Explores multiple aspects of hip-hop archives in a global context, including methods of accumulation, curation, preservation, and digitization. This collection critically analyzes institutional power, geopolitical influences and the ideological implications associated with hip-hop culture's tensions with dominant social values. 16 b/w illus.

Explores multiple aspects of hip-hop archives in a global context, including methods of accumulation, curation, preservation, and digitization. This collection critically analyzes institutional power, geopolitical influences and the ideological implications associated with hip-hop culture's tensions with dominant social values. 16 b/w illus. Read the Introduction: "An Archival State of Mind" for free here. New Books Network (New Books in Library Science) interview with Murray Forman and Mark V. Campbell Check out Murray Forman's interview on Manny Faces's Hip-Hop Can Save America podcast. Watch here or listen here