200 1MUET Semester: Spring 2012
WORLD POPULAR MUSICS AND IDENTITY
Instructor: Dr. Boden Sandstrom
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Office Phone: [phone]
Office: 3110H CSPAC
Office Hours: T, 11am 1pm or by appointment
Lecture: Wednesdays 1:00pm - 2:50pm, 0200 Skinner
Discussions: Mondays, School of Music wing, CSPAC
Teaching Assistants:
TA Office: CSPAC 2121
Deborah Byrd [e-mail]
Kaitlin Doyle [e-mail]
Nathanial Gailey-Schiltz [e-mail]
Course Description:
"World Popular Musics and Identity" is a course offered for undergraduates by the Division of Musicology and Ethnomusicology
of the School of Music. Ethnomusicology is the study of all musics in culture. This course focuses on popular musics in different
cultures with an emphasis on cross-cultural comparisons. We will be analyzing how music and identity intersect. We encourage
you to bring your backgrounds and experiences of world popular musics into our discussions.
Learning Outcomes:
1) to gain a greater appreciation of the diversity of cultures and individuals by studying how people express themselves through
music
2) to learn how people express their identity through music by learning how to analyze a musical performance
3) to learn how to read critically by responding both in writing and by presentations to ethnomusicological writings
Required Readings and Films: (See syllabus)
Texts: World Popular Musics and Identity, ed. Boden Sandstrom
Articles: Course Reserves (elms.umd.edu) See syllabus
Films: Blackboard site, Course Reserves Media found through Course Tools
A Spirit Travels
Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (also available on youtube)
Radical Harmonies
Attendance and Participation:
Blackboard participation is required. Classes meet twice a week: once in a 1 hour and 50 minute lecture and multi-media format,
and once a week in smaller discussion groups. Attendance at both lecture and discussion sessions is vital. All assignments will
count toward your final grade and you will be responsible for materials covered in all classes. Some assignments require group
participation. Lectures assume the assigned readings as a point of departure.
Human Cultural Diversity:
You may have chosen this course as part of your CORE Liberal Arts and Sciences Studies Program, the general education
portion of your degree program. CORE Human Cultural Diversity courses are designed to ensure that you will examine
experiences, perspectives, and values different from those that are dominant in the United States or Europe. A faculty and
student committee approved this CORE Human Cultural Diversity course because it will introduce you to ideas and human
experiences often overlooked in the curriculum. Please take advantage of the opportunities this course offers you.
Academic Integrity:
The University of Maryland has a nationally recognized Code of Academic Integrity, administered by the Student Honor
Council. This Code sets standards for academic integrity at Maryland for all undergraduate and graduate students. As a student
you are responsible for upholding these standards for this course. It is very important for you to be aware of the consequences of
cheating, fabrication, facilitation, and plagiarism. For more information on the Code of Academic Integrity or the Student Honor
Council, please visit http://www.studenthonorcouncil.umd.edu/whatis.html
The University of Maryland is one of a small number of universities with a student-administered Honors Code and an Honors
Pledge, available on the web at http://www.jpo.umd.edu/aca/honorpledge.html. The code prohibits students from cheating on
exams, plagiarizing papers, submitting the same paper for credit in two courses without authorization, buying papers, submitting
fraudulent documents, and forging signatures. The University Senate encourages instructors to ask students to write the
following signed statement on each examination or assignment: "I pledge on my honor that I have not given or received any
unauthorized assistance on this examination (or assignment). We encourage each student to think about and write the honor
pledge on each major assignment and exam.
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Special Requirements:
Academic Accommodations: If you have a documented disability, you should contact Disability Support Services 0126
Shoemaker Hall. Each semester students with documented disabilities should apply to DSS for accommodation request forms
which you can provide to your professors as proof of your eligibility for accommodations. The rules for eligibility and the types
of accommodations a student may request can be reviewed on the DSS web site at
http://www.counseling.umd.edu/DSS/receiving_serv.html.
Course Assignments and Requirements:
1. Learn your discussion section number and the name of the teaching assistant leading it. Include that number, along with your
name, on all written assignments, exams, or anything else you turn in. Keep backup copies of all work handed in for your own
protection.
