Music and Society - 2nd semester
Code
722021022
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências Musicais
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Paula Gomes Ribeiro
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
To provide advanced training in sociology, history and theory of music-theatre, investigating the typologies of communication systems (at the levels of production, mediation, reception), their constitution and their dynamics, in interaction with changing csociocultural, economic and political environments. Emphasis will be put on the importance of the sociological perspective in musical-dramaturgical analysis, which should always take into account the structuring role of music: the construction of characters and of situations, including musics role as a comment, counterpoint and/or an element of critical distance (Verfremdung), also the possibilities offered by new technologies. The issues of management, production and promotion of music-theatre will be also addressed.
The seminar will encourage students to work independently and creatively. The initiative and intellectual independence demonstrated will be especially taken into account. It is also intended that students develop their writing skills, cultivating appropriate forms of expression, and presenting the results of their research in a rigorous and consistent form. The seminar also aims to promote good capacity for collaboration among colleagues, valuing the practice of intellectual debate and the exchange of ideas and experiences.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Musical-theatre genres in the history and today. Particular emphasis on opera and related genres. Sociocomunicativos systems of opera and their transformations in relation to the social and political environments. Production and reception issues. Public Policy. Music-theatre in Portuguese language.
Program Structure
I - The opera and the transformations of the public sphere: a European retrospective
II - The opera and the transformation of the public sphere in Portugal
III From opera as ´negation of theatre´ to opera as theatre: staging and performance problems. Institutions, publique and public policies.
Bibliography
Bennet, A. (2000). Popular Music and Youth Culture: Music, Identity and Place. Hampshire: Macmillan.
Bennet, T. & al. (2009). Culture, Class, Distinction. London: Routledge.
Bourdieu, P. (1979). La distinction. Paris: Minuit.
Bryson, B. (1996). Anything But Heavy Metal: Symbolic Exclusion and Musical Dislikes. American Sociological Review, 61, 5, 884-899.
Chan, T. & Goldthorpe, J. (2007). Social Stratification and Cultural Consumption: the Case of Music, European Sociological Review, 23, 1, 1-19.
Clayton, M. (2011). The Cultural Study of Music. New York: Routledge.
O´Hara, K. & Brown, B. (Eds.) (2006). Consuming Music Together: Social and Collaborative Aspects of Music Consumption Technologies. Dordrecht: Springer.
Martin, P. (2006). Music and the Sociological Gaze: Art Worlds and Cultural Production. Manchester: MUP.
Mukerji, C. & Schudson, M. (1991). Rethinking Popular Culture. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Scott, D. (2000). Music, Culture and Society, Oxford: OUP.
Teaching method
Lessons are both theoretical and practical, 60% being theoretical and 40% practical. The teaching-learning processes make extensive use of audiovisual media, and are based in the active learning model. They include, among other methods, exposition and demonstration, discussion, collaborative learning, literature review, problem solving, case learning, interpretation of musical and audiovisual examples, group and individual readings and presentations, research project conception, among others.
Evaluation method
Coursework: 1) research project (30%); 2) one oral presentation/discussion (20%); 3) one paper and its presentation in the course´s end-of-term conference (60%). Critical thinking and class participation will be valued.