Course syllabus
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SEMESTER 2, 2019
Course Information
- Lecturer: Dr. Kirsten Zemke
HSB 808; ext 88415 k.zemke@auckland.ac.nz
Facebook: UoA Anthro 234 Popular Musics of the Pacific https://www.facebook.com/ANTHRO234
- Course delivery format
3 hours of lectures
- Course Description
The purpose of this paper is to traverse and analyse contemporary musics produced in the Pacific region, applying critical questions of authenticity, tradition, modernisation, Westernization, identity, sovereignty and Diaspora. We will look at various artists, genre, sub genre, musical techniques, modes of distribution, and media transmissions. The paper is designed to provide students with a comprehensive awareness and acknowledgment of popular musics in the Pacific region, while at the same time furnishing an opportunity to introduce students to academic literature on popular music with its incumbent themes of: transmission, culture, ethnicity, colonization, globalisation, hybridization, consumerism, post-modernism, and feminism.
Course outcomes
- Introduce the studying of Pacific Popular Musics from an academic perspective
- Communicate research-based understandings of Pacific Popular Musics.
- Approach the academic writing on Pacific Popular Musics.
- Enhance students’ knowledge of key periods, styles and artists of Pacific Popular Musics.
- Elevate the intellectual and cultural prominence of Pacific Popular Musics by their inclusion in the academic curriculum and the application of academic theory to their study.
Learning outcomes
At the completion of the course students are expected to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of some of the theory areas relating to Pacific Popular Musics.
- Be familiar with some of the various genre and historical periods of Pacific Popular Musics.
- Be able to apply theoretical perspectives to various genre and historical periods of Pacific Popular Musics.
- Demonstrate skills in reading, note taking, critical thinking and writing at the appropriate level
Weekly Topics
Week 1 Introduction |
Week 2 Golden Oldies |
Week 3 Hawaii |
Week 4 World Music |
Week 5 Aotearoa Maori |
Week 6 Gender |
Week 7 Hip Hop |
Week 8 Soul, R ‘n’ B |
Week 9 Reggae |
Week 10 Country |
Week 11 Presentations |
Week 12 Presentations |
Coursework:
The coursework for this paper represents 40% of your total mark for the paper (the exam is worth 60%).
Exam:
The exam is worth 60% of the course assessment.
Course summary:
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