Mellan risk och förtroende
Pedagogiska spänningsfält i gangsterrappens tidevarv
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.64098/SVT.2025.32.2.51373Keywords:
youth work, hiphop, study associations, crime, gangster rapAbstract
This article examines youth leaders in Swedish study associations involved in educational hip-hop activities. In recent years, Swedish hip-hop has increasingly been linked to criminality, raising concerns in educational spaces. Since the early 2000s, these study associations have promoted hip-hop’s cultural expressions as part of Sweden’s popular adult education sector, which is rooted in civil society movements. The study explores how youth leaders address educational tensions and values when criminality becomes a prominent part of hip-hop culture. Using the concept of “risk” and Bildung as a theoretical lens, it frames these activities as “high-risk” projects, given their reliance on trust and self-education. Based on semi-structured interviews with eight youth leaders, the analysis highlights three paradoxes through the following themes: 1. Hip-hop educator as risk-aware trust-giver 2. Hip-hop educator as defender and critic 3. Hip-hop educator as artistic enabler and discrimination antagonist. The study emphasizes how hip-hop educators, particularly in civil society, cope with educational dilemmas in their educational work and stresses the need for pedagogical strategies that prevent criminality and guide youth away from destructive paths.
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