Latin American Music and Culture (MUSI20236)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5Not available in 2025
About this subject
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.
Delivery
This subject is co-delivered with MUSI40090 Latin American Music and Culture.
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 be able to:
- demonstrate an enhanced capacity to value the music of different cultures;
- apply critical thinking and analytical skills to unfamiliar challenges;
- seek out, organise and evaluate relevant information;
- communicate effectively in oral and written forms;
- collaborate effectively with others;
- demonstrate a capacity for independent, self-reflective and critical enquiry;
- apply appropriate critical skills to evaluate diverse musical and cultural phenomena;
- communicate specific musical content in an academic context both in oral and written form.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI20155 | Latin American Music and Culture | No longer available |
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: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Two listening tests (10% each)
| During the teaching period | 20% |
8-minute in-class presentation
| Second half of the teaching period | 20% |
Essay
| During the assessment period | 50% |
Attendance and class participation | Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
Not available in 2025
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Additional delivery details
Delivery
This subject is co-delivered with MUSI40090 Latin American Music and Culture.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
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- 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 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 (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- 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.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
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
Last updated: 4 March 2025