Introduction to World Music (Fall 2017)

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Short URL for accompanying eClass site: http://bit.ly/iwm17ec
Lecture notes: Introduction to World Music (Fall 2017)

COURSE CALENDAR

Course

Music 102: Introduction to World Music
Meetings: Wednesday 6:30 - 9:30, T BW 2

Instructor

Professor Michael Frishkopf
Office: 334D Old Arts Building
Office hours: click for appointment, or contact instructor
Tel: 780-492-0225, email: michaelf@ualberta.ca

Goals

• understand new dimensions of our musical world
• understand our world musically
• understand music as both product and shaper of its environment, especially the power of music to effect change: music as a technology
• broaden your musical horizons
• learn how to think critically about (music) culture
• introduction to ethnomusicology

Requirements and mechanics

Mechanics

• Use this course webpage to learn about assignments and review notes (http://bit.ly/iwm17)
• use eClass to submit assignments, always on the day they are due (http://bit.ly/iwm17ec)
• Use the lecture notes pages to review materials presented
• Consult the Course Calendar for events.
• Make and bring name cards, and say your name when you speak in class
• Sign the attendance list at the end of each class
• There is no textbook and book purchases are not necessary! All materials are available free of charge, mostly online (which is rather nice!)
• Reserve shelf will contain some materials that are not available online.
• Each session includes musical listening & stretches, group presentations, a short lecture, and a film we watch together. Occasionally a special guest will replace the film.
• This course deploys a collaborative approach: you are divided into 11 groups of 4-5; each group is assigned a Google Drive folder where you can share and edit materials with each other and with me. You have access to each other's materials as read-only. Please communicate as you wish - via email, social media, or face to face. You will have short collaborative assignments each week.
• If you have questions email me (michaelf@ualberta.ca) or come visit me during my office hours (signup at frishkopf.org).

Course requirements

• Participation is essential! Please do not miss any classes!!
• short weekly reading/viewing/listening/browsing: I will not assign more than 20 pages per week!
• very short weekly responses (description + critique), 3-5 sentences MAX!
• one concert review (description + critique)
• midterm and final quiz: short (one sentence) IDs of terms, musical examples, map questions
• optional creative assignment for extra credit

Evaluation and grading

• Participation (presence and active contributions, including group presentations). 25%
• Very short weekly responses, graded in four levels: excellent (A+), satisfactory (A-/B+), unsatisfactory (B-), or missing (F): 25% total
• Concert review: 5%
• midterm quiz: 20%
• final quiz (cumulative, but weighted towards latter half): 25%
• optional creative assignment for extra credit

All written assignments are to be uploaded to eClass by 6 pm on the due date. (This is very important so you'll be prepared for class.) Thereafter, the grade will be reduced one level for each two days of lateness.

Evaluations of each assignment are computed on a scale from 0 - 100, reflecting the letter grades below. These scores are combined according to the percentages indicated in order to produce a final numeric grade. This grade is rounded to the nearest numeric value in the table below, in order to determine the final letter grade.

• A+: 4.3 (98)
  
• A: 4.0 (95)
  
• A-: 3.7 (92)
  
• B+: 3.3 (88)
  
• B: 3.0 (85)
  
• B-: 2.7 (82)
  
• C+: 2.3 (78)
  
• C: 2.0 (75)
  
• C-: 1.7 (72)
  
• D+: 1.3 (68)
  
• D: 1.0 (65)
  
• D-: .7 (62)
  
• F: 0 (60)

Schedule and assignments

Sep 6: Hearing music of the world: World Folksong, Alan Lomax, and Cantometrics

In class:

• Introduction: "Music", "World Music"
• Some musical warmups
• Documentary: Lomax the Songhunter
• Syllabus and course mechanics

For the coming week (due Sep 13):

