ACRL Frameworks & Information/ Digital literacy: High Impact Practice & Experiential Learning
by Forrest Foster
*Exposing Literacies in a Co-Culture: Information and Digital Literacy in Hip-Hop: The Process
*Exposing Literacies in a Co-Culture: Information and Digital Literacy in Hip-Hop: The Process & Product
Exposing Literacies in a Co-Culture (Hip-Hop) P.1
There are many professions and occupations in our culture that we agree require information literacy skills. However, there are also many unconventional occupations that also need to exercise information and/or digital literacy skills as well. The goal of this article is to highlight how an atypical occupation-a hip-hop music producer-has traditionally used information literacy skills without proper acknowledgment. And an additional goal is to illustrate how to spot instances in which digital literacy competencies are intrinsic and promote good practices, however and wherever appropriate. The whole issue of hip-hop music sampling serves as a great example for educating students and faculty about information use and reuse, the creation of derivative works, and copyright considerations that can affect a creative work.
Exposing Literacies in a Co-Culture (Hip-Hop) P.2
Foster demonstrates how to produce a composition from scratch.
Creativity and innovation will always be the direct results of information literacy skills in action, and the process of sampling in hip-hop music is a small but significant testament to this fact. While for some, hip-hop will never be regarded as a legitimate art form simply because it uses music sampling, I would advise hip-hop's detractors to consider the creative process of sampling before rejecting it. For information professionals, promoting and recognizing information literacies is important, no matter the medium or the genre of expression. And truth be told, many hip-hop producers have been applying information literacy skills for nearly a quarter of a century