The Importance and Power of Music in our Society
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Universiteit Leiden
University of the Arts The Hague
The Importance and Power of Music in our Society
Universiteit Leiden
课程信息
4.7
36 ratings
Music plays an important role in our daily lives and is woven into the fabric of society. We listen to music while alone or in company, in a dance club or at home, through simple headphones or via high-end speakers, as background or as foreground, after we get up or before we go to bed. Music accompanies us when we are traveling, doing sports, shopping, working or relaxing. This omnipresence of music raises several questions: how does music affect our lives? What is the relation between the society we live in and the role, function, and position of music within that society? How is music influenced by and does music influence social, political, economic, technological, and multiple other developments?
Do these questions trigger you? Music and Society provides a thorough introduction to the various ways in which music and society are connected through engaging lectures, insightful interviews, challenging assignments, interesting readings, and of course a lot of musical examples. The course aims at increasing your insights on where, how and why we listen to music, how music contributes to shaping our identity, how music forms, expresses, and subverts political ideas, and how music affects our norms and values.
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章节
Welcome to the Course
Great that you are joining us! In this course you will learn about the various roles, functions, and positions music can have in our contemporary society. Before you start this course we invite you to first go through the introduction and introduce yourself in the forum to meet your fellow learners. If you encounter any difficulties while studying, please let us know in the forum. For technical difficulties or questions regarding the course certificate, you can always contact the Coursera Learner Helpdesk. Good luck and we hope you will enjoy studying in this course!
1 个视频（共 5 分钟）, 6 个阅读材料
6 个阅读材料
Meet the instructors and the team5分钟
Welcome to Leiden University5分钟
Complete our short survey10分钟
Study tips for studying online5分钟
Being successful in an international virtual learning community5分钟
Behaving in an academic way5分钟
Music and Atmosphere
What do you think about background music? Does it disturb you or does it create a nice atmosphere? Do you think there is too much music played all day long? And why do people play music? In this first module we will basically discuss and reflect on three interrelated items: (1) How and why music is omnipresent in our contemporary society; (2) Music's influence on the specific atmosphere of a space; (3) How music affects and is affected by other societal developments.
7 个视频（共 65 分钟）, 1 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
7 个视频
Reflection on "a day in the life of a listener"8分钟
Music between consciousness and subconsciousness: An interview with Anahid Kassabian18分钟
Music between consciousness and subconsciousness: An interview with Thomas van Straaten11分钟
Reflection on the interviews with Anahid Kassabian and Thomas van Straaten6分钟
"Music for Airports": The various roles of music8分钟
Music and atmosphere: Concluding discussion8分钟
1 个阅读材料
How can music and society be related?15分钟
2
章节
Music and Identity
How does music affect identity and how does identity influence music? Is music only an expression of personal taste or is there more to say about this relation? In this module we will discuss and explore the relation between music and identity. We'll do this by discussing (1) how music influences personal identity and (2) how music influences collective identity and (3) how the 'structure of society' influences music as well as identity.
9 个视频（共 92 分钟）, 3 个阅读材料, 3 个测验
9 个视频
Music and personal identity: the power from outside vs. the freedom from inside8分钟
Music and collective identity: One song, many identities8分钟
"I will survive": Music between repetition and difference9分钟
Music and clashing identities: An interview with Daniel Barenboim25分钟
Reflection on the interview with Daniel Barenboim5分钟
Does social position affect musical taste? An introduction to Bourdieu8分钟
From inequality in society to inequality in music: Bourdieu’s critique8分钟
Music and identity: Concluding discussion9分钟
3 个阅读材料
Music and personal identity10分钟
Deconstructing identity: Mark C. Taylor10分钟
Music and identity: Exploring Bourdieu’s views10分钟
2 个练习
Music and personal identity2分钟
Music and identity: Exploring Bourdieu’s views6分钟
3
章节
Music and Politics
In this module we will investigate and discuss the relation between music and politics: how music affects politics and how it is affected by politics. Music may support political organizations and governmental institutions, it has the power to discipline the behavior of groups and individuals, but it can also act as a form of protest against a political status quo or dominant (political) discourses.
9 个视频（共 84 分钟）, 3 个阅读材料, 4 个测验
9 个视频
From noise regulation to national hymns: Music and the state5分钟
Music and culture industry: An introduction to Adorno15分钟
Power is everywhere: From “politics” to “the political”3分钟
Disciplining and controlling: Music and the political6分钟
Undermining authority: Music and subversion9分钟
The possibility of subversion through music: Adorno revisited12分钟
Music, cultural policy, and resistance: An interview with Louis Andriessen18分钟
Music and politics: Concluding discussion7分钟
3 个阅读材料
Music and politics: The fetish character in music and the regression of listening10分钟
Affective tonality? What's that?15分钟
How music becomes noise: Jacques Attali10分钟
3 个练习
Music and politics: The fetish character in music and the regression of listening2分钟
Affective tonality? What's that?4分钟
How music becomes noise: Jacques Attali2分钟
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章节
Music and Ethics
In this module we will explore the relation between music and ethics. Music influences behavior and certain judgments of behavior are ethical judgments. We will explore the relation between aesthetic good and ethical good music. We will discuss how hospitality can evoke a fruitful attitude towards music. We will discuss the role of music in human flourishing.
9 个视频（共 82 分钟）, 3 个阅读材料, 3 个测验
9 个视频
Music and virtue: Good music for the good soul7分钟
Music and hospitality: An introduction3分钟
Ethical listening and perceptual care8分钟
Music and respect: An interview with Ton Koopman10分钟
Reflection on the interview with Ton Koopman7分钟
Music and “Bildung”: Character first9分钟
Music and engagement: An interview with Nanette Nielsen12分钟
Music and ethics: Concluding discussion13分钟
3 个阅读材料
Post-Modern Ethics: Beyond Good and Evil10分钟
Music and ethics: Freedom, bildung and art10分钟
Complete our short survey10分钟
2 个练习
Post-Modern Ethics: Beyond Good and Evil2分钟
Music and Ethics: Freedom, Bildung and Art2分钟
4.7
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创建者 IF•Mar 17th 2017
very useful for advancing my career and deepen my understanding on the topic.
创建者 TR•Jan 25th 2018
A very good eye opener towards to music and it's relationship to the society
讲师
Marcel Cobussen
Prof.dr.Academy of Creative and Performing Arts, Faculty of Humanities
Hafez Ismaïli M'Hamdi
PhDAcademy of Creative and Performing Arts, Faculty of Humanities
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