Sound, Performance, and the Asian City

3 credits · Undergraduate

Listening for the sonic landscape of Asian cities from the early 20th century to the present. Urbanization, translocal popular musics, noise, music as protest, sound technologies, tourism. Historical and ethnographic perspectives on music, place, and identity. Offered on a graded basis only. [3] (INT) (CORE A, C) (LE HFA)