| Unit name | Music and Migration in the 20th Century |
|---|---|
| Unit code | MUSI30111 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Scheding |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Music |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
What do Stravinsky and Schoenberg have in common with Miles Davis and Asian Dub Foundation? Their music is informed by engagements with diaspora, by experiences of exile, and by characteristics of displacement. Migration as a phenomenon, whether physical or virtual, has underpinned and informed a wide variety of musics in the 20th century.
In the twentieth century, displacement and migration reached a scale unprecedented in human history. Where people travel, so does music. We will explore how migration has impacted on musical genres ranging from western art music to pop and jazz in a multitude of different ways. Topics will include the wave of migration triggered by the Russian revolution; the migrations of musicians who fled the rise of fascism before and during WWII; the role of music in the formation of diasporic identities ranging from the Jewish diaspora to jazz in the African American community; and diasporic musics in postcolonial metropolises.
The aims of this unit are to:
At the end of the unit, you should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
and (5.) be able to deliver a coherent argument in verbal form.
Students at level H should in addition be able to:
6. Incorporate a consistently strong grasp of detail with respect to content
7. Argue effectively and at length (including an ability to cope with complexities and to describe and deploy these effectively)
Weekly 2-hour seminar for the whole cohort.
5x600-word blog entries for each of any four weeks of the unit, summarising the key points of the material encountered in pre-class reading and responding to it critically. Students must submit all five posts in order to gain credit for the unit. Towards the end of the course, students choose 3 entries to submit without revision as their workfile for a summative mark.
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