• Read 15 pages:
  • Saga of a Folksong Hunter, Hi Fi Stereo Review, May 1960, pp. 38-46 [about 6 pages not counting the many photos!] (& optionally browse the entire issue and savor this long-gone era of musical listening!)
  • Cultural Equity: On the Documentary Lomax the Songhunter, by Tom Sutpen, November 1, 2006 [webpage, approximately 5 pages]
  • Cantometrics, by Jeff Todd Titon, The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 95, No. 377 (Jul. - Sep., 1982), pp. 370-374 [4 pages]
• Browse
  • The Association for Cultural Equity
  • The Global Jukebox
• Write (2-5 sentences): What do you think of Cantometrics? What works? What doesn't? Write 2-5 sentences (maximum!) and submit via eClass for September 13.
• Groups:
  • • Odd numbered: critique Cantometrics, and come up with a better way of doing the same thing; display via Google Drive in a few slides
    • Even numbered: defend Cantometrics, and introduce refinements to make it even better; display via Google Drive in a few slides

Sep 27: Special guest, George Chungo Otiende

http://www.chungaotiende.com/

Vote on eClass for topics below

Circumpolar music: throat singing around the arctic...and beyond: Inuit, Ainu, Tuva...and Bantu?

http://www.folkways.si.edu/throat-singing-unique-vocalization-three-cultures/world/music/article/smithsonian

Genghis blues 1:27 - https://fod-infobase-com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=55429&tScript=0 NYT review Try to learn to produce sound

Reading assignment: http://www.traditional-knowledge.ca/english/default.php

The Nile Project: Music along the world's longest river

Transnationalism and ecology.

http://nileproject.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj4OqEAk7aY

2016 Nile Gathering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZuZfRL4CAk

Musical Speed Dating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THtnRv8V7-A

2016 Nile Project Collaborations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwrPkNPxLwk

Nile Project Conversations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj4OqEAk7aY

You'll find a lot of links on our press page: nileproject.org/press

For Nile hydro-political background: Al Jazeera's Struggle over the Nile: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/struggleoverthenile/

https://www.internationalrivers.org/blogs/264/the-nile-project-uses-music-to-transcend-borders

Music, Culture, and Ecology in Bali

THREE WORLDS OF BALI https://ualberta.kanopystreaming.com/video/three-worlds-bali-1979

Activity: creating an interlocking pattern

World music theory

Music cognition, perception, classification.

Zemp, Are’are https://ualberta.kanopystreaming.com/video/shaping-bamboo https://ualberta.kanopystreaming.com/video/areare-music prep: read his article make a flute out of PVC pipe

Music, Religion, and Politics in Turkey: the Alevi

Religion and Politics

Alevi film https://ualberta.kanopystreaming.com/video/asiklar-those-who-are-love-1996 also see collection film

Music and Forced Migration: Afghanistan and Liberia

Bailey films - Amir 53:46 https://ualberta.kanopystreaming.com/video/amir-afghan-refugee-musicians-life-peshawar-pakistan-1985 http://tvmultiversity.blogspot.ca/2011/03/two-ethnographic-films-on-muslim-music.html http://search.alexanderstreet.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C764448 read his booklet

Giving Voice to Hope

Music and Protest in Zimbabwe

Mbira music: spirit of the people - ML 350 M35 1993 Music Media University of Alberta Rutherford Humanities & Social Science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hF2Hstvrfc Preparation: afropop... http://www.afropop.org/6814/interview-thomas-turino/ http://www.afropop.org/7041/thomas-mapfumo-2-the-mugabe-years/ Read something about Mapfumo and Chimurenga, or article by Tom.

Romani ("Gypsy") Music around the World

Latcho Drom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTuXveZStUo (downloaded) Read Silverman in Garland https://search-alexanderstreet-com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Creference_article%7C1000227827#page/301/mode/1/chapter/bibliographic_entity%7Creference_article%7C1000227827 and her review of the film itself http://www.jstor.org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/stable/852550

Music and Baptism in the American South

Powerhouse for God is a portrait of an old-fashioned Baptist preacher, his family, and their church in Virginia's northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Audiences who were born and raised among old-time southern Baptists say this film captures the fierce preaching, determined singing, autobiographical witnessing, and stern doctrine that characterizes these religious communities.

