Atlanta

Feb

26

Kim joins Resistance Radio

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I’m looking forward to joining the panel for Resistance Radio, a listening session and panel in honour of Black History Month!

Coming from different disciplines, we reflect on songs that speak to resistance, care and possibility in our lives and work. Through deep listening and conversation, we honour resistance as a diasporic legacy that offers tools, knowledge and pathways for navigating and shaping a changing world. Whether you’re a researcher, artist, activist or music lover, we invite you into this space for shared exchange and networking after the event!

Friday, 27 February 17:30-19:30

Held at the @International Institute of Social Studies Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague

Will you join us? Space is limited – register in advance!

Jan

17

VoyageATL (Atlanta) interview

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Kim Dankoor shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.

Hi Kim, thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to share your story, experiences and insights with our readers. Let’s jump right in with an interesting one: What’s more important to you—intelligence, energy, or integrity?
Integrity, definitely integrity. Although for me, integrity is also closely connected to energy. You can’t fake energy, and I feel that people with integrity carry a certain energy around them. But okay, I’ll still choose integrity ;). It’s a personal trait I try to embody myself. Being consistent and doing the right thing out of principle—that’s what integrity means to me. Keeping it real is another way to put it. That’s why I (playfully) call myself the realest (reporter) on IG!

You can read the whole interview here.

Jul

12

KIM geeft een masterclass tijdens La Classette

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Apr

25

KIM presents her research at the national conference of Popular Culture and American Culture in New Orleans

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The annual national conference is the Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association’s signature event. Each year, thousands of scholars from many academic disciplines across the globe travel to meet in a major American city to share and discuss their research at the conference in several venues: panel presentations, round tables, special sessions, film screenings, local tours, keynote speaker events, special awards ceremonies, and more. This year’s conference was held at the Marriott Canal Street hotel in New Orleans, from 16 – 19 April 2025. Kim presented the third chapter of her PhD: The importance of the “thick hourglass body ideal” in U.S. commercial women rap for young Dutch Black and White women’s body image. Her session/ talk was part of the Gender and Media Studies research area.

Click here to read her published article.

 

 

          

 

Sep

01

Cinema Awards

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One of the projects Kim Dankoor has been working on in Atlanta and New York received the New York Independent Award and is nominated for the Atlanta Cinema Awards.

Director: Lisa Whealy

Credits: Michael D. Schultz, Mike Liu, Charles Ellsworth, and Kim Dankoor.

 

Jul

02

KIM te gast bij Omroep Zwart (NPO 1 radio)

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Klik hier om naar het interview te luisteren.

May

31

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Feb

25

KIM as a guest on the Real Talk Real Stories podcast (Atlanta)

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Watch the episodes via this Youtube channel.

May

19

KIM bespreekt haar (promotie) onderzoek bij de Nieuws BV (strippers als poortwachters)

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‘Voor haar promotieonderzoek aan de Universiteit Utrecht sprak Dankoor veertien strippers van ‘Magic City‘, een van de populairste stripclubs in Atlanta. Deze club differentieert zich door de strippers niet alleen te laten dansen, maar ze ook een band te laten opbouwen met klanten. Deze formule bleek succesvol, en al snel werd de club bezocht door een divers publiek: van politici tot professionele atleten.’

Klik hier om de uitzending te beluisteren.

Magic City: An oral history of Atlanta's legendary strip club - Atlanta Magazine

Apr

04

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Mar

13

KIM is featured on several U.S. news websites on International Women’s Day

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Link to press release: Ein Newswires

 

Feb

22

KIM gives a lecture at Morehouse college

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During Morehouse’s Annual Founder’s week Kim gave a lecture to Journalism & Sports students about the rep(utation) of rap music in mainstream media. She used Binder’s article as a starting point (Constructing racial rhetoric: Media depictions of harm in heavy metal and rap music) and then segued into recent examples, the differences between the U.S. and the Netherlands regarding rap music reporting, and explaining why it is important to put rap in a historical, political, economic, and sociocultural context.
Oct

14

From GOD DID to Griselda (KIM interviews producer STREETRUNNER for ADE BEATS)

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Event link: From GOD DID to Griselda

 

Sep

04

Hiphop, onderzoek, en feminisme (Omroep Zwart interview)

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‘Wie de geschiedenisboeken induikt of de afgelopen jaren goed geluisterd heeft naar de muziek, weet dat hiphop véél meer is dan rappers die nummers maken over hoeveel geld ze hebben of met hoeveel vrouwen ze het bed hebben gedeeld.

