DOCUMENTING HISTORY IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD II: ARCHIVING & PRESERVING HIP-HOP
DOCUMENTING HISTORY IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD II: A SYMPOSIUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARCHIVING & PRESERVING HIP-HOP CULTURE is a two-day interdisciplinary forum that seeks to explore the process of documenting and preserving Hip-Hop’s history. The program will include presentations from archivists, curators, collectors, educators, and scholars representing educational, cultural, and preservation institutions, for-profit and non-profit community organizations/enterprises, and government agencies. The presenters and moderators are leaders who are shaping the field and developing innovative preservation, documentation, education and community outreach projects with the goal of ensuring the survival of Hip-Hop’s collections and archives.
The first iteration of Documenting History in Your Own Backyard took place on October 19, 2012, at The Schomburg Center in Harlem, NY, presented collaboratively by the Hip-Hop Education Center, The Schomburg Center, Cornell University’s Hip Hop Collection, and The Smithsonian Archives Center in the National Museum of American History. It was the first symposium dedicated to advancing organizational and outreach strategies around hip-hop’s preservation and informing the community about hip-hop archives and their critical importance.
Please see a detailed schedule of events on this Eventbrite page, as well as information on RSVPing to each related event.
DAY 1 | PRE-SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd
New York, NY 10037
DAY 2 | SYMPOSIUM | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2020
New York University - Metro Tech Campus
370 Jay Street, Room 202
Brooklyn, NY 11201
DAY 3 | POST-SYMPOSIUM THINGS TO DO | SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2020
[R]EVOLUTION OF HIP HOP EXHIBIT - Universal Hip Hop Museum
CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop - International Center of Photography
HUSH TOURS - Hip Hop Bus tour