Symposium/Sessions:
8 a.m. — 9 a.m.
Opening Reception.
Where: Reser Loge
8:15 a.m. — 8:45 a.m.
Oregon State music instructor Ryan Biesack plays famous hip-hop drum beats as guests arrive.
9 a.m. — 9:15 a.m.
Dean Larry Rodgers
Welcome from College of Liberal Arts.
Where: Reser Loge
9:15 a.m. — 10 a.m.
Loren Kajikawa
Sounding Race in Hip Hop:
Loren Kajikawa of the department of musicology and ethnomusicology at the University of Oregon, with an introduction by Oregon State's popular music prgram director Dana Reason.
Where: Reser Loge
10 a.m. — 4 p.m.
By Oregon State music technology instructors Mike Gamble and Shawn Trail, and graffiti artists Kujorock and Kangokid.
Where: Reser Stadium, Ground Floor
10:15 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.
Many Mics:
Morning Panel with Mina Carson of Oregon State's School of History, Philosophy and Religion, and others.
Chair: Mina Carson
Salman Rana:
"V-Nasty and the N-Word Norm: Critical Legal Pluralism in Hip Hop Culture"
(Faculty of Law, McGill University).
Sean Peterson:
“Hip-Hop Without a DJ”: Authenticating The Roots in an Era of Sample-Based Hegemony.
(School of Music, University of Oregon).
S. Alexander Reed:
“Who Was Allowed to Rap in the 1980s?: Advertising, Parody, and the Whitewashing of Hip-Hop”
(School of Music, Ithaca College).
Felicia Miyakawa:
"Canons, Digital Genealogies, and the Legacy of the RZA’s “Motherless Child”
(Ph.D Independent Scholar).
Where: Reser Loge
Where: Reser Loge
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
MC Lyte
Conversation with legendary rap artist MC Lyte with Bob Santelli, executive director of the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles.
Where: Club Level.
1:15 p.m. — 2:45 p.m.
Afternoon Panel with Robert Thompson of Oregon State's School of Language, Culture and Society, and others.
Chair: Robert Thompson
Niel Scobie:
“The Number One Set and Sound: Exploring Reggae Performative Techniques in the Music of KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions”
(School for Studies in Art and Culture: Music, Carleton University).
Sarah Hentges:
"Teaching Interdisciplinary Hip Hop: Race, Class, Gender, Culture and Movements.
(American Studies, University of Main, Augusta).
Warrick Moses:
"Blackface Is, Blackface Ain't: Examining Gestures of Appropriation by White South African Rap Group Die Antwoord ("The Answer")
(African and African American Studies, Harvard).
Where: Reser Loge
3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.
DJ Spooky
The DJ and author presents his multi-disciplinary work and new book "The Imaginary App" (MIT Press). Accompanied by Mike Gamble, (guitar) and Noah Jenkins (violin).
Where: Reser Club
4:15 p.m. — 5:15 p.m.
Mare
Talk by Zapotec hip-hop artist, translated from Spanish by Lynn Stephen
Where: Reser Loge
5:15 p.m. — 6:30 p.m.
Break For Dinner
Concert
Where: Reser Club
*Be advised that this event may contain explicit content. Prohibited items include alcohol, glass containers, metal cans, firearms, knives, or weapons of any kind, explosives or flammable materials. Non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase inside the venue.
7:15 p.m. — 7:45 p.m.
Performance Hip Hop Association OSU/UO- B-Boys
8 p.m. — 8:45 p.m.
Mike Gao, hip-hop producer and performer from Los Angeles and instructor in Oregon State's popular music program.
9 p.m. — 9:45 p.m.
Performance by Portland hip-hop artist Illmaculate
10 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Headliner performance by Lil Flip