Record Nr.

UNISA996333146903316

Autore

Zanfagna Christina <1980->

Titolo

Holy Hip Hop in the City of Angels / Christina Zanfagna

Pubbl/distr/stampa


University of California Press, 2017
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2017
©2017

ISBN

0-520-96879-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Music of the african diaspora ; ; 19

Disciplina

306.4/842490979494

Soggetti

Rap (Music) - California - Los Angeles - History and criticism

Rap (Music) - Religious aspects - Christianity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's Ph.D. thesis: University of California, Los Angeles 2010, published with title Holy hip hop in the City of Angels : music, urban space, and the politics of conversion.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-188), discography, and index. and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Earthquake music and the politics of conversion -- "Now I bang for Christ": rites/rights of passage -- Hip hop church L.A.: shifting grounds in Inglewood -- Beyond Babylon: geographies of conversion -- The evangelical hustle: selling music, saving souls -- Roads to Zion: hip hop's search for the city yet to come -- Epilogue: Aftershocks.

Sommario/riassunto

"In the 1990s, Los Angeles was home to numerous radical social and environmental eruptions. In the face of several major earthquakes and floods, riots and economic insecurity, police brutality and mass incarceration, some young black Angelenos turned to holy hip hop--a movement merging Christianity and hip hop culture--to 'save' themselves and the city. Converting street corners to airborne churches and gangsta rap beats into anthems of praise, holy hip hoppers used gospel rap to navigate complicated social and spiritual realities and to transform the Southland's fractured terrains into musical Zions. Armed with beats, rhymes, and Bibles, they journeyed through black Lutheran congregations, prison ministries, African churches, reggae dancehalls,

hip hop clubs, Nation of Islam meetings, and Black Lives Matter marches. Zanfagna's fascinating ethnography provides a contemporary and unique view of black LA, offering a much-needed perspective on how music and religion intertwine in people's everyday experiences."--Provided by publisher.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910566452603321

Autore

Tønnesson Stein

Titolo

Lives in Peace Research : The Oslo Stories

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Singapore, : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, 2022

ISBN

981-16-4717-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (520 p.)

Collana

Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies ; ; v.3

Classificazione

POL011000POL012000POL037000

Soggetti

International relations

International institutions

Terrorism, armed struggle

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- About the Authors and Interviewees -- The PRIO Peace Files -- Contents -- List of Photographs -- 1 Inspiration from a Father: Johan Galtung -- 2 Uniting Nations for Peace: Ingrid Eide -- 3 Organizing for Peace: Mari Holmboe Ruge -- The Pioneer Years -- Non-Violent Resistance -- The Second World War and Early Peace Research -- Peace Activism -- Non-Violence as Pragmatism -- Pensioner and Activism -- 4 Pioneer and Patron of Social Science and Peace Research: Erik Rinde (1919-1994) -- A Family with Traditions -- No. 31 Munthes gate -- Erik Rinde and Social Sciences -- Rinde's Attitude to Research-related Dilemmas -- Peace Research -- Financial Stratagems under Erik Rinde's Chairpersonship -- Sources -- 5 A Social Democratic Peace: Nils Petter Gleditsch -- 6 Peace with a Human Rights Perspective: Asbjørn Eide -- Pre-PRIO Career -- Attitudes to the Cold War -- The New International Economic Order (NIEO) -- Specializing in Human

Rights -- Human Rights in International Affairs -- Minorities and Indigenous Peoples -- The Accidental PRIOite -- Was PRIO Entirely Novel? -- 7 The Lifelong Peace Advocate: Marek Thee (1918-99) -- From Childhood in Small-Town Poland to Youth Activist in Gdańsk [Danzig] (1918-1938) -- A Refugee's Journey across the Mediterranean (6 March 1939-28 June 1939) -- From Stateless Refugee to Polish Diplomat in Israel (1939-1952) -- (Re)migration to Poland and Launching an Academic Career (1952) -- Working in Vietnam and Laos (1955-1963) -- The Final Years at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (1963-1968) -- Leaving Poland (for Israel) and Heading for Norway (1968) -- Becoming the Editor of the Newly Established Bulletin of Peace Proposals (1969-1989) -- A Voluminous Production on the Possibilities for Peace -- A Lifelong Dedication to a Better Future -- Concluding Thoughts-By Marek Thee.

