Fall 2008
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, PA
Lecture sponsored by the Intercultural Center.
Title of presentation:
From Hip Hop to Reggaeton:
Gender, Blogging and Pedagogy
Description:
In this presentation I will discuss my experiences grappling with
gender, hip hop and reggaeton in the classroom, and how those
experiences led me to blogging as an outlet, a resource and a teaching
tool in itself.
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OCTOBER 4, 1:00 PM
PUERTO RICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS DE PUERTO RICO Y EL CARIBE
SAN JUAN, PR
Panel presentation by 5 contributors of the forthcoming volume I co-edited titled Reggaeton (Duke University Press, Spring 2009).
“Reggaeton's Socio-Sonic Circuitry.” (paper co-written by Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall and Deborah Pacini Hernandez)
Raquel Z. Rivera, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College
“Poetry of Filth: The (Post) Reggaetonic Lyrics of Calle 13.”
Frances Negrón-Muntaner, professor at the English Department and Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Columbia University
“Wrapped in Foil: Glory at 12 Words a Minute.”
Felix Jimenez, professor of media studies, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
“A Man Lives Here: Reggaeton's Hypermasculine Resident.”
Alfredo Nieves Moreno, Dean, Universidad Metropolitana
“From Hip Hop to Reggaeton, Is There Only a Step?”
Welmo Romero Joseph, hip-hop artist and graduate student in media studies at Universidad Sagrado Corazón
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OCTOBER 8-11, 11:00 PM
Bomba and Plena afterparties at Camaradas, NEW YORK
I'll be there performing on Saturday with Alma Moyó and cheerleading the other days.
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OCTOBER 23, 6-8 PM
The Diaspora Strikes Back book release, New York University, NEW YORK
I'll be there to say a few words about this amazing book written by my friend and mentor Juan Flores and also to join guitarrist Alejandro Negrón and cuatrista Ariel Román in a musical example of how the Diaspora does strike back!
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