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(Global) Hip Hop Studies Bibliography
This bibliography documents Hip Hop scholarship outside of America, including scholarly works that may be US centric, yet expands its analysis to other parts of the world. Hip Hop Studies outside the boundaries of the United States stretches as far and wide as Hip Hop itself. This scholarship started in 1984, and the amount of scholarship beyond American boundaries has continued to grow up through present day. The first wave, before Mitchell\u27s Global Noise (2001), includes a wider range of scholarly works such as conference presentations and books written by journalists, in addition to traditional academic sources such as books and journal articles. I included the variety of scholarly works in the first wave that I do not include in the second wave because the earlier works can function as primary sources and document how the field has grown
âI Speak Hip Hopâ: An Informative Interview about Generation Hip Hop and the Universal Hip Hop Museum
âI Speak Hip Hopâ is an interview of members of Generation Hip Hop and the Universal Hip Hop Museum. This primary source highlights two Hip Hop organizations with chapters around the world. Tasha Iglesias and Travis Harris posits that Hip Hop scholars have not fully uncovered Hip Hop\u27s history around the world. As such, in addition to being a primary source, I Speak Hip Hop reveals the need for more scholarly attention on the dynamic expansion of Hip Hop cultures
Effects of hydroperiod on metamorphosis in \u3ci\u3eRana sphenocephala\u3c/i\u3e
Hydroperiod, the time a temporary pond holds water, is an important factor influencing recruitment in amphibian populations and structuring amphibian communities. We conducted an experiment to test the effect of hydroperiod on metamorphic traits of the southern leopard frog (Rana sphenocephala), a common amphibian in the southeastern United States. We reared larval R. sphenocephala in artificial ponds at a density of 32 larvae per tank (initial volume = approximately 650 liter). We dried the tanks according to natural patterns, using three different hydroperiods (60, 75 and 90 d). Experimental hydroperiods had a significant effect on the number of metamorphs and the length of the larval period, but not on overall survival (larvae + metamorphs) nor size at metamorphosis. Our findings confirm a pattern observed in field studies and are similar to results of experimental investigations of closely related ranid frogs. Our results demonstrate that relatively small differences in hydroperiod length (i.e., as little as 15 d) may have large effects on juvenile recruitment in R. sphenocephala
Introduction: Ainât It Evil to Live Backwards? : A Hip Hop Perspective of Religion
Historically, Black religion has been the cornerstone of the African experience in America. Due to the peculiar institutionâ of slavery and the ways this institutional residue still affect the lives of slave descendants, Hip Hop provides a forum to simultaneously acknowledge similarities and highlight differences. What scholars of religion and Hip Hop studies have revealed are the ways in which the effectiveness and our very understanding of âreligionâ changes when we bring Hip Hop in to the mix
Function and dysfunction of fatty acid mobilization: a review
Western populations have a growing obesity epidemic due in part to excessive nutrient intake from high-fat diets, which are increasingly common. Overindulgence of nutrients is associated with a greater incidence of metabolic dysfunction and a greater risk for obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and other metabolic disorders that lower quality of life. Research in humans and animal models has improved our understanding of how excess circulating free fatty acids negatively impact the ability of muscle and other tissues to regulate nutrient uptake and utilization. It is generally accepted by the scientific community that excess circulating fatty acids lead to insulin resistance, but there is little clarity regarding the underlying mechanisms. In the present review, we will outline the current understanding of the characteristics associated with fatty acid mobilization and fatty acid utilization within specific tissues. We will also discuss the potential mechanistic role of hyperlipidemia on metabolic dysfunction associated with type 2 diabetes
If I Ruled the World: Putting Hip Hop on the Atlas
âIf I Ruled the World: Putting Hip Hop on the Atlasâ contends for a third wave of Global Hip Hop Studies that builds on the work of the first two waves, identifies Hip Hop as an African diasporic phenomenon, and aligns with Hip Hop where there are no boundaries between Hip Hop inside and outside of the United States. Joanna Daguirane Da Sylva adds to the cipha with her examination of Didier Awadi. Da Sylva\u27s excellent work reveals the ways in which Hip Hoppa Didier Awadi elevates Pan-Africanism and uses Hip Hop as a tool to decolonize the minds of African peoples. The interview by Tasha Iglesias and myself of members of Generation Hip Hop and the Universal Hip Hop Museum provides a primary source and highlights two Hip Hop organizations with chapters around the world. Mich Yonah Nyawaloâs Negotiating French Muslim Identities through Hip Hop details Hip Hop artists MĂ©dine and Diamâs, who are both French and Muslim, and whose self-identification can be understood as political strategies in response to the French Republicâs marginalization of Muslims. In âConfigurations of Space and Identity in Hip Hop: Performing âGlobal Southâ,â Igor Johannsen adds to this special issue an examination of the spatiality of the Global South and how Hip Hoppas in the Global South oppose global hegemony. The final essay, ââI Got the Mics On, My People Speakâ: On the Rise of Aboriginal Australian Hip Hop,â by Benjamin Kelly and Rhyan Clapham, provides a thorough analysis of Aboriginal Hip Hop and situates it within postcolonialism. Overall, the collection of these essays points to the multiple identities, political economies, cultures, and scholarly fields and disciplines that Hip Hop interacts with around the world
Radio spectra of a sample of X-ray selected BL Lacs
We present simultaneous multifrequency radio observations for a complete
subsample of 26 XBLs from the Einstein Extended Medium-Sensitivity Survey,
obtained with the Very Large Array (VLA). Spectra are computed using fluxes at
20, 6 and 3.6 cm. Unlike many radio selected samples, the EMSS did not impose
any criterion on the radio spectrum to identify BL Lac objects. It is therefore
possible to investigate the intrinsic radio spectral slope distribution and to
determine the effect produced by this selection criterion. We find that 15% of
the observed objects do not meet the flat-spectrum criterion imposed on some
other BL Lac samples. A dataset that includes non-simultaneous data (that are
also taken with different VLA configurations) shows an even higher percentage
of steep spectrum sources. This effect can be ascribed to a larger fraction of
extended flux detected with the more compact VLA configuration.Possible biases
introduced by the flat--radio-spectrum criterion in the radio-selected BL Lac
samples cannot explain the discrepancies observed in the evolutionary
properties of Radio and X-ray selected samples of BL Lacs.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, to be published in Astronomy and Astrophysic
BL Lac evolution revisited
BL Lac objects are an elusive and rare class of active galactic nuclei. For
years their evolutionary behavior has appeared inconsistent with the trend
observed in the population of AGN at large. The so-called ``negative''
evolution implies that BL Lacs were either less or fainter in the past. This
effect is stronger for BL Lacs selected in X-ray surveys. We have investigated
if one of the selection criteria, namely the flat-radio spectrum (imposed on
the Radio-selected but not on the X-ray-selected samples), might explain the
different evolutionary trend.Comment: Proceedings of "Multiwavelength AGN Surveys", Cozumel, Dec 200
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