A Postscript from the Author -- 8 Congo and Structural Violence: Helge Hveem -- 9 The First Steps in the PRIO-Uppsala Connection: Peter Wallensteen -- 10 From Anarchy to Enlightened Absolutism? Sverre Lodgaard -- Political Science -- Johan Galtung and PRIO -- Labour Party Politics -- A Conscientious Objector -- PRIO's Egalitarianism -- Revealing Military Secrets -- Institute at War with Itself -- Heavy Water -- Returning as Director -- A New Era of Normalcy -- The Punching Machine -- Opposition from a New Angle -- Leaving PRIO for UNIDIR -- Returning as Director of NUPI -- 11 The Peace Policy Maker: Dan Smith -- The Literary Road to Peace Research -- A Mother's Tales-And the Library -- Becoming a Leader at 22 -- Discovering Peace Research -- Coming to PRIO -- Funding and Policymaking -- PRIO's Three Heroes -- Engaging in the Balkans and in Cyprus -- The PRIO Centre for the Study of Civil War -- International Alert -- The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) -- Three Narrowly but Deeply Divided Cultures -- Agnostic About the Monarchy -- Mapping World Peace and Conflict -- The Peacebuilding Palette -- Worries for the World -- 12 Truth and Logic for a More Peaceful World: Kristian Berg Harpviken -- Education and Interest in Peace -- The Afghanistan Laboratory -- Military Power or Dialogue -- The Afghanistan Commission -- Minefields-Work to Impact Policy and Practice -- Research into Migration -- The PRIO Director -- Research Dissemination -- Gender Distribution and Leadership -- Framework Conditions and Organizational Culture -- The Development of Peace Research and the Challenges it Faces -- The Paradox of Peace Research -- Notes -- 13 On the Road to Peace: Wenche Iren Hauge -- A Bus Journey to Africa -- Travelling by Train to Latin America -- Unsatisfying Theories -- A Well-Intentioned but Failed Peace Treaty.

The North/South Coalition -- Working with Dan Smith -- Explaining Peace Through Systematic Comparison -- Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Methods -- The Importance of Fieldwork -- The Utility of the UN in Its Various Roles -- 14 PRIO's State Feminist: Helga Hernes -- The Fight Against Nuclear Arms -- Pioneering Gender Quotas -- Cooperation and Conflict in the Women's Movement -- The

Women's Group: Just like Family -- The Path to 'State Feminism' -- State Feminism Goes Global -- A German Child During and After the War -- Academia and Activism in 1960s America -- Politician and Diplomat -- Overseeing the Secret Services -- Back to the Academy: Gender and Peace Research -- 15 Searching the Archives for a Missing Peace: Hilde Henriksen Waage -- Born into the Salvation Army -- Becoming a Historian -- Arriving at 'Hippie' PRIO -- Interrupted by PRIO Directorship -- Meeting Three Good Men -- Jan Egeland, 'The Saviour' -- Fellow Historians -- Fitting in at PRIO -- Good Directors-Necessary Changes -- Hunting for Funds -- The Oslo Process -- The Missing Counterbalance -- Joining the University and Learning Hebrew -- 16 Fresh Grounded Peace Research: Åshild Kolås -- 17 The Democratic Civil Peace and Beyond: Scott Gates -- A Student in the United States -- Moving to Norway -- Getting to Know PRIO and Love -- Directing PRIO's New Center of Excellence -- Doubting (or Dissecting?) the Democratic Peace -- Editing Journals -- Peer Review and Joint Authorship -- A South Asian Orientation -- Gauging the Future of Peace Research -- 18 A Historian's Paths to Peace -- History and Multi-Disciplinarity -- First Path: War as War -- Second Path: Horror -- Third Path: Outbreaks -- Fourth Path: Severity -- Fifth Path: Endings -- Sixth Path: Viability -- Seventh Path: Regional Transitions -- Eighth Path: Peace Practices -- Ninth Path: Minor Utopias -- Conclusion.

