Turkish Students Association is organizing a movie night on February 29, 2012 at 6:30 PM. Please come to Saunders Hall 204 to watch this interesting documentary, Hiphopistan: Representing Locality in a Global City.
Please see the movie flyer here.
“Hiphopistan is a documentary film that examines the impact of Hip-Hop culture on Istanbul youth and reveals how young Turkish rappers, DJs, break-dancers, and graffiti artists creatively blend popular influences with their local cultural values and traditions. In a world that is becoming increasingly exposed to global media, much has been debated as to whether or not societies and individuals can adopt influences from music, television, cinema, internet and fashion in a positive and constructive way without losing their own cultural identities and heritage. The dichotomy terms of “East” and “West” have unfortunately regularly coincided with “tradition” and “modernity” and “local” and “global” making it seem as though they are polarized opposites. …” from twn.org.