Visit by the Senator at the start of the project

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HfMT launches "HipHop Academy Certificate@HfMT"

The Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT) is receiving support for two transfer projects as part of Hamburg Innovation GmbH's "Calls for Transfer" funding program. The program promotes knowledge and transfer projects at Hamburg's state universities and supports the transfer of innovations from research and science to society. At the official launch of the "HipHop Academy Zertifikat@HfMT" project, Science Senator Maryam Blumenthal visited the HfMT Theater Academy to find out more about the project. The project is being implemented under the leadership of Dr. Benjamin Sprick, Research Associate for Applied Aesthetics, and the Vice President of the HfMT, Dr. Bilinç Ercan-Catanzaro.

The project focuses on the development of a jointly developed curriculum that combines artistic practice, education and social participation. During her visit, Senator Maryam Blumenthal emphasized that the project goes far beyond individual measures. The aim is to create a sustainable structure that will last in the long term and open up new ways of cooperation between the university and society.

Johanna Grosse-Lohmann from Hamburg Innovation GmbH also emphasized the special significance of the funding. She was delighted that the funding program is also increasingly supporting projects in the artistic and musical field. It is precisely here that the idea of transfer is made particularly visible and developed further.

For the HfMT, the project is also a sign of institutional openness. Vice President Dr. Bilinç Ercan-Catanzaro explained that it is not just about addressing new target groups. Rather, the project demonstrates the university's willingness to allow new perspectives, aesthetic spaces of experience and forms of mutual learning. In this way, the HfMT is sending a clear signal for the recognition and appreciation of hip hop culture as an important part of contemporary society.

The Senator's visit underlined the importance of the project for Hamburg's scientific and cultural landscape. The "HipHop Academy Zertifikat@HfMT" is an innovative transfer project that combines artistic excellence, educational equity and social participation and opens up new approaches to the university.

Looking ahead to the coming months, project manager Dr. Benjamin Sprick outlined the next steps. Taster courses, an initial camp and various workshops are planned to promote exchange between the university and the hip-hop community. The project is deliberately pursuing a practical and results-oriented approach. The aim is to develop concrete formats and results that make the transfer idea visible and comprehensible. The pilot phase will conclude on October 26 with a public concert and presentation event in the HfMT's JazzHall. At the same time, Sprick is looking beyond the pilot phase: his wish is to anchor hip hop in the university's curriculum in the medium and long term and thus open up new perspectives on artistic training and university culture. Hamburg offers particularly good conditions for this and could therefore also provide impetus for contemporary and open university development nationwide.