Music and Research III: Issues in Contemporary Popular Musics

[0.50] credits · Undergraduate

This course develops advanced interdisciplinary research skills while teaching students to think critically about different genres of popular music in a global context. Through study of relevant contemporary issues, students will gain important interpretive skills with a strong emphasis on sounds, concepts, and modes of thought. Issues discussed may include commodification and distribution, politics, technology, race, indigeneity, class, gender and sexuality, subcultures, production, and consumption. Throughout the semester students will gain experience working in a variety of writing styles and formats that are appropriate to both academic and journalistic settings.