Spiritualizing Hip Hop with I.C.E: The Poetic Spiritual Narratives of Four Black Educational Leaders from Hip Hop Communities

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dc.contributor.advisorRoss-Gordon, Jovita
dc.contributor.advisorOliver, John
dc.contributor.authorMaston, Alexis C.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBrooks, Ann K.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberTravis Jr., Raphael
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-16T18:37:22Z
dc.date.available2014-04-16T18:37:22Z
dc.date.issued2014-05
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative study explored how four Black educational leaders from Hip Hop communities used their spiritual narratives to inform their individual and community empowerment practices in their workplaces, communities and personal lives. Their acts of spiritualized empowerment were driven by esteem, resilience, growth, community and change and grounded in a Hip Hop/spiritual mindset. This arts-based collaborative study which was situated in the fields of adult education and educational leadership, included myself and three other collaborative DJ’s (co-researchers) who hailed from Hip Hop communities. We developed our individual and collaborative spiritual narratives by using poetic narrative analysis wherein the transcripts and other data such as spiritual REEL life maps were developed into poetry and then further analyzed. Data collection methods were ciphers, freestyle interviews, blogs, and document artifacts. Using the Individual and Community Empowerment (I.C.E.) framework (Travis & Deepak, 2011) five mini-narratives were derived from the analysis of the various data sources: spiritual parenting, spiritual progression, the profane is spiritual the church is missional, hustle or live trying and new waves of digital. Lastly, we arrived at new frameworks of understanding for future inquiries of those from these communities: Hip Hop educational leaders, Hip Hop methodologies and Hip Hop spirituality were theorized upon at the completion of the study.
dc.description.departmentCounseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology
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dc.format.extent189 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationMaston, A. C. (2014). Spiritualizing hip hop with I.C.E: The poetic spiritual narratives of four black educational leaders from hip hop communities</i> (Unpublished dissertation). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/4976
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAdult Hip Hop culture
dc.subjectHip Hop
dc.subjectEducational Leadership
dc.subjectAdult Education
dc.subjectSpiritual Narratives
dc.subjectSpirituality
dc.subjectHip Hop communities
dc.subjectIndividual and Community Empowerment
dc.subjectPoetry
dc.subjectPoetic Narrative Analysis
dc.subjectArts Based Collaborative Inquiry
dc.subjectHip Hop Methodology
dc.subject.lcshEducation, Urban--United States--Sociological aspectsen_US
dc.subject.lcshHip-hop--United States--Influenceen_US
dc.subject.lcshMusic--Social aspects--United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshSociolinguistics--United Statesen_US
dc.titleSpiritualizing Hip Hop with I.C.E: The Poetic Spiritual Narratives of Four Black Educational Leaders from Hip Hop Communities
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.departmentCounseling, Leadership, Adult Education and School Psychology
thesis.degree.disciplineAdult, Professional, and Community Education
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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