but not least, we would like to discuss the significance of intersectionality in this context and look at ways of translating these topics into cultural and educational work.

Hannes Loh is a teacher and systemic consultant at the Helios comprehensive school near Cologne. As an author and journalist, he deals with the global development of hip-hop culture, focusing on migration, empowerment and didactics. He has published several books on this topic. He was musically active with his band "Anarchist Academy" between 1986 and 1998.

Murat Güngör is a teacher at the Carlo Mierendorff Comprehensive School in Frankfurt. Co-author of a non-fiction book on hip-hop culture. Co-founder of the anti-racist network "Kanak Attak". As a former rapper and label manager, he was musically active between 1990 and 1999. In 2017, he co-curated a conference on masculinity between gangsta and queer rap.

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