Write 5 Pages For This Assignment

Final Project

Please write a paper (following the criteria) answering the following questions.

• What aspects of POC (persons of color Black / LatinX / Asian) experience, as seen through the lens of Afrofuturism in electronic music, resonate most with you and how will it inform not only your artistic practice but your daily life/process? (if you aren’t an artist, how will it inform your daily life or path)
• Out of all the pioneers or innovators, we researched in class, guests or in additional resources, who will be your starting point for your final paper?

You will be graded on:

• showing your understanding of that pioneer or innovator of your choosing (your starting point)
• showing your understanding of the political and social climate during that period of the genre relating to your pioneer or innovator (for example if you chose Frankie Knuckles, Chicago House.. explain all the political context in the invention of Chicago House. or George Clinton …what political context was Funk derived from.)
• showing your understanding of the evolution of said genre (for example give a brief history of Chicago House, utilizing your media gallery, additional resources and most of all lectures)
• Explaining, in detail, how the music, artists and social change has influenced you and how will it inform life or artistic decisions in your future

You Can Only Use These For References

• Blacktronika Media Gallery (archive)
  
• Weekly Lectures (of course)
• Additional Blacktronika Resource sections
• Weekly DJ Mixes (in Canvas)

PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE OR REFERENCE WIKIPEDIA, CHAT OPEN AI OR OTHER SOURCES.

LATE FINALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER MARCH 17. NO EXCUSES.

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/blacktroni… This is one of the sources that you can use as a reference and use quotes from. You can refer to Canvas as well.

Additional Resources

• DJ Jazzy Jeff Super Website Links to an external site.
• A Touch of Jazz : The StoryLinks to an external site.
• Grandmaster Flash on the scientific approachLinks to an external site.
• DJ Qbert Explaining Scratch TitlesLinks to an external site.
• A Brief History of Scratching Links to an external site.
• Giant Step : The Early YearsLinks to an external site.
• Nightclubbing : Back2Basics Links to an external site.
• Major Force : Japan’s Turntablist Legends Links to an external site.
• ACID JAZZ : in PicturesLinks to an external site.
• Maria Chavez on Ruining Vinyl RecordsLinks to an external site.
• Miss Tahloulah May Beat VideosLinks to an external site.
• illegal Raves : The Sheffield SoundLinks to an external site.
• N.O.W. DiscographyLinks to an external site.
• Jamaican Society LeedsLinks to an external site.
• UK Rave History TimelineLinks to an external site.
• The Bomb Behind Public Enemy’s Squad
• Bring The Noise : Afrofuturism x Russolo (Links to an external site.)
• Spectrum City Djs
• Hank Shocklee in Tape Op
• Sampling Documentary
• Wild Style Soundtrack
• Maria Chavez x Raveline MagazineLinks to an external site.
• Maria Chavez plays Stefan Goldmann’s Ghost Hemiola (audio)Links to an external site.
• 15 Questions : Maria ChavezLinks to an external site.
• Imaginary Landscapes : Turntable as An Instrument (video)Links to an external site.

Listen for Next Week

• Blacktronika Radio : The Good Life Mix (preparation for next