Dr. Kjell
@drkjell.bsky.social
Rap academic. Musicologist/Music theorist/emcee. Postdoc at University of Oslo.
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kind of annoys me when people use the aesthetics of graffiti to show they're edgy and cool while also calling for more punitive laws, which punish the graffiti artists who give that aesthetic its cultural meaning
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
kind of annoys me when people use the aesthetics of graffiti to show they're edgy and cool while also calling for more punitive laws, which punish the graffiti artists who give that aesthetic its cultural meaning
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most people make music not to create monetizable content, but to share and be in community with other people. true creativity requires the sometimes frustrating but often rewarding process of interacting with other people & their ideas. that community bleeds out to other areas of life.
September 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
most people make music not to create monetizable content, but to share and be in community with other people. true creativity requires the sometimes frustrating but often rewarding process of interacting with other people & their ideas. that community bleeds out to other areas of life.
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Really moving to be mentioned by the eminent Griff Rollefson in his chapter "Beats, Rhymes and Life" in The Cambridge Companion to Global Rap. Great chapter on the history and future of analytical/theoretical approaches to hip-hop. Griff er heil ved, to say it in Norwegian.
August 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Really moving to be mentioned by the eminent Griff Rollefson in his chapter "Beats, Rhymes and Life" in The Cambridge Companion to Global Rap. Great chapter on the history and future of analytical/theoretical approaches to hip-hop. Griff er heil ved, to say it in Norwegian.
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A peer-reviewed article—on Indigenous dance in Palestine and Native North America as resistance to genocide—was formally accepted then rejected by the editors of The Journal of Somaesthetics, citing fear of criticizing Israel’s genocide.
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/acad...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/acad...
#Palestine #Israel
Academic censorship on Palestine even extends to discussing Palestinian dance
A peer-reviewed article—on Indigenous dance in Palestine and Native North America as resistance to genocide—was formally accepted then rejected by the editors of The Journal of Somaesthetics, citing...
mondoweiss.net
June 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A peer-reviewed article—on Indigenous dance in Palestine and Native North America as resistance to genocide—was formally accepted then rejected by the editors of The Journal of Somaesthetics, citing fear of criticizing Israel’s genocide.
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/acad...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/acad...
#Palestine #Israel