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SUMMARY:Beats Matter: Educational\, Therapeutic and Cross-Cultural Applica
 tions of Hip Hop Beat Making and Culture - Dr Elliot Gann\, Today’s Futu
 re Sound
DTSTART:20180320T150000Z
DTEND:20180320T163000Z
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:Hip Hop is now the most listened to genre of music in the worl
 d\, yet it is not widely implemented for educational\, therapeutic or cros
 s-cultural uses despite incredible potential and promise. While the uses o
 f rapping have been examined and used somewhat\, the applications of beat 
 making and DJ'ing have not\, despite its inherent multiple literacies/inte
 lligences and applications. Dr. Gann will present on how and why Hip Hop b
 eat making and culture can be used in a culturally responsive/sustaining w
 ay as an educational\, therapeutic/wellness and cross cultural interventio
 n as illustrated by the work of his non-profit organization\, Today's Futu
 re Sound. This includes an exploration of his Therapeutic Beat Making (TBM
 ) model\, which also addresses complex and developmental trauma\, and an i
 ntroduction to understanding the difference between Post-Traumatic Stress 
 Disorder and Complex/Developmental Trauma. Additionally\, strategies to in
 tegrate Hip Hop beat making and culture into classrooms to increase cultur
 al responsiveness and student engagement and deliver core content includin
 g STEM/STEAM content in non-traditional and innovative Project-Based Learn
 ing ways. Participants will learn basic history of Hip Hop as well as an i
 ntroduction to beat making/music production with a live demo and audience 
 participation to make an instrumental composition\, or "beat\," on the spo
 t and to perform live.\n\nA clinical child and adolescent psychologist/psy
 chotherapist by training\, producer/beat maker and DJ\, *Dr Elliot Gann* h
 as been teaching in Oakland and San Francisco Bay Area schools and communi
 ty settings for over a decade\, and the past six years he has done this wo
 rk with his non-profit\, Today’s Future Sound (TFS).  As Executive Direc
 tor and lead instructor\, his work with TFS has taken him across the globe
  teaching\, presenting\, consulting\, organizing and performing in North a
 nd South America\, Africa\, Asia and Australia and working with more than 
 40\,000 youth\, as well as putting on “beat battle” fundraisers in alm
 ost all of these locations. In January of 2015 he joined the U.S. State De
 partment and UNC Chapel Hill’s joint “Next Level” program to do conf
 lict resolution and cultural diplomacy in Dakar\, Senegal\, and since then
  hasn’t stopped traveling doing similar cross-cultural work. In the past
  two years\, Dr. Gann has taught and presented beat making/music productio
 n to 15\,000+ students across the globe\, and more than 40\,000 over the p
 ast six years\, including a recent teaching trips to\, Lima\, Peru (collab
 orating with D1 School of Dance)\, São Paulo\, Brazil\, El Salvador\, and
  Colombia. Building off of both his research findings and experience\, Dr.
  Gann is now leading TFS to continue such work and further advocate for it
 s use\, including expanded wellness/mental health\, educational\, economic
  and social justice applications\, including his Therapeutic Beat Making (
 TBM) Model.
LOCATION: Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road
 \, room 1S3
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