Flatland Scratch

The Flatland Scratch Series and Interactive Media and Performance (IMP) Labs Community Hours is a practice-based research program led by Dr. Charity Marsh, Canada Research Chair, at the University of Regina. The Labs are open to communities three nights a week, and have a range of DJ and music equipment, staffed by graduate and undergraduate researchers.  The Flatland Series brings in academics, artists and community leaders for workshops, seminars and performances.

The Labs are also used for classes in Popular Music, Music Production, Electronic Dance Music, and Hip Hop.

Research Outputs

IMP Labs Events (Practice-Based Research)

“Femme Sound Series Part 1: An Intro to Sound Tech,” Co-Production with Sask Music, November 2018.

“Hot Topics: Women in the Music Industry,” and “Play Your Gender,” Public Forum with Dr. Charity Marsh, Dr. Andreana Clay, Amanda Scandrett, and Jill Mack. Presented by IMP Labs, Sask Music, Regina Public Library, and Girls Rock Regina, October 2018. https://www.facebook.com/ReginaPublicLibrary/videos/171291390458200/

“Dr. Charity Marsh in Conversation with Belle Plaine,” October 2018.

“DJ and BeatMaking 101,” Workshop Facilitation for the following: Girls Rock Camp, CSTM Conference, IASPM Conference, Flatland Scratch Seminar and Workshop Series, Multiple School Groups, Recruitment Events, IMP Labs, 2018.

“When she plays we hear the Revolution,” Documentary Teaser, Summer 2018.

IMP Lab Community Hours: Open hours for community training and practice, DJ and beatmaking (Weekly, Fall and Winter semesters)

Flatland Scratch: “Doing the knowledge: The politics of archiving Canadian Hip Hop” Riddell Centre, March 26, 2013,  by scholar, DJ, and educator Mark V. Campbell, PhD

 Conference/ Colloquium/ Invited/ Keynote Presentations

Marsh, Charity. “Clear Lines: Powerful and Fierce Women in Hip Hop.” Current Ethnomusicologies. Canadian Society for Traditional Music, Regina, SK, May 2018.

Marsh, Charity. “Teaching Popular Music: Professional Development for Graduate Students.” Gathering Diversities. Sounding Justice. IASPM-Canada, Regina, SK, May 2018.

Marsh, Charity. “Girls Rock Regina: Reflections on Camp 2017.” Sounding Justice. IASPM-Canada, Regina, SK, May 2018.

Marsh, Charity. “Girls Rock Regina: A Feminist Intervention.” Popular Culture Association of Canada, St. Catharine’s, ON, May 2018.

Marsh, Charity. “Girls Rock Regina.” Girls Rock Alliance Conference, Philadelphia, April 2018. (Invited Researcher)

Marsh, Charity. “Hip Hop as Methodology: Reflections on Pedagogy and Promise within the Scott Collegiate/ IMP Labs Hip Hop Project.” Paris, France, March 2018. (Invited Speaker)

Marsh, Charity. “When She Plays We Hear the Revolution: Girls Rock Regina A Case Study.” Creative Minds-Creative Bodies Conference. Graz, Austria, March 2018.

Publications

Marsh, Charity. Indigenous and Diasporic Reverberations: Hip Hop in Canada. (Co-edited with Mark Campbell). McGill/Queen’s University Press. 2019.

Marsh, Charity. “Hip Hop Culture in Canada: An Introduction,” in Indigenous and Diasporic Reverberations: Hip Hop in Canada. (Co-edited with Campbell, M). McGill/Queen’s University Press. 2019.

Marsh, Charity. “Celebration, Resistance, and Action – Beat Nation: Hip Hop as Indigenous Culture.” In Indigenous and Diasporic Reverberations: Hip Hop in Canada. (Co-edited with Campbell, M). McGill/Queen’s University Press, 2019.

Marsh, Charity. “The Hip Hop We See. The Hip Hop We Do.: Powerful and Fierce Women in Hip Hop in Canada.” In Indigenous and Diasporic Reverberations: Hip Hop in Canada. (Co-edited with Mark Campbell). McGill/Queen’s University Press, 2019.

Marsh, Charity, and Laurent K. Blais. “Radio Radio: and Their Canadian/Acadian Québécois Hip Hop Sound: An Interview with Radio Radio.” In Indigenous and Diasporic Reverberations: Hip Hop in Canada. (Co-edited with Mark Campbell). McGill/Queen’s University Press, 2019.

Marsh, Charity. “When She Plays We Hear A Revolution: Girls Rock Regina – A Feminist Intervention.” In IASPM Journal 8.1 (Fall 2018): 88-102.