Einverleibungen

Incorporations are omnipresent: in food consumption, but also symbolically in the form of book knowledge and imagery, or violently and predatorily when it comes to territorial takeovers and annexations. And what possibilities does the metaphor of incorporation open up when it stands for immaterial processes? The authors look at phenomena of incorporation from ancient Egyptian civilisation through the European Middle Ages to the present. The central questions are: When do processes of incorporation begin? Where do they lead and what remains at the end?

Hip Hop and the University

While hip hop and the university appear to operate within radically different social (and socioeconomic) spheres, we nevertheless see increasing overlap between the two that demonstrates a mutual interest and perhaps desire between the two. With the rise of hip hop studies on the one hand and a remarkable array of hip hop songs and films that address the university space and/or university education on the other, these two discursive spheres produce knowledges that are both complementary and contradictory. By analyzing several texts—major academic works of hip hop scholarship; films on hip hop and the university, especially Method Man and Redman’s 2001 How High; and the rap oeuvres of Kanye West and J. Cole—this article examines the ways in which the epistemologies of hip hop and the university interact and conflict. By examining these texts, I show that academic epistemologies, or what I term “book knowledge,” inadvertently impose a hierarchical and colonizing frame on rap and hip hop, such as the practice of “close reading” rap as poetry. Instead, I argue that we can learn how to ethically inhabit and transform the university space by drawing from hip hop’s commitment to producing the radical, decolonial, and embodied practices of “street knowledge.”

Hip Hop and the University

While hip hop and the university appear to operate within radically different social (and socioeconomic) spheres, we nevertheless see increasing overlap between the two that demonstrates a mutual interest and perhaps desire between the two. With the rise of hip hop studies on the one hand and a remarkable array of hip hop songs and films that address the university space and/or university education on the other, these two discursive spheres produce knowledges that are both complementary and contradictory. By analyzing several texts—major academic works of hip hop scholarship; films on hip hop and the university, especially Method Man and Redman’s 2001 How High; and the rap oeuvres of Kanye West and J. Cole—this article examines the ways in which the epistemologies of hip hop and the university interact and conflict. By examining these texts, I show that academic epistemologies, or what I term “book knowledge,” inadvertently impose a hierarchical and colonizing frame on rap and hip hop, such as the practice of “close reading” rap as poetry. Instead, I argue that we can learn how to ethically inhabit and transform the university space by drawing from hip hop’s commitment to producing the radical, decolonial, and embodied practices of “street knowledge.”

Market, science and higher education in American universities. Review of R Geiger’s book “Knowledge and money”

The article considers the problem of the influence of market principles on the fields of science and higher education on a material provided by the United States’ experience in the commercialization of education, which is reflected in R. Geiger’s book “Knowledge and Money”. Geiger emphasizes that the extension of market principles to the academia leads to paradoxical results: increased funding and the quality of the student audience while reducing the enlightening and cultural functions of the university. The book sequentially explores the main aspects of this paradox, as well as its historical dynamics and the causes of it. The concluding part of the article briefly substantiates the relevance of the research conducted in the book in the Russian context of educational reforms, which include a significant expansion of the commercial sector in universities.

A STUDY ON FINANCIAL LITERACY AMONG THE GRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VERAVAL CITY

In current era no one can deny the importance of proper decision making in the finance sector. If one is not having enough financial literacy how can he plan for the secure future! Especially when we talk about the literacy among the students that is always a big matter because ultimately they are the future of the country. So with the book knowledge they have to gain the financial knowledge of the market. Then only they can prepare strategic planning and work in that way. Current study is mainly focus over that. I have taken 135 students as a sample. For the study purpose I focus mainly four factors: Investment preference, gender, caste category and location of respondent along with the major factor financial literacy. Analysis shows enough knowledge of respondent in different areas.

Battle of the Books: Coaching an English High School Literacy Trivia Competition in Montreal, Quebec

Battle of the Books is a high school book-knowledge competition. This paper describes the Battle of the Books competitions held yearly in Montreal, Quebec since 2013. The competition provides an opportunity for students who are not necessarily athletically inclined to experience competition and belonging to a team. The author outlines the history of the Montreal events, explains how the competition works, and details the experience of coaching Battle of the Books teams.