Go-Go Music

Lornell, Kip

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“…Black Washingtonians founded go-go music in the 1970s (Hopkinson, 2012; Lornell and Stephenson, 2009). Go-go combines jazz, funk, R&B, hip-hop and Caribbean sounds and is recognisable by its repetitive beat and improvisation.…”

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“…Author Natalie Hopkinson, a DC go-go historian, wrote, ‘Go-go may be invisible to much of white Washington, but it’s as much a part of the city as pillars and monument of its federal face …. Go-go is Washington’ (Hopkinson, 2010; see also Lornell and Stephenson, Jr., 2009 and Hopkinson, 2012). With councilmember Graham and his supporters’ efforts to rid Shaw/U Street of go-go, listeners of this musical genre must head to the DC suburbs to attend live performances of this African-American form of cultural expression that originated in the District.…”

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The back-to-the-city movement: Neighbourhood redevelopment and processes of political and cultural displacement

2014

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While certain US cities are still depopulating, others have experienced a reversal of aggregate out-migration patterns. Some scholars, politicians and real estate boosters celebrate this urban population influx, as it will likely increase property values and municipal tax bases; however, we know little about the social costs associated with the back-to-the-city movement. This study investigates the consequences of the back-to-the-city movement through a four-year (2009-2012) ethnographic case study of the revitalisation of Washington, DC's Shaw/U Street neighbourhood. The redevelopment of this African-American neighbourhood is associated with the city's 5.2 percent population increase, which occurred between 2000 and 2010. While affordable housing efforts help to keep a portion of long-term, low-income residents in place, political and cultural displacement is occurring as upper-income newcomers flock into this neighbourhood. This article contributes to the urban literature by highlighting that population influx, and associated neighbourhood revitalisation, can have important social implications.

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confidence: 99%