2. You need to have access to a computer in order to access the Blackboard site. We will communicate important information
through our Blackboard site. Written assignments will be due at the discussion sections. Written assignments must be typewritten
or produced with a computer and word processing program. It is expected that your assignments will follow Writing Guidelines
for Papers (see Blackboard) and will be written in standard English, with correct grammar and spelling. If you have problems
with either spelling or grammar, plan to take advantage of writing help available to undergraduates on this campus.
Weekly Responsibilities:
1. Do the Focus Questions and the weeks readings before Wednesdays lecture. Turn in the Focus Questions, typewritten, in
Discussions the following Monday.
2. Attend lecture on Wednesday and take notes.
3. Attend your discussion section the following Monday. Turn in the Focus Questions to your TA at the beginning of discussion.
Your TA will collect the Focus Questions and they will be part of your participation grade. More importantly, your notes will
help you to participate actively in discussion. Speaking in discussion sections is very important and is worth part of your
participation grade. (If you are a discussion leader for the week, see the guidelines leading on discussion and writing your
response essay. These are available on Blackboard.)
4. You must also check Blackboard regularly throughout the week for important announcements .
Laptop and Hand-Held Electronic Devices Policy
1) Laptops are permitted in the Lecture and Discussion Sections but only for the purpose of taking notes. However,
when video clips or films are shown during class, the laptops must be closed.
2) Hand held electronic devices are not allowed on in either the Lecture or the Discussion Sections.
Grading Policy and Class Participation:
There are required reading assignments and focus questions that you must complete in order to understand better the class
presentations. You will be called upon to present your views and interpretations of reading assignments. Participation in
discussions is encouraged and required.
Grades are determined as follows and will be posted on Blackboard:
Examinations:
Midterm
Final
200
200
100
25
200
100
175
Thought Papers (2)
Performance Paper Outline
Performance Paper (5 7 pages)
Participation
Response Paper (2.5 3 pages) and Presentation
2
Total points:
1000
** All assignments and papers must be written according to Writing Guidelines for Papers. **
Your final course grade is based on the following scale: 97-100 = A+, 94-96 = A, 90-93 = A-; 87-89 = B+, 84-86 = B,
80-83 = B-; 77-79 = C+, 74-76 = C, 70-73 = C-; 67-69 = D+, 64-66 = D, 60-63 = D-; 59 and below = F.
Late Assignment Policy:
Late assignments that are turned in within a week of the due date will be graded down 1 letter grade if turned in late
without a written excuse that meets the University approved absences guidelines.
No assignment will be accepted more than one week after its due date unless approved by the students teaching
assistant or professor.
Anyone who will need to miss a class or a discussion section because of organized sports events or Universityrecognized religious observances should inform his/her T.A. at the beginning of the semester. Those absent for
medical reasons should present a note from their doctor.
University Approved Absences:
It is the policy of the university to excuse the absences of students that result from the following causes: illness of the
student, or illness of a dependent as defined by Board of Regents policy on family and medical leave; religious
observance (where the nature of the observance prevents the student from being present during the class period);
participation in university activities at the request of university authorities; and compelling circumstance beyond the
students control. Students claiming excused absence must apply in writing and furnish documentary support for their
assertion that absence resulted from one of these causes.
Religious Observances:
The University System of Maryland policy provides that students should not be penalized because of observances of
their religious beliefs, students shall be given an opportunity, whenever feasible, to make up within a reasonable time
any academic assignment that is missed due to individual participation in religious observances. It is the responsibility
of the student to inform the instructor of any intended absences for religious observances in advance. Notice should be
provided as soon as possible but no later than the end of the schedule adjustment period.
WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS AND TOPICS
PLEASE NOTE: You are responsible for any changes that are made to this syllabus during the semester !
Week One (Lecture Jan. 25, Discussions Jan. 30)
Introduction to Course
Readings: None
Assignment:
Find course materials on Blackboard.
