Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam

Tuesday (13a)

Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam: how are space and sound mutually constitutive, in relation to spirituality and politics?

Due

Nothing! But optionally, read or skim, in part or whole:

• Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam, edited by Frishkopf and Spinetti, and
• The Sonorous, Audible Mosque, in Mosque : approaches to art and architecture, edited by Idries Trevathan. Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2024.

Also if you'd like to watch The Corporation I sent you a link. It is relevant to my analysis of sound, space, and Sufism as I plan to present today.

Class

• Sound, architecture, and Islamic reform: the attenuation of ritual resonance in the built environment of Cairene saint veneration (2015), a talk given for the ICTM in Astana and published in the book, "Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam"
• The Sonorous, Audible Mosque (2021), a talk given at Ithra in 2021 (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and published in the book "Mosque"

Thursday (13b)

Presentations: Jude & Eli (20 min each).

(If time allows I'll also present some or all of my Sonorous Audible Mosque talk.)

Remember to send in a link to your google slides presentation (or the ppt in full) via the assignment page