Hoog tijd dus om wat dieper de hiphop in te duiken daarom was Kim Dankoor te gast in de studio. Zij is mediadeskundige, hiphopexpert, PhD-onderzoeker en geeft les aan de Erasmus Universiteit.’

Link naar interview

Apr

18

KIM as a guest on UNFILTERED (Atlanta-based podcast)

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Feb

01

KIM deelt visie over de dood van Juice WRLD en ‘The 21 Club’

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https://props.fhj.nl/nieuws/media-expert-kim-dankoor-deelt-visie-over-de-dood-van-juice-wrld-en-the-21-club/

Sep

29

Radio interview Atlanta (Real Talk Real Stories with Edrinna Marie)

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Jun

20

Kim gives a lecture at Perdu

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‘Join us this Friday evening at Perdu as we journey through the U.S. and explore the incredible influence of Hip-Hop on the many lives and experiences it informs, with researcher Kim Dankoor and artist Rashida Tauwnaar (DJ Shug La Sheedah).

Through the evening, we will follow Kim Dankoor who will take us from 70’s Bronx to modern-day South, tracing the forms that Hip-Hop took and the different pressures and possibilities it opened up to its ever-growing fan base. Our exploration will touch upon the history and development of the culture and the identities surrounding it while opening up a sampling of the music that inspires these movements.’

Program in English
Start program: 20:00
Tickets: €10,50 (CJP/Stadspas/Student: €7,50)
Livestream: €7,50

www.perdu.nl.

Jun

10

Print-interview met Baksteen (BNN/VARA)

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‘Vandaag leg ik (Raïsha) een online biecht af met Mediadeskundige, Hip-Hop kenner en onderzoeker Kim Dankoor. Kim is te gast bij de vierde aflevering van de Baksteen talkshow Aan Tafel. In deze aflevering hebben wij het over: De Cancel Culture. De stelling is: De Cancel Culture is een positieve ontwikkeling. Hiermee is zij het oneens. Waarom? Dit vertelt ze in Aan Tafel maar voor nu willen wij Kim wat beter leren kennen. Als ik haar op bel en uitleg dat we een telefonische biecht gaan afleggen lacht zij. “Helemaal leuk!”.’

Klik hier voor het interview.

Mar

31

Interview RBM Media

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‘In deze rubriek praat RBM Media met verschillende personen om te ontdekken hoe zij omgaan met de corona maatregelen. Deze keer praten wij met Kim Dankoor. Kim is media expert en eveneens oprichter van KIM dat staat voor Kritische Inzichten op het gebied van Media. Kim: ” Vanuit mijn platform probeer ik mensen te stimuleren om kritisch te reflecteren over de sociale, culturele en politieke invloed van media. We leven in een hyper-gemedieerde wereld en daarom is het zo belangrijk om mensen bewust te maken van de kracht van mediarepresentaties.”’

 

Kim Dankoor – van crisis naar kans

Mar

25

KIM appears on an Atlanta based hiphop podcast (three part series).

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Aug

04

Kick-off project “Telling the stories of the people in the West-End”

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Apr

17

Come through, Atlanta!

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Participating in a panel alongside the African Union ambassador to the United States and the Caribbean, dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, dr. Derreck Kayongo, dr. Adrienne Johnson, and Jamal Lee.

Mar

07

Guest speaker at Clark Atlanta University

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Two weeks ago a digital editor of news network CNN spoke to the (Music) Journalism students of CAU; last week I got a chance to talk to professor Daniel’s class. I discussed my PhD research, my work as an interviewer, the concept of solutions journalism, my views on current Hip Hop culture from a sociological standpoint, cultural appropriation, and politics. Furthermore, I introduced them to some Dutch Hip Hop (political rap, party rap, and an example of cult. App/overcommercialized rap), and I shared my Tidal playlist…eeyyy.

Contact me (info@kimbykim.com) if you ever want me to talk to your class!

