Marc Hill
Temple University, Urban Education, Faculty Member
Background/Context Over the past 5 years, there has been a growing body of scholarship that examines the intersections of hip-hop culture and classroom pedagogy. Although recent scholarship has persuasively demonstrated the classroom... more
Background/Context Over the past 5 years, there has been a growing body of scholarship that examines the intersections of hip-hop culture and classroom pedagogy. Although recent scholarship has persuasively demonstrated the classroom potential of hip-hop texts for promoting student engagement, scaffolding sanctioned forms of knowledge, and nurturing critical consciousness and activism, little work has been done to unpack the complex relations of power that emerge in such classrooms. In particular, we know very little about the ways in which students and teachers are (re)positioned within classrooms that engage in hip-hop-centered pedagogy. This article contributes to the current literature in hip-hop based education, culturally relevant pedagogy, and critical pedagogy by examining the some of the issues and tensions that emerge when teachers engage in hip-hop-centered classroom pedagogy. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study This study details how the articulation of pe...
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This introductory essay outlines the context for this special issue of the Journal of Palestine Studies on Black-Palestinian transnational solidarity (BPTS). Through the analytic of “renewal,” the authors point to the recent increase in... more
This introductory essay outlines the context for this special issue of the Journal of Palestine Studies on Black-Palestinian transnational solidarity (BPTS). Through the analytic of “renewal,” the authors point to the recent increase in individual and collective energies directed toward developing effective, reciprocal, and transformative political relationships within various African-descendant and Palestinian communities around the world. Drawing from the extant BPTS literature, this essay examines the prominent intellectual currents in the field and points to new methodologies and analytics that are required to move the field forward. With this essay, the authors aim not only to contextualize the field and to frame this special issue, but also to chart new directions for future intellectual and political work.
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In this article, I examine the role of Black Twitter as a “digital counterpublic” that enables critical pedagogy, political organizing, and both symbolic and material forms of resistance to anti-Black state violence within the United... more
In this article, I examine the role of Black Twitter as a “digital counterpublic” that enables critical pedagogy, political organizing, and both symbolic and material forms of resistance to anti-Black state violence within the United States. Focusing primarily on post-Ferguson events, I spotlight the ways that Black people have used Black Twitter and other digital counterpublics to engage in forms of pedagogy that reorganize relations of surveillance, reject rigid respectability politics, and contest the erasure of marginalized groups within the Black community.
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Abstract:Using the genre of life writing, I explore how the praxis of Palestine delegation work spotlighted the contours, possibilities, and limits of how I understood and performed Black-Palestinian political solidarity. Focusing on... more
Abstract:Using the genre of life writing, I explore how the praxis of Palestine delegation work spotlighted the contours, possibilities, and limits of how I understood and performed Black-Palestinian political solidarity. Focusing on three particular experiences that stem from a 2014 "Palestine to Ferguson" solidarity delegation, I examine how the trip created spaces for critical reflection, self-critique, and reconsideration of my own identity as a political ally. Such insights are critical for understanding the political possibilities of the Movement for Black Lives as a transnational (and anti-colonial) political project. They also allow us to reimagine political solidarity in ways that yield a more effective, humane, and transformative liberation praxis.
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... Without comment, each person in the class read the line or ... I chose Jay-Z's "A Ballad for the Fallen Soldier" as part of our "Hood" unit, in which we examined ...... more
... Without comment, each person in the class read the line or ... I chose Jay-Z's "A Ballad for the Fallen Soldier" as part of our "Hood" unit, in which we examined ... These texts also included "Project Window" by Nas, "Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, "Things Done ...
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... All of a sudden Dr. Dre is a G thang,. But on his old album covers, he was a she thang 37 TupacShakur, To Live and Die in LA, Makaveli ... Unlike the Jay-Z/Nas battle, Eazy E's expressed intention was not only to win... more
... All of a sudden Dr. Dre is a G thang,. But on his old album covers, he was a she thang 37 TupacShakur, To Live and Die in LA, Makaveli ... Unlike the Jay-Z/Nas battle, Eazy E's expressed intention was not only to win the battle but also to expose Dr. Dre's hidden sexuality. ...
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Dancy, T. E. (2012). The brother code: Manhood and masculinity among African American males in college. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Edwards, K. T. (2010). Incidents in the life of Kirsten T. Edwards: A personal examination... more
Dancy, T. E. (2012). The brother code: Manhood and masculinity among African American males in college. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Edwards, K. T. (2010). Incidents in the life of Kirsten T. Edwards: A personal examination of the academic in-between space. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 26, 113–128. hooks, b. (1999). Remembered rapture: The writer at work. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, LLC. McKittrick, K. (2006). Demonic grounds: Black women and the cartographies of struggle. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press.
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This article examines the salience of collective 'memory'and 'remembering'among a group of students in Hip‐Hop Lit, a hip‐hop centered English literature course that I co‐taught at 'Howard High School,'an... more
This article examines the salience of collective 'memory'and 'remembering'among a group of students in Hip‐Hop Lit, a hip‐hop centered English literature course that I co‐taught at 'Howard High School,'an urban high school in the Northeastern United States. Specifically ...
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EJ783634 - Street Fiction: What Is It and What Does It Mean for English Teachers?.
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Despite the assertion that due to an Obama presidency America has become a post‐racial society, Black males still face a unique social crisis. In this article, we hold that both race and gender continue to work in tandem to produce a... more
Despite the assertion that due to an Obama presidency America has become a post‐racial society, Black males still face a unique social crisis. In this article, we hold that both race and gender continue to work in tandem to produce a certain set of social outcomes for young Black men in America despite this assertion. The educational, economic, and social
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... Special Issue: The Education of Black Males in a 'Post-Racial' World. New possibilities: (re)engaging Black male youth within community‐based educational spaces. ...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the discourses that emerged among third-and fourth-grade African American students and their teachers as they read stories about the Underground Railroad and complete a computer module. The study is... more
The purpose of this study is to examine the discourses that emerged among third-and fourth-grade African American students and their teachers as they read stories about the Underground Railroad and complete a computer module. The study is framed by emergent, ...