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Unit Level:

300 Unit Level

Start:

Not Offered

Supervised Exam:

No

Overview

Studying global music history provides insight into the cultural, social and political development of music worldwide, and awareness of current issues in the practice and preservation of intangible cultural heritage. When studying this unit you will focus on new trends in post-Eurocentric music history. Through a series of case studies … For more content click the Read More button below. You will learn about early encounters between musical cultures and processes of synthesis and syncretism in Central Asia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, the Americas and other contexts through engagement with a diverse array of musical, archaeological, and documentary evidence and secondary literature.Offerings: All

Delivery Features

Bespoke Information

Further Information

Owning Faculty: Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education
Owning School: School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Supervised Exam: No Supervised Exam

Intensive Schools

No Intensive School

Dates: -
Offerings: All

Enrolment Rules

Pre-requisite
Co-requisite
Restriction
Combined Unit

Coordinator(s)

Jason Stoessel

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1.
identify key concepts and issues in global music history;
2.
demonstrate an understanding of the cultural, technological and epistemological contents of music in global history;
3.
discuss and evaluate the role of travel, colonialism, post-colonialism, nationalism and globalisation in the global history of music; and
4.
develop information literacy and investigative skills relevant to the practice of global music history.

Assessment
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

Collaborative task
Essay 1
Essay 2

Learning Resources

Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.