MUS 523

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Seminar in Musicology

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Credit: 4 hours.

Problems in historical and systematic musicology or ethnomusicology; discussions of special problems and reports on individual research.

May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in musicology or consent of instructor. Graduate students in music will be considered if they passed MUS 528A (consult Class Schedule for specific section information).

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MUS 523 class schedule data for spring 2016
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	34782	Lecture-Discussion	A	1:00PM -3:50PM	T	Music Building	Belkind, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Info: TOPIC: Music, Politics, and the Public Sphere Music, Politics and the Public Sphere Music is often associated with the creativity, pleasure, leisure, and aesthetic appreciation, while politics are associated with the organization of public life. What then might be the relationship between music, politics, and the public sphere? This course explores the ways in which social and political processes influence artistic production, and in turn, are influenced by musical culture. Music is implicated in political violence, in processes of healing and conciliation, in government policies, social movements and revolutions. The class will consider different ways that music embodies political values and experiences, articulates political thought, promotes governmentality, represents modes of contestation and mobilizes political action, in response to different socio-political circumstances. Specific topics addressed include nationalism, ethnic or national conflicts, political violence and/or censorship, social movements and change. This is an interdisciplinary course and the readings are culled from scholarly work in philosophy, sociology, anthropology, musicology, ethnomusicology, history and cultural studies. At the same time, the course places much emphasis on how what we hear organizes our public lives. As such, the class will put as much emphasis on listening to musical examples – audio-files, youtube videos and documentaries – as on the texts that provide the theoretical basis for the course. Together the class will think about, process, and analyze information commonly associated with sensory and affective domains, as integral aspects of our intellectual endeavors, social identities, and political identifications. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to students in the Music department.