Music for Global Human Development - Winter 2019 plan
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This page contains the course plan. Turn here to find assignments, notes and links, in case you need to revisit them (or if you missed class). eClass will contain links to submit assignments only. Please submit assignments only via eClass.
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Week 1: Introduction
An introduction to the course: "Area Studies in Ethnomusicology: Africa (Music for Global Human Development in Africa)"
Tues, 8 Jan 2019
- Welcome! Note: There are absolutely no prerequisites for this course.
- Introductions
- In this class we'll study African music as a social technology...
- In situ
- Intervention
- Concepts:
- Africa
- African music vs. Music in Africa
- Development and Human Development
- Music for Global Human Development
- M4GHD - a presentation
- Course Syllabus, Resources, and Mechanics
Thur, 10 Jan 2019
Assignment (complete before class - submit on eClass):
- Read: African History: A Short Introduction, chapters 1 & 2.
- Watch: Basil Davidson film
- Listen: select two musical tracks (1)a traditional song from the Global Jukebox; (2) a popular song from Awesome tapes from Africa
- Write (2 critical paragraphs):
- What is Africa?
- What is African music?