ESOn4033 Cultural Sociology of Music: Live Performance and/as Ritual

Fakulta sociálních studií
podzim 2025
Rozsah
1/1/0. 10 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučováno kontaktně
Vyučující
Dr. Abigail Gower (přednášející)
prof. Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
prof. Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky, Ph.D.
Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Rozvrh
každý sudý pátek 10:00–13:40 P52
Předpoklady
TYP_STUDIA(N)
none
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 20 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 9/20, pouze zareg.: 0/20, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/20
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 10 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Anotace
Within the broad field of cultural sociology, the cultural sociology of music is a relatively small but up and coming sub-discipline with huge potential for a multi-directional understanding of the role of music as a source of meaning making within different cultures. This course focuses on one of many potential research directions: music - specifically live performance - and/as ritual. In exploring key texts and theories from Durkheim, Collins, and Alexander on ritual and cultural performance as well as more music-specific texts whose content can be related back to those theories, this class explores how live music performances can be the basis for deep and enduring social/cultural meaning making, uniquely aiding in strengthening the bonds of society itself. However, this class is not only theoretical. Discerning the impact of live music is something best understood through a combination of discussing and doing. Thus, this class is analytical, experimental, and experiential. In addition to the reading and discussion half of the course, the class will also be making their own musical cultural performance, structuring their own ritual. The class will form a choir, and be expected to prepare two pieces which will be selected by the group during the organizational meeting (this requires no previous musical experience, only a willingness to sing). Drawing from their knowledge learned via the required readings and discussion, the class will construct a performance to be given live at the end of the semester as a final exam. Additionally, written journaling assignments will be given to be answered at the end of every class responding to specifically formulated questionnaires, transforming the participatory part into both a live cultural sociologically informed experience for