19 Managing Peace Researchers: Lene Kristin Borg and Grete Thingelstad -- PRIO's Anarchic Past -- The Peace Researchers They Met -- Restructuring a Research Institute -- Managing Researchers: Herding Cats -- A Loss of Visibility? -- Comparing PRIO's Directors -- How to Recruit Researchers -- Conscientious Objectors (COs) and Gender Balance -- Fantastic Lives -- 20 Peace Is More Than the Absence of War: Inger Skjelsbæk -- 21 A Migrant in the Common European House: Pavel Baev -- Joining the Soviet Military? -- Trying to Build a European House -- Seeing the Wall Come Down -- The First Norwegian Encounters -- The Demise of the USSR -- A Changed Moscow -- A Young Female Director -- Brilliant Students and Security Dialogue -- Dan Smith Doubles PRIO's Size -- Am I Really a Peace Researcher? -- The American Attraction -- Through Norway to America in a Quest for Recognition -- A Military in Trouble -- Oil, Gas and Nuclear Modernization -- Multidisciplinarity -- PRIO's Strengths and Weaknesses -- Going to Work at PRIO -- 22 Non-pacifist Philosophy in Good Faith: Henrik Syse -- Faith and Early Thoughts -- Discovering Philosophy -- Theology and Philosophy -- A Philosopher Among Social Scientists -- Non-pacifist Peace Research -- Religion for and Against War -- The Power of Texts -- Norms and Presidents -- Priests and Prophets -- Gender -- The Nobel Committee -- A Sunday School Teacher -- 22nd of July 2011 -- 23 Creating a Third Space in the Cyprus Conflict: Mete Hatay -- The Cyprus Partition -- Becoming an Activist -- The PRIO Cyprus Centre -- Who is 'the Other'? -- A 'Guerrilla Researcher' -- Resolving the Problem Step by Step -- Having the International Community on Their Side -- Resolving Problems-

Not 'the Problem' -- 24 Johan Galtung at 90: His Enduring Legacy to Peace Research in Oslo -- Independent -- International -- Interdisciplinary.

The Nonviolent Tradition -- Publish or Perish! -- Policy Implications -- PRIO as a Community -- Methods -- Galtung's Legacy -- Journal of Peace Research's Ten Most-Frequently Cited Articles -- Correction to: Organizing for Peace: Mari Holmboe Ruge -- Correction to: Chapter 3 in: S. Tønnesson (ed.), Lives in Peace Research, Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies 3, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4717-8_3 -- Person Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book explains how PRIO, the world’s oldest peace research institute, was founded and how it survived through crises. In this book, twenty-four of its researchers and associates, including Johan Galtung, Ingrid Eide, and Mari Holmboe Ruge, who founded the institute back in 1959, tell the stories of their roles in inventing and developing peace research. They reflect on their personal experiences with peace and conflict, tell what drove their peace engagement, and discuss the balance sought in the field between the cold dictates from academic rigor and the hot pursuit of peace, a desire for research to make a positive difference. Most of the chapters are interviews where one colleague interviews another. Some are self-reflective essays, while others are memorial essays written about a peace researcher who has passed away. Taken together, the book presents a lively picture of a thriving world-leading research environment and a wealth of conflicting or mutually reinforcing perspectives on war, violence, conflict, conflict management and resolution, negotiations and mediation, peacemaking, peace building, and the contested concept of peace. “The Oslo Stories is an indispensable source to the history of peace research.” Dr. Olav Njølstad, Director, Nobel Institute, Oslo