Spring 2018  |  GEOG 3377 Section 001: Music in the City (51470)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 125
Enrollment Status:
Open (18 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Geographical conceptions of place, space, embodiment, identity. Case studies of music.
Class Description:
Why is music so central to the life of the city? Throughout the ages, throughout the world, music seems to have a special power to fill urban space with meaning. Through music, people feel connected to landscapes, neighborhoods, buildings, and ethnicities. Music gives value to places, and hence helps cement social identities, a process easily seen (heard) in national anthems. This is mostly why the music industry is always trying to chase the new ways music is produced and consumed. Much about the rapid changes in the industry can be linked directly to changes taking place in the geography of cities. Through weekly case studies from many genres, this course aims to understand how the interplay exactly occurs between sounds, places, and identities. Themes will include the transnational circuits of reggae, the class backgrounds of punk, underground electronic music, Motown and civil rights, and the ambivalent identities of Minneapolis's very own Prince. The course makes use of a large range of media and learning styles. Through group reading, class discussions, field trips, video clips, and an individual research project, students are strongly encouraged to explore their own interests. Textbook: Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity and Place, by John Connell and Chris Gibson, made available on Moodle together with additional readings.
Grading:
20% final exam
30% research project, course paper, final presentation
20% weekly Moodle posts, presentation, and discussion
20% overall attendance and participation
10% field trip reports (2)
The individual research project consists of data gathering, writing a paper (1500 words), and presenting your findings.
Students post Moodle links to music videos as examples of the readings, and discuss these in class.
Exam Format:
There is only one exam. Cumulative, with five essay questions relating to music video and short reading.
Class Format:
50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Student Presentations
10% Field Trips
Workload:
30-40 Pages Reading Per Week TOTAL about 13 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: weekly reading reports
NOTE: SYLLABUS IS OF LAST YEAR
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51470/1183
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/saldanha_GEOG3377_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 December 2015

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