This event is in the past.It took place on April 29, 2026 at The Word Is Change.
Literature Talk
Literature TalkExplore how funk, hip-hop, and hyphy rap have fueled social movements and clashed with development in Oakland. Geographer Alex Werth and scholar Brandi Thompson Summers trace how Black dance music shapes culture, politics, and geography: from nightclubs to Lake Merritt to the war on nuisance.
Black dance music
Oakland culture
book talk
social justice
Tips
🎵"sonic presence, and taking up space in its many forms, with Black liberation" (KQED)
📖Werth's book examines nightclubs, Lake Merritt, Eastmont Mall as case studies
🏠hosted at The Word Is Change, a beloved Bed-Stuy indie bookstore
On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland with Alex Werth
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Literature TalkLiterature TalkExplore how funk, hip-hop, and hyphy rap have fueled social movements and clashed with development in Oakland. Geographer Alex Werth and scholar Brandi Thompson Summers trace how Black dance music shapes culture, politics, and geography: from nightclubs to Lake Merritt to the war on nuisance.
Black dance music
Oakland culture
book talk
social justice
Tips
🎵"sonic presence, and taking up space in its many forms, with Black liberation" (KQED)
📖Werth's book examines nightclubs, Lake Merritt, Eastmont Mall as case studies
🏠hosted at The Word Is Change, a beloved Bed-Stuy indie bookstore
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