GENDER AMPLIFIED: Women & Technological Innovation in Hip-Hop Conference
Hosted by Barnard College - Free and Open To The Public
Saturday, April 14, 2007
http://www.barnard.edu/africana/genderamplified/schedule.html

Conference Schedule
10-11AM Meet and Greet Networking Brunch, Sulzberger Parlor
Members/collectives of the hip hop community coming together, dialoguing, and forming new ties.

11:30AM-1PM Keynote Address
Held Auditorium
Turn the Tables: Women and Technology In Hip Hop. A lecture by Tricia Rose, Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University.

1-2:30PM Lunch Break

******1:45-2:15PM FILM: Lady Beat Makers, Vol. 1******
Screening in Held Auditorium
Where are the female hip hop producers? Through a collection of interviews with underground female record producers, this documentary assesses the relative absence of women in the recording industry and speculates about the future of women in the game.

2:30-3:30PM Conversations with Spin
Held Auditorium
Conversation conducted by Imani Perry, Associate Professor of Law at Rutgers University
Hear the "herstory" that is rarely recounted. In a conversation with DJ Spinderella of the hip-hop trio Salt-N-Pepa, she will recount her experiences as a woman of technology and hip hop.

******4-6PM Panel - Gender in Real-Time: Tracking Women and Technology******
Held Auditorium
Panel discussion moderated by Barnard senior, Ebonie Smith, with audience segment.
Panelists:
Tachelle "Shamash" Wilkes, founder of Femmixx.com and director of "Lady Beat Makers Vol. 1."
Imani Perry, Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers University
Max Perez, music producer for BET's 106 & Park
Steven G. Fullwood, Project Director of the Hip Hop Archive Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

******6:30-7:00PM FILM: Lady Beat Makers, Vol. 1******
Held Auditorium, Second Screening with audience Q & A

******8-10PM Gender Amplified DJ Exhibition******
Lower Level MacIntosh
Featuring some of hip hop's most talented female DJs, the DJ Exhibition will broadcast the technical skillz of these women, giving them each a 20-minute set to rock the crowd. This event will close the conference with an evening of music and entertainment for all hip hop-heads.

Featured DJs:
DJ Ayana Soyini, Goldeneyes Entertainment, LLC (myspace.com/ayanasoyini)
DJ Sparkles, She's My DJ Champion 2006
DJ Rekha, Sangament.com

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