Powerhouse for God http://search.alexanderstreet.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C765100 https://ualberta.kanopystreaming.com/video/powerhouse-god-1989 Reviews: http://www.jstor.org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22powerhouse+for+god%22 Read reviews and compare, note impact on multiple fields

World music in Western Art Music

http://www.folkways.si.edu/magazine-winter-2017-experimentalism-and-the-whole-world-of-music/article/smithsonian

Official statements

Course prerequisites: none
Course-based ethics approval, Community service learning: NA
Past or representative evaluative course material: NA
Additional mandatory instruction fees: No

Policy about course outlines can be found in Section 23.4(2) of the University Calendar. (GFC 29 SEP 2003).

Academic Integrity
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Learning and working environment
The Faculty of Arts is committed to ensuring that all students, faculty and staff are able to work and study in an environment that is safe and free from discrimination and harassment. It does not tolerate behaviour that undermines that environment. The department urges anyone who feels that this policy is being violated to: • Discuss the matter with the person whose behaviour is causing concern; or • If that discussion is unsatisfactory, or there is concern that direct discussion is inappropriate or threatening, discuss it with the Chair of the Department. For additional advice or assistance regarding this policy you may contact the student ombudservice: (http://www.ombudservice.ualberta.ca/ ). Information about the University of Alberta Discrimination and Harassment Policy and Procedures is described in UAPPOL at https://policiesonline.ualberta.ca/PoliciesProcedures/Pages/DispPol.aspx?PID=110

Academic Honesty:
All students should consult the information provided by the Office of Judicial Affairs regarding avoiding cheating and plagiarism in particular and academic dishonesty in general (see the Academic Integrity Undergraduate Handbook and Information for Students). If in doubt about what is permitted in this class, ask the instructor. Students involved in language courses and translation courses should be aware that on-line “translation engines” produce very dubious and unreliable “translations.” Students in language courses should be aware that, while seeking the advice of native or expert speakers is often helpful, excessive editorial and creative help in assignments is considered a form of “cheating” that violates the code of student conduct with dire consequences. An instructor or coordinator who is convinced that a student has handed in work that he or she could not possibly reproduce without outside assistance is obliged, out of consideration of fairness to other students, to report the case to the Associate Dean of the Faculty. See the Academic Discipline Process.

Recording of Lectures:
Audio or video recording of lectures, labs, seminars or any other teaching environment by students is allowed only with the prior written consent of the instructor or as a part of an approved accommodation plan. Recorded material is to be used solely for personal study, and is not to be used or distributed for any other purpose without prior written consent from the instructor.

Attendance, Absences, and Missed Grade Components:
Regular attendance is essential for optimal performance in any course. In cases of potentially excusable absences due to illness or domestic affliction, notify your instructor by e-mail within two days. Regarding absences that may be excusable and procedures for addressing course components missed as a result, consult sections 23.3(1) and 23.5.6 of the University Calendar. Be aware that unexcused absences will result in partial or total loss of the grade for the “attendance and participation” component(s) of a course, as well as for any assignments that are not handed-in or completed as a result. In this course, 10% of your grade depends on regular attendance and energetic participation.

Policy for Late Assignments:
See section on Evaluation, above.

Student Accessibility Services:
If you have special needs that could affect your performance in this class, please let me know during the first week of the term so that appropriate arrangements can be made. If you are not already registered with Specialized Support & Disability Services, contact their office immediately ( 2-800 SUB; Email ssdsrec@ualberta.ca; Email; phone 780-492-3381; WEB www.ssds.ualberta.ca ).

Media Archives and Departmental Broadcasting of Audio-visual Material
Audio or video recording of performances, lectures, seminars, or any other academic or research environment activities are carried out by the Department of Music for archival purposes. These archives may be collected and housed in the Music Library. Recorded material is to be used solely for non-profit, educational, research, and community outreach purposes, and is not to be used or distributed for any other purpose without obtaining the express permission from all parties involved. Please be advised that your solo or group performance may be featured on the University of Alberta's Department of Music website and/or social media platform(s). If you object to this use of audio and/or video material in which you will be included, please advise your instructor or the Department of Music in writing prior to participating in any performance, lecture, seminar or public event held by the Department of Music.