On September 28-29, 2012, the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation presented the Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference:
Aug 1, 2019

Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination

On September 28-29, 2012, the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation presented the Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: "Hip Hop, Education and Expanding the Archival Imagination." The Tupac Amaru Shakur Conference was designed to combine AUC Woodruff Library's mission to facilitate scholarly research and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation's mission to encourage hip hop curriculum. Works posted to the Library's website from the Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference may be downloaded, archived, and/or printed for noncommercial, educational, and research use. Any further use or dissemination of these works requires the express written permission of the copyright holders.

To promote teaching and research of the Shakur Collection, the AUC Woodruff Library held a two-day conference September 28-29, 2012, �Hip Hop, Education, and Expanding the Archival Imagination,� that explored Shakur�s life and work as well as Hip Hop archives and studies. Hip Hop scholars, educators, students and artists from around the country convened for the event. Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, a Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African American Studies at Duke University, served as a featured speaker at the conference.
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
Presentations include "The Tupac Shakur Reader" by Dr. James Peterson and Georgia M. Roberts and "The Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection" by Courtney Chartier and Stacy Jones.
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
To promote teaching and research of the Shakur Collection, the AUC Woodruff Library held a two-day conference September 28-29, 2012, �Hip Hop, Education, and Expanding the Archival Imagination,� that explored Shakur�s life and work as well as Hip Hop archives and studies. Hip Hop scholars, educators, students and artists from around the country convened for the event. Mr. Kevin Powell, a leading political and cultural voice, community activist and award winning writer, served as a featured speaker at the conference.
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
A panel presentation, "Tupac Shakur, Authentic Hip Hop Leadership, and the HipHop 2020 Curriculum Project HBCU Classroom" by Dr. Jocelyn Wilson, Zaneta J. Smith, Joshua Moore, Brandon Frame, and Dr. Emery Petchauer.
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
A panel presentation "The Hip Hop Collection at Cornell University" by Kool DJ Red Alert, Joe Conzo, Jr., Benjamin Ortiz, and Katherine Reagan.
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
A panel presentation "Changing the Game: How Tupac's Legacy and Hip Hop Culture Have Found Their Place in College Classrooms Across Disciplines" by Dr. Carlos Morrison, Ashley Strong-Green, and Celnisha Dangerfield.
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
Presentations include: "Tubas and Beats: From Corridos to Chicano: a Hip Hop and the Transmission of Social Conflict, Resistance and Diasporic Community Knowledge" by Jose Garcia and Ismael Cuevas; "Tupac and Native American Studies: Creating Connections Through Linguistics, Historical Activism and Photography" by Dr. Melissa Leal; and "The Architects of Culture: Tupac as Architect" by James Cox.
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
Presentations include: "Tupac in the Classroom: From Cointelpro to Critical Consciousness" by Dr. Jesse Benjamin; "Tupac's Law: Thug Policy and the Crisis of Black Masculinity" by Dr. Seneca Vaught; and "Hip Hop and Its Destruction of Schools as We Know It: How Hip Hop is Being Used to Finally Challenge Contemporary Forms of Learning" by Luis Cortes.
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
Presentations include "Strictly for My N.I.G.G.A.Z.: the Intellectual Plight of Tupac Shakur" by Regina N. Bradley; "Hip Hop and Its Contribution to African American Literature" by Jonathan Grant; and "Me Against the World: Infusing Blues Ideology in Rap Aesthetics" by Joseph L. Lewis.
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination
Presentations include: "History with a Soundtrack: YouTube, Vernacular History and Tupac Shakur" by Steve Spence, and "Tupac's Back: Archive Fever, Resurrection and the Artistic Presence of Tupac in Hip Hop Culture" by Wilfredo Gomez.
Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination