This course looks at how music is culturally produced in every sense: socially, industrially, commercially, and technically. Students will also learn practical radio production skills and cultural journalism forms.
Code
CM4026
Name
CULTURES OF MUSIC PRODUCTION
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
CM (Communications)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
Regular
CAMS ID
2560
Last update with CAMS
Understand music production in relation to culture, communication and global circulation
Understand hip-hop as a transnational/global conduit of meaning and affiliation
Understand hip-hop’s capacity to communicate particular images, ideals, and values that represent various social factions at different historical moments
Able to analyze issues of authenticity and genre as well as issues of differences and dissonance across generations
Able to identify modes of representation in rap lyricism and within hip-hop literature, press, film and video
Understand how hip-hop’s varied practices constitute media for the diffusion of creative modes of cultural expression and the construction of social identities