Curriculum of the Mind
How do I create scholarship that’s beyond the page? And, what can we learn by bringing music and learning together?
Today on ABC we welcome the author and producer of Curriculum of the Mind, Stevie, “Dr. View” Johnson, Assistant Professor of Creative Practice in Popular Music at The Ohio State University.
Curriculum of the Mind, published by University of Michigan Press and created with The Space Program, is a groundbreaking hip-hop album that transforms the boundaries of scholarship, sound, and storytelling.
Part collective memoir, part mixtape, and part political manifesto, the writing and music invites readers and listeners alike into a world where turntables become textbooks and samples act as archives of Black life.
The work features Black students, parents, creatives, and prospective college-goers who rarely see themselves reflected in academia. It challenges educators, librarians, and institutions to rethink what learning looks and sounds like in the 21st century.
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