 

Feb

13

Georgia State University students interview KIM

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Bachelor journalism students interviewed Kim Dankoor about her views on Hip Hop culture (i.e. representations in commercial rap, underground rap around the world, the ‘2019 Grammy wins’ the Gucci boycott, and the future of this culture), the current state of journalism, stereotypes in popular media, and global politics. They also asked her questions about her career, her purpose in life and how she strives to make a difference in the media world. They were also curious about the cultural differences between the Netherlands, Suriname, and the United States. Kim’s interview will be published in print.

Thank you for allowing our class to interview you! I really appreciate your response to my question about why focus on contemporary Hip Hop as the medium for social change. (Vanessa, student and social media manager).

 

 

Feb

06

KIM interviews authors and producers about the topic: ‘women, love and sexuality’

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For the digital channel BTV, KIM interviewed several actresses and producers who contributed to the special Women’s History Month edition of the BLUE SERIES. The series, which runs from March 14-17, 2019, will feature 6 one-act original plays written and directed by African American women. During the press mixer, KIM got a chance to ask the crew and cast of the plays, ‘The pink tackle box’, ‘One two many’, and ‘Abstract unveiled’ questions about their creative journeys, and the overall themes of the plays (young women’s journeys, sexual assault, stripper life).

Furthermore, for an Atlanta podcast, KIM interviewed Troya Bishop M.ED, the author of the book: ‘The answers to intimacy‘. The purpose of her book is to promote love, peace, and power. “Love is the most powerful entity in this world, so teaching people how do to a better job of loving themselves and each other is essential in accomplishing the ultimate goal of peace.” (Bishop, 2018).  Troya and KIM discussed intimacy, sex, love around the world, dating apps and the role social media might play in men’s and women’s expectations about love.

Reference:

Bishop, T. 2018. The answers to intimacy. Atlanta, GA: Bishop Global education & Consulting. LLC.

Feb

06

KIM at the BET experience (new series Boomerang wants to combat stereotypes)

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During a Panel conversation at the BET experience in Atlanta, the cast and executive producers of the new series ‘Boomerang’ stressed the societal importance of the diverse representations of Black men and women in the series. As Halle Berry, co-producer of Boomerang, explained in a previous interview: “You cannot underestimate the power of seeing yourself on the screen”[…..] “It makes you feel legitimate and included, and helps other people understand who you are and where you come from. And each story builds on the next.” (Variety, 2018). At the BET experience, the 1) representations of the ‘dark chocolate’ and thick(er) women, 2) the portrayals of bisexual Black men , and 3) the socio-economic classes of the characters (mostly middle to upper) were widely discussed, and are meant to counter narratives about Black millennials. Hopefully the crew will also consider to include persons with different religious backgrounds, gender identities, and types of (dis) abilities. The series premieres on February 12th on BET.

Lena Waithe (executive producer Boomerang): “I literally want this show to change the face of BET.” […..]”It’s just going to be a phenomenal experience and I’m going to be in Atlanta making s—t happen” (Variety, 2018).

 

Panel discussion at the BET experience: cast and crew of Boomerang and the women of the Black Girl podcast.

Reference:

Variety, 2018. Lena Waithe wants ‘Boomerang’ adaption to ‘change the face of BET’. Https://variety.com/2018/scene/news/lena-waithe-boomerang-adaptation-bet-1202982381/. Accessed on February 3, 2018.

 

Nov

08

KIM en FunX Rotterdam (radio interview)

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Hip Hop: het is zo’n bekend genre dat het lijkt alsof het er altijd al geweest is, maar dat is natuurlijk niet zo! Hiphop bestaat pas 40 jaar! Hiphopkenner en promovendus Kim Dankoor komt met de dikste hiphopfacts!

Audiofragment   Interview Kim Dankoor (08-11-2018)

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Aug

02

Interview: KIM bespreekt hedendaagse, commerciële rapmuziek (artikel geschreven door Esther Samuel van OneWorld)

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Vrouwen aan de riem: in clips moet het kunnen!

Geschreven door Esther Samuel.

[Lees hier het originele artikel]

“Kleed je uit, raak me aan, kom springen in m’n douche. Doe als thuis, veel geluid, laat me springen in je poes”, knalt het uit mijn oordopjes. Een oudere man gaat tegenover me in de trein zitten en ik zet het volume met het schaamrood op de kaken lager.

 

May

01

VIDEO: KIM’s media literacy program (double click on the title bar to watch)

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