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Hacking Hip Hop is a methodological memoir and critical study that positions Hip Hop as a powerful system of design thinking. Drawing on personal narrative, cultural analysis, and over two decades of teaching and research, Dr. Joycelyn Wilson introduces “Design Remix Logic” (DRL) - a framework that captures how Hip Hop artists, educators, and technologists remix systems of culture, sound, memory, and media to create meaning and spark innovation.
While grounded in the aesthetics and ethics of Hip Hop and Black expressive traditions, the book connects Hip Hop’s creative practices to disciplines as wide-ranging as architecture, digital humanities, and computational media. It affirms that DRL is practiced by Hip Hop natives as well as those inspired by its methods -across disciplines, geographies, and identities. From Kendrick Lamar’s performances to the evolution of Southern Hip Hop archives, Wilson shows how DRL can be used as both an analytical tool and a pedagogical method.
Written for scholars, educators, artists, and designers, Hacking Hip Hop offers a distinctive lens on how Hip Hop works as a cultural force and a design language; one that builds new worlds while preserving the stories that shape our own.
While grounded in the aesthetics and ethics of Hip Hop and Black expressive traditions, the book connects Hip Hop’s creative practices to disciplines as wide-ranging as architecture, digital humanities, and computational media. It affirms that DRL is practiced by Hip Hop natives as well as those inspired by its methods -across disciplines, geographies, and identities. From Kendrick Lamar’s performances to the evolution of Southern Hip Hop archives, Wilson shows how DRL can be used as both an analytical tool and a pedagogical method.
Written for scholars, educators, artists, and designers, Hacking Hip Hop offers a distinctive lens on how Hip Hop works as a cultural force and a design language; one that builds new worlds while preserving the stories that shape our own.
Hacking Hip Hop is a methodological memoir and critical study that positions Hip Hop as a powerful system of design thinking. Drawing on personal narrative, cultural analysis, and over two decades of teaching and research, Dr. Joycelyn Wilson introduces “Design Remix Logic” (DRL) - a framework th...
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JOYCELYN WILSON is an interdisciplinary researcher and associate professor of educational anthropology, design, and media cultures at Georgia Tech. She is the principal investigator of the HipHop2020 Innovation Archive and creator of Design Remix Logic, the framework at the heart of Hacking Hip Hop. Her work is featured in The Routledge Handbook of Remix Studies and Digital Humanities, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Bitter Southerner, Billboard, and Google Arts & Culture. Wilson is a member of the Recording Academy and a contributor to national conversations on culture, technology, education, and design. She resides in Georgia.
JOYCELYN WILSON is an interdisciplinary researcher and associate professor of educational anthropology, design, and media cultures at Georgia Tech. She is the principal investigator of the HipHop2020 Innovation Archive and creator of Design Remix Logic, the framework at the heart of Hacking Hip H...
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