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Pembroke Center Associates Events
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Why Hip Hop MattersThursday, February 25, 2010 Photo © Jim MacKenzie |
In her recent book, THE HIP HOP WARS: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop-And Why It Matters, Professor Rose voices a call for revitalization of the progressive, creative heart of hip hop, which has increasingly become defined by one thin slice of a varied, complex genre. While "conscious rappers" such as Talib Kweli and The Roots may receive enormous critical acclaim, it's the rappers who employ what Rose calls the "gansta-pimp-ho trinity"- such as T.I. and 50 Cent-who sell the most records and dominate the recording industry, TV, film, and radio. As a result, the most visible and widely-consumed hip hop sets forth a troubled vision of ghetto street life that defines young, at-risk black men and women to each other and also to a large white audience (seventy percent of hip hop consumers are white). After exploring how hip hop has become the primary means by which we talk about race and culture in the United States, Rose will offer six guiding principles for progressive hip hop creativity, consumption, and community, ending the "blame hip hop vs. explain hip hop" wars and promoting critical conversations that inspire transformational music as well as social justice for all.
REGISTRATION:
$15 for Brown Club Members and Guests
$25 for non-Members and Guests
Price includes: a light supper and lecture by one of Brown's most provocative professors
Please register and pay online (preferred) at: https://alumni.brown.edu/alumni/BRAVO/Events/Registration.aspx?Event=571
You may mail a check payable to the Brown University Club of Boston, Inc. For mailing instructions, please e-mail Martha_Hamblett@brown.edu or call (401) 863-3433.
Co-sponsored by the Brown Club of Boston, the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, the Asian/Asian American Alumni Association, the Brown University Latino Alumni Council, the Inman Page Black Alumni Council, and the Multicultural Alumni Council of the Brown Alumni Association. This event was possible in part thanks to the generosity of Donald L. Saunders '57.
Questions? Please contact Martha_Hamblett@brown.edu or call (401) 863-3433.
Media Innovation/Media Destruction:
The Confusing (at least up 'til now) Lessons of the Digital Age
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Time and Venue TBD
Co-sponsored by the Brown University Club in New York
Panelists will explore how the rise of the Internet and digital media products has created greater access to information, news, and entertainment while at the same time undermining the very organizations that have dominated these businesses in the last 50 years. On the flip side of this phenomenon, they will discuss what new businesses and careers are emerging from this transition, which incumbent businesses might survive the current chaos, and what the new world of "Pro-Am" (professional/amateur) media might look like in the very near future.
The numbers in consumer-created media are staggering: as of January 2010, U.S. consumers can get their information fix from more than 150,000,000 blogs or 7.8 billion tweets, not to mention the millions of reviews on Yelp and tens of millions of youTube videos. Manufacturers and corporations are also doing "b.y.o.m" -- bring your own media -- by going directly to their consumers without the benefit of the experts; for example Kraft has an electronic magazine that has a readership of tens of millions monthly and Amazon sells millions of book titles that generate millions of book reviews that its buyers depend on.
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Ava Seave’77 is co-author of the The Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies. She is principal of Quantum Media, a leading New York City based consulting firm focused on marketing and strategic planning for media and entertainment companies. |
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Jill Schlesinger’87, is Editor-at-Large, CBS MoneyWatch.com. Prior to the launch of MoneyWatch, she was the Chief Investment Officer for an independent investment advisory firm. |
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Scott B. Meyer'91 is the Founder and CEO of Better Advertising, which he developed as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Warburg Pincus LLC. He was previously president and CEO of About.com, a part of the New York Times Company, and served as General Manager of The New York Times on the Web. |
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Betsy West’73 is Associate Professor at the Columbia School of Journalism and producer of the documentary Constantine's Sword. As senior vice president for CBS News from 1998-2005, she oversaw 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes II and 48 Hours. She spent the early part of her career at ABC News, where she was an executive producer, field producer and member of the founding staff of Nightline. |
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