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ART200ZA(芸術学 / Art studies 200)
Music and Culture

Cathy Cox

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Faculty/Graduate school Department of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies
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Year 2024
Class code A6218
Previous Class code
Previous Class title
Term 秋学期授業/Fall
Day/Period 水5/Wed.5
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name 市外濠‐S601
Grade 2~4
Credit(s) 2
Notes
Open Program
Open Program (Notes)
Global Open Program
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers
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SDGs CP
Urban Design CP
Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium
Duplicate Subjects Taken Under Previous Class Title
Category (commenced 2024 onwards) 200-level Intermediate Courses(中級)
Category (commenced 2020-2023) 200-level Intermediate Courses(中級)
Category (commenced 2016-2019) 200-level Intermediate Courses
Arts and Literature

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Outline and objectives

What is our relationship to music? How do we participate in musical activity? How are our musical practices a reflection of our society? In this course we will investigate music from a global perspective. We will pay special attention how musical practices have been influenced or shaped through the movements of people, the movement of music through mediating technologies, and combinations of these factors. Each week students will contemplate specific musical practices in relation to concepts introduced through assigned readings.

Goal

Students will be able to:
(1) develop vocabulary to talk about music;
(2) develop an awareness and appreciation of various musics of the world;
(3) develop an ability to recognize how their own musical behavior reflects contemporary society;
(4) think critically about the complex cultural workings within a piece of music or musical practice.

Which item of the diploma policy will be obtained by taking this class?

Will be able to gain “DP 1”, “DP 2”, “DP 3”, and “DP 4”.

Default language used in class

英語 / English

Method(s)(学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. )

The course is taught through a combination of lectures, documentary-viewings and group discussions. The course will facilitate self-learning through required weekly reading and listening assignments that will be assessed through short writing assignments, as well as collective learning through a final group presentation. Feedback will be given collectively in class or through the Learning Management System (Google Classroom), depending on the nature of the assignment.

Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)

あり / Yes

Fieldwork in class

なし / No

Schedule

授業形態/methods of teaching:対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

1[オンライン/online]:Introduction

Overview of the course and requirements.

2[対面/face to face]:Music, Politics & Modernization

Eastern and Western musical practices in Japan.

3[対面/face to face]:Music & Identity in the Diaspora

Korean music and music of the Korean diaspora in North America.

4[対面/face to face]:Music & Colonialism

Relationship between colonialism and the musical practices of Indonesia.

5[対面/face to face]:Review of weeks 2-4

Open discussion and review of musical practices from weeks 2-4.

6[対面/face to face]:Orientalism & Exoticism

The Romani diaspora in Europe.

7[対面/face to face]:Appropriation & Assimilation

Music of the African diaspora in the United States.

8[対面/face to face]:World Music

Hip-Hop as a World Music

9[対面/face to face]:Review of weeks 6-8

Open discussion and review of musical practices from weeks 6-8

10[対面/face to face]:Sound recording

Sound recording technology as a means to collect and distribute folk musics.

11[対面/face to face]:Music technology

Musical hyperreality, disembodiment and dislocation through technology.

12[対面/face to face]:Ownership of music

Questions of copyright and ownership of music in the age of mechanical reproduction.

13[対面/face to face]:Globalization

Music as a tool to unite and divide in a globalized world.

14[対面/face to face]:Final Review & Presentations

Student presentations; review of topics and materials

Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)

Students are expected to read assigned texts, listen to assigned recordings, and complete assigned writing tasks. Students are also expected to find music examples to share with the class. Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours per week.

Textbooks

Fosler-Lussier, D. (2020) Music on the Move. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.9853855.

References

Bakan, M. (2007). World Music: Traditions and Transformations, Second Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Cornelius, S. and M. Natvig. (2018). Music: A Social Experience, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Milioto Matsue, J. (2016). Music in Contemporary Japan. New York: Routledge.

Grading criteria

Class Discussion and Activities: 30%,
Questionnaires for Weekly Reading and Reflection: 50%,
Group Presentation: 20%

Changes following student comments

- Adoption of free online textbook.
- Revised content to increase relevance for GIS students.

Equipment student needs to prepare

Some in-class activities may require the use of computers, tablets or smartphones for the creation and/or playback of sound.

Others

Class materials and assignments can be accessed through Google Classroom.

Prerequisite

None.