Folklore and Folklife - Courses - Spring 2007 - FOLK 022 401: World Music and Cultures

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FOLK 022 401 World Music and Cultures
Jennifer Kyker
An academically based community service course
Lecture: Tuesday, Thursday 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Cross-listed with: AFST050, ANTH022, MUSC050
General Requirements III: Arts & Letters
Contact: Music Department: 215. 898.7544

This course draws on repertories of various societies from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas to examine relations between aesthetic productions and social processes. We investigate musical sounds, cultural logics informing those sounds, and social strategies of performance. Topics may include indigenous music theories, music and social organization, symbolic expressions and musical meaning, gender, religion, and social change.

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