by globalcipher_53ckum | Oct 26, 2023 | Gems
The name of our recently departed brother, the Mozambican MC, Azagaia, means “spear” — a reference to his anticolonial cultural politics and his “words as weapons” artistic ethos. CIPHER Team member, Janne Rantala, describes his views in...
by globalcipher_53ckum | Oct 26, 2023 | Blog
The CIPHER Team’s article, “Networking Global Hip Hop Knowledges: The CIPHER Method,” was just published in Ethnomusicology the journal of the The Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM). Thanks to our amazing team of Ophelia McCabe, Warrick Moses, Jason...
by globalcipher_53ckum | Sep 27, 2023 | Events
DROPPIN’ SCIENCE: HIPHOP CIPHERING AND DECIPHERING PLEASE CHECK HERE FOR THE FULL CALL FOR...
by globalcipher_53ckum | Nov 9, 2022 | Events
Toomaj Salehi, is a 32-year-old Iranian underground hip hop singer mostly known for his protest songs concerning Iran’s societal issues and the policies of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Toomaj was arrested (for a second time)on...
by globalcipher_53ckum | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog
The CACSSS-based ERC project CIPHER: Hip-Hop Interpellation (PI: Prof J Griffith Rollefson) has been shortlisted for a 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) Award for Research Project of the Year in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. CIPHER is a five-year ERC funded...