Music for Global Human Development - Fall 2016 syllabus

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Course

Music 365: Music for Global Human Development
Meetings: Tues and Thurs, H L C 2

Instructor

Professor Michael Frishkopf
Office: 334D Old Arts Building
Office hours: Wednesday 1:30-3:30, by appointment
Tel: 780-492-0225, email: michaelf@ualberta.ca

Goals

This course will focus on Music for Global Human Development (m4ghd) -- the ways music can be used for social progress on a variety of issues (health, education, peace, integration). We will combine readings in applied ethnomusicology, ethnomusicology and migration, urban ethnomusicology, critical development studies, and the theory and practice of participatory action research, with real-world class projects through the UofA's Community Service Learning (CSL) program. You may select from one, and possibly two project areas:

1. A collaboration with the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN), working with Syrian refugees in Edmonton through music: hearing their stories through music, teaching them music, learning and documenting their music, and generally engaging and developing rapport through music, towards a musical socio-cultural integration and "resonance" for which our class interactions will constitute a kind of microcosm and initial step. Concurrent participation in The Middle Eastern and North African Music Ensemble--which will focus on Syrian repertoire in fall 2016 -- is encouraged, though not required.
2. TBA: A collaboration with Building Bridges, a community organization empowering at-risk youth from ages 3-18 through mentorship to help them successfully transition to post-secondary education. Building Bridges offers a range of quality-delivered after school programs for Edmonton youth, providing a safe, nurturing atmosphere where children can grow, develop and thrive. The focus is on Multicultural, Newcomer, Youth with Disability Challenge, Marginalized, and At-risk Youth, who often face the highest barriers to post-secondary education. In our course, we will be working in partnership with a new Building Bridges initiative called The Soul Academy. This music discovery program is designed to be accessible to the most marginalized of children; suffering from disadvantage, isolation, trauma, disability, and behavioural or learning challenges that have proven to be barriers to their access and enrichment in specialized music programs or greater development. Through study of ethnomusicology and world music, we will support this unique cultural music education and therapy program to give them the supports they need to reach their best potential.

There will be no in-class exams nor will there be a final secondary source research paper. Rather we will focus on contributing to these projects, and documenting those contributions as original research.

Requirements and mechanics

The course contains 3 primary components:

1. Academic: In-class meetings, structured to facilitate critically engaged discussions of assigned readings, films, and websites. Class participation is very important! Please be sure you have reviewed the week’s assignment before coming to class. Sometimes particular individuals will be appointed to facilitate discussion; everyone can expect to receive at least one assignment of this type. Short writing exercises will ask you to review assignments and stimulate your thinking about them.
2. Academic: homework - readings to read, media to watch/hear, websites to review.
3. CSL: out of class project-related work.

The following is required of each student:

• Regular attendance and active participation in class.
• Completion of assignments as listed on this course website, by the listed submission date. Except as noted (e.g. if you're to edit the wiki), all assignments are to be prepared in a word processor (use Zotero to insert citations and generate a bibliography), then submitted via the eClass site using the button corresponding to the assignment. Please do not submit assignments in hard copy or via email! Some (shorter) assignments are submitted by copying/pasting text into an eClass form. Others (longer, or potentially including graphics) are submitted via file upload. Please ensure that each file contains one and only one assignment, and that your last name appears at the top of the document, and at the start of the filename. All page counts refer to Times New Roman font, 1" margins, single spaced, 8.5 x 11 pages, and do not include bibliography. Please cite references as needed, using Zotero to do so, and don't forget to add a bibliography at the end. You may use MLA, Chicago, Harvard, or any other reference style so long as you're consistent. Please use author-date style, not footnotes/endnotes.
• Completion of all assignments on time. All assignments are to be submitted before class on the due date. Thereafter, one quarter point will be deducted, and an additional quarter point for each subsequent day of lateness. (In other words, an assignment due by 9 am that is submitted later that day is downgraded by a quarter point. If it's submitted after 9 am the following day, it's downgraded by a half point.)
• Coming to class prepared to discuss assignments. Often you will have prepared a review, but also take notes, mark the (printed or electronic) document, or both.
• If you are assigned to present a particular assignment, coming to class prepared to lead a discussion by jotting down a few questions.
• Project proposal, defining your CSL project before you undertake it, including aim, steps, and assessment method.
• Project summary, summarizing what you accomplished, including aim and steps, assessing results and impact, and suggesting future directions, with relevant citations to the literature we read during the term (and optionally going beyond it).

Resources

• m4ghd.org
• course.m4ghd.org
• this course outline,
• CCE wiki and FolkwaysAlive wiki, with lots of links...including advising
• Sources for Ethnomusicology, a growing repository of links compiled by former ethnomusicology graduate students
• Resources for ethnomusicological research, another site I've put together, including a number of research databases
• Chicago Manual of Style (you can follow any standard style guide as long as you do so consistently, but Chicago is a standard that's also readily available online, so is highly recommended). MLA is another.
• Zotero is highly recommended to manage and format all your citations - whether you're using Chicago or another style.

Schedule

TBA

Evaluation and grading

General participation and class presentations: 25%

All weekly assignments are to be uploaded to eClass before class (9 am) on the due date. (This is very important so you'll be prepared for class.) Thereafter, an eighth point will be deducted, and an additional eighth point for each subsequent day of lateness (e.g. 8 days' lateness lowers an A to a B). The final research proposal must be submitted by the end of the day on its due date; thereafter, an eighth point will be deducted for each day of lateness.

Evaluations of each assignment are 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)

Official statements

Course prerequisites: none
Course-based ethics approval, Community service learning: YES
Past or representative evaluative course material: NAr
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
“The University of Alberta is committed to the highest standards of academic integrity and honesty. Students are expected to be familiar with these standards regarding academic honesty and to uphold the policies of the University in this respect. Students are particularly urged to familiarize themselves with the provisions of the Code of Student Behaviour (online at http://www.governance.ualberta.ca/en/CodesofConductandResidenceCommunityStandards/CodeofStudentBehaviour.aspx ) and avoid any behaviour that could potentially result in suspicions of cheating, plagiarism, misrepresentation of facts and/or participation in an offence. Academic dishonesty is a serious offence and can result in suspension or expulsion from the University.

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.

Specialized Support & Disability 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.