units

ATS2805

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 23 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitSir Zelman Cowen School of Music
OfferedNot offered in 2015
Coordinator(s)Dr Jonathan McIntosh

Synopsis

This unit explores how notions of identity and place are constructed and negotiated through music. What is the role of music in producing ethnic, regional, national and even transnational identities? What can we learn about the politics of musical performance in diasporic contexts? How does music contribute to our identities as sexual and gendered beings? How is music used as a focus for discursive evocations of place? These and other questions are explored through a series of case studies that include the critical analysis of readings, musical examples and ethnographic films.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students are able to:

  1. Outline selected theoretical perspectives relating to music, identity and place, and how these might pertain to analyses of music and music-related practices, including dance, theatre and ritual;
  2. Understand some of the ways in which musical practices may both reinforce and abrogate boundaries (for example, social, geographical, cultural, gender, and so forth); and,
  3. Demonstrate research skills by conducting a research project.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jonathan McIntosh

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Music

Prohibitions

ATS3818