Music and Public Life
MUSC 296
Fall 2012
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01
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Everyone experiences music individually, but taken together, music deeply affects public life. It is a collective voice that enlivens communities, in good and hard times. It is also a medium through which local and national governments, NGOs, and corporations exercise authority and channel capital as "cultural heritage" or product, as well as being a focus of public discourse, from the sciences to academia to journalism. Weekly topics, events, and visitors will consider many facets and bring students into community interaction. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA MUSC |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (MUSC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Rosenthal & Flacks, Playing for Change: Music and social movements
Rothenberg, Why Birds Sing, Thousand-Mile Song (excerpts)
Slobin, Folk Music; A Very Short Introduction (excerpts)
Troutman, Indian Blues (excerpts)
Diamond, Native American Music in Eastern North America (excerpts)
documents of UNESCO and WIPO (World intellectual property organization)
Barz & Cohen, The culture of AIDS in Africa: Hope & Healingthru Music and Arts
readings on youtube, social networks and music TBA
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Examinations and Assignments:
weekly field report, reading or event response
mid-term oral team presentation of fieldwork/research
final project: research paper, performance, composition |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
The seminar covers the whole range of expressive forms of the eastern European Jews in Europe and America, based in Yiddish culture. Supplementing screenings and readings, activities are performance-oriented, from singing folksongs to workshops of plays, recitation of poetry, and a creative writing project. Distinguished visitors will highlight main areas. |
| Instructor(s): Slobin,Mark Times: ...W... 09:00AM-11:50AM; Location: RHH003; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 3 | FR: 2 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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