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Revision as of 22:34, 7 January 2024
Tuesday (1a)
Class
assalamu alaykum السلام عليكم
wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته
Islam: الاسلام
Music (موسيقى = "musiqa") or Sound (صوت = sawt). Problems of translation, interpretation.
What is the role of music or sound in Islam? What is the role and function of sound? How can we understand it, and what does it tell us?
Islamic Creed (al-Shahada): الشهادة
kalimatu l'tawhid: laa ilaaha illaallah لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله
muhammadun rasulullah محمد رسول الله
Vocal sound (language performance) (Cat Stevens and children) (Sami Yusuf [1])
Call to Prayer (al-Adhan): الأذان
Adhan - mu'adhdhin - ma'dhana (minara or "minaret")
Orientalist images of the muezzin (mu'adhdhin)
The sounds of Islam: Adhan
Due today (not graded!)
- Review course
- Locate resources
- Submit a short statement about yourself, and what you hope to learn from this class (not graded)
Use this form to submit all assignments. Please be sure to indicate the due date on the form. Except for today, all assignments are due before class.
Thursday (1b)
Due today (note that assignments are due by class time!)
Report on the following (1-2 pages total) [remember page counts are 1.5 spaced, 1" margins, Times New Roman font - but you'll submit this as text using the assignment submission form]
Read:
- Schimmel 1992 pp. 1-28, from Schimmel, Annemarie. 1992. Islam : An Introduction. Albany: State University of New York Press. One paragraph will suffice to summarize (and critique if you can).
- Frishkopf 2008, “Music”, in The Islamic World, edited by Andrew Rippin. New York: Routledge, 2008, pp. 510-526. Again, write a paragraph.
Watch: Empire of Faith, part 1. Take note of (a) sounds of Islam represented in the film (diegetic sound); (b) the film's non-diegetic soundtrack. Critique: who is behind this film and why? Who is behind the ideas? How is Islam reified? Search: Find at least one online video introducing Islam by and for Muslims. What is the difference between this video and Empire of Faith? (include the link in your report)
Add to your report: one question or issue (about anything you have read, seen, or heard in the course so far) - to be discussed in class.