Undergraduate - UnitATS3824 - Music in society: musicians, performances and institutions

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Ethnomusicology
Offered	Clayton First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Jonathan McIntosh

Notes

Previously coded MUS3390

Synopsis

The unit introduces students some issues in music sociology, and the ways in which people study and analyse the relationship between music and society. This will be approached by looking at types of performances and their contexts, the way musicians and their roles are formed in our society, the influence of social difference on music in our society, and the interactions of music and the music industry, looking at music as commodity and intellectual property.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this subject will have developed:
1. An understanding of the ways theories and approaches of the Sociology of Music have been applied to the analysis of performance situations, of the social roles of musicians, and of the economic and social structures within which music is produced; 2. An ability to apply these theories and approaches to musical situations and structures in our society and to evaluate their relevance and usefulness.