UNIT I: MUSIC AND IDENTITY
Week Two (Lecture Feb. 1; Discussions Feb. 6)
Ethnomusicology and Music-Culture
Readings:
Titon, The Music-Culture as a World of Music (p. 3)*
Charry, Jeliya (p. 27)
*Page numbers correspond to numbers in text
Week Three (Lecture** Feb. 8; Discussions Feb. 13)
Lecture/performance - Mahiri Fadjimba Keita Edwards
Attend Lecture/Performance and write Thought Paper due in Discussions on Feb. 20 (see Guidelines)
Readings:
Stone, Gender, Identity and Ethnicity Issues (p. 71)
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Week Four (Lecture Feb. 15; Discussions Feb. 20)
Music and Identity
Readings:
Garofalo, Getting Back to Business: Popular Music in the New Millennium (p. 45)
Week Five (Lecture Feb. 22; Discussions Feb. 27)
The Performance of Gender and Sexuality Identity
Performance Choice Form due in Discussions (Feb. 27)
Readings:
Sandstrom, Womens Music: Passing the Legacy (p. 85)
Film:
Radical Harmonies (Available in Blackboard under Course Tools, Course Reserves Media)
UNIT II: MUSIC AND CULTURAL IDENTITY
Week Six (Lecture Feb. 29; Discussions Mar. 5)
Ethnicity and Identity (Case Study: Cajun music, Zydeco)
Readings:
Shelemay, Case Study: Multiple Identities in Cajun and Zydeco Music (p. 117)
Week Seven (Lecture Mar. 7; Discussions Mar. 12)
Chinese Rock Music and Cultural Expression
Readings:
Huang Hao. Voices from Chinese Rock, Past and Present Tense (p. 261)
Week Eight (MIDTERM Mar. 14; Discussions Mar. 26)
Discussions March 26 will be on how to research and write the Performance Papers!
SPRING BREAK (Mar. 19 Mar. 23)
UNIT III: GLOBALIZATION AND CULTURAL IDENTITY
Week Nine (Lecture Mar. 30; Discussions Apr. 4)
Pop-Ra and Globalization
Readings:
Al-Taee, Running with the Rebels. (p. 181)
Week Ten (*Lecture Apr. 4; Discussions Apr. 9)
*Lecture/Performance Japanese Gagaku Group (Dekleboum Concert Hall, CSPAC)
Attend Lecture/Performance and write Thought Paper #2 due in Discussions on April 9 (see Guidelines)
Readings: TBA
Week Eleven (Lecture Apr. 11; Discussions Apr. 16)
Globalization and Japanese Hip Hop
Performance Paper Outline due in Discussions (Apr. 16)
Readings & Websites:
Rose, Voices from the Margins (p. 151)
Ian Condry, A History of Japanese Hip-Hop (p. 159)
Ian Condry, Japanese Hip-Hop (http://web.mit.edu/condry/www/jhh/)
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UNIT IV: RESISTANCE AND POLITICS
Week Twelve (Lecture Apr. 18; Discussions Apr. 23)
U.S. Musical Response to Events of 9/11
Readings:
Garofalo, Pop Goes to War (p. 239)
Week Thirteen (Lecture - Apr. 25; Discussions Apr. 27)
Popular Music and Politics in Iran
Performance Paper Due in Discussions April 27
Readings:
Nooshin, Laudan. Underground, Overground: Rock Music and Youth Discourses in Iran
(Available: Course Reserves, Blackboard)
Week Fourteen (Lecture May 2; Discussions May 7
Funk in Rio de Janeiro
Readings:
Yudice, The Funkification of Rio (p. 207)
Week Fifteen (May 9 - Lecture)
Music and Resistance (Case Study: Apartheid in South Africa and Graceland Project)
Readings:
Shelemay, Music of Power and Resistance (p. 231)
Film:
Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (Available on Blackboard under Course Tools, Course Reserves
Media or on YouTube)
FINAL: Monday, May 14, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, Skinner 0200 (If the University changes the date and/or time, you
are obligated to take it at the new time.)
Copyright: Boden Sandstrom, University of Maryland. All rights reserved.
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