A radical research project in Scotland has created a new layer of history for a concentration camp archive in Germany.
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A 26-member theatre ensemble aims to bring history to light in a fresh way.
Folk singer and activist Woody Guthrie actually had thoughts about the national debt – and politicians in general. They’re remarkably apt today.
The 1970s and 1980s saw a new genre of popular protest - its spirit would be felt even in 2011 when protests toppled a dictator.
Rap songs from Public Enemy and Ludacris have been heard at marches over the killing of George Floyd. But the history of Black American music as a form of protest dates back to the 19th century.
Over the past 50 years, protesters’ voices have found power in unison. But activists and onlookers have increasingly been exposed to new sounds that aim to shatter rather than gather the crowd.
One of South Africa’s finest hip-hop crews message was that you couldn’t box identities forged through multilingual living in the ghettos.
“What’s Going On” remains relevant today. Even now its plaintive lyrics speak eloquently about a post-9/11 world that’s upside down.
In 1985 The Junkyard Band shifted the paradigm by challenging Reaganomics. Many of those same key issues still rage on today, across the world.
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Research Lead at Rhythm Obscura / Lecturer in the School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Plymouth
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of English, Middle Tennessee State University
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor of History, University of Arizona
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Professor of Political Cinemas, University of Glasgow
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Lecturer in Anthropology, Catholic University of Malawi