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Latin American Music and Culture (MUSI20155)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5Not available in 2020
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Overview
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This subject explores the musical traditions of Spanish-speaking Latin America, focusing on the intersections of music, culture and language. A number of selected musical traditions will be examined including expressions from the Caribbean, Andean and River Plate regions such as Cuban son, Argentine tango, protest song and art music, among others. These repertoires will be approached from a twofold perspective, concentrating on the different musical genres and their original cultural contexts, as well as critically examining their representations in mainstream Western culture through an analysis of the presence of Latin American music in media.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Aurally analyse different expressions of Latin American music according to their musical characteristics and be able to situate them in their socio-historical context.
- Discriminate between different Latin American musical traditions and be able to support your opinion with relevant musical evidence
- Articulate historical, social and musical data in coherent narratives applying an adequate technical and scholarly vocabulary
- Evaluate and criticise mainstream representations of Latin American music
- Engage critically with the relevant literature in the field of Latin American music studies.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should have developed
- an enhanced capacity to value the music of different cultures
- critical thinking and analytical skills
- ability to seek out, organise and evaluate relevant information
- advance communication s skills, both oral and written
- collaborative skills
- capacity for independent, self-reflective and critical enquiry
- the ability to apply appropriate critical skills to evaluate diverse musical and cultural phenomena.
- the ability to communicate specific musical content in an academic context both in oral and written form.
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Two listening tests in weeks 6 and 11 (10% each)
| From Week 6 to Week 11 | 20% |
One group oral class presentation plus 500 word summary
| Second half of the teaching period | 20% |
An essay
| End of semester | 50% |
Attendance and class participation | Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Dates & times
Not available in 2020
Time commitment details
120 hours
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
A reading pack will be available for purchase from the Bookroom prior to the commencement of semester.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Diploma in Music Course Graduate Diploma in Music Informal specialisation Performance/ Composition/ Musicology/ Ethnomusicology - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Science
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 27 April 2024