Hip-Hop Archives

This book focuses on the culture and politics involved in building hip-hop archives. It addresses practical aspects, including methods of accumulation, curation, preservation, and digitization and critically analyzes institutional power, community engagement, urban economics, public access, and the ideological implications associated with hip-hop culture's enduring tensions with dominant social values. The collection ofessays are divided into four sections;Doing the Knowledge, ChallengingArchival Forms, Beyond the Nation andInstitutional Alignments: Interviews andReflections. The book covers a range ofofficial, unofficial, DIY and communityarchives and collections and featureschapters by scholar practitioners,educators and curators. A wide swath ofhip-hop culture is featured in the book,including a focus on dance, graffiti,clothing, and battle rap. The range ofauthors and their topics span countries inAsia, Europe, the Caribbean and NorthAmerica.