Course syllabus
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Welcome to ANTHRO 329: Music of East Asia
Course Convener
Dr. Sunhee Koo | s.koo@auckland.ac.nz | HSB 817 | Office Hours: Th 10:00 - 12:00; by appointment
Lectures Lecture/Discussion
Tuesday 13:00 - 15:00 Thursday 14:00 - 15:00
201E-704 201E-704
GTA: Kooshna Gupta | kgup987@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Course Overview
What is the music of East Asia? What does its music tell us about the region and its people? East Asia is a geo-cultural unit including countries that have historically shared some ideological and cultural features. Mainly referring to China, Korea and Japan, East Asian countries have interacted with one another and have been exchanging influences on other cultures not only within but also outside the region including other parts of Asia, the Middle East and as far as Europe and North America. Viewing music as a social and cultural manifestation, this course investigates how East Asian countries have been transformed in this and past centuries from both local and global perspectives; what social backdrops and variables have affected the particular shaping of places and identities in East Asia; and what frame of reference music presents us to better understand its societies and cultures? Various case studies drawn on the range of East Asian musical genres will help students to gain insights into distinctive constructions of individual local identities by means of cultivating each country’s own indigenous cultures in relation to the discursive changes brought by the rapid process of globalisation. At the same time the course will contemplate the ways in which a collective cultural identity, generally referred to as “East Asian”, is constructed, perceived, contested and negotiated.
Course Assessment
Worksheets and Presentation 30%
Five Reading Reviews 35%
Final Take-Home Exam 35%
Lecture Schedule
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23, 25 Jul |
Introduction: Musics of East Asia |
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30 Jul, 1 Aug |
Elegant Music (China, Korea, and Japan) |
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06, 08 Aug |
Secular Music: Music for Elites vs. Music for Commoners |
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Reading Review 1 Due on Tuesday 13 Aug, by 23:59 |
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13, 15 Aug |
To be Modern: Changes in Jiangnan Sizhu as the Case in Point |
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20, 22 Aug |
Social Reform and Modernization: New Adaptation and Cultural Progressiveness |
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Reading Review 2 Due on Tuesday 27 Aug, by 23:59 |
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27, 29 Aug |
Understanding and Connecting to North Korea |
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02 - 14 Sep |
Mid-Semester Break |
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17, 19 Sep |
Popular Music in East Asia 1 Cross Cultural Music: East meets West and National Imagination(Japan): Memory, Nostalgia and National Imagination |
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Reading Review 3 Due on Tuesday 24 Sept, by 23:59 |
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24, 26 Sep |
Popular Music in East Asia 2: Not so Long ago: Popular music in China |
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01, 03 Oct |
Popular Music in East Asia 3: Global Pop and Localization |
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Reading Review 4 Due on Tuesday 08 Oct, by 23:59 |
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08, 10 Oct |
Gender and Theatre: Ideal Men and Surreal Gender |
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15, 17 Oct |
Fandom, Industry, Commerce, and Technology |
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Reading Review 5 Due on Tuesday 22 Oct, by 23:59 |
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22, 24 Oct |
Review, Evaluation and Distribution of Final Take-Home Exam |
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Final Take-Home Exam Due on Friday 01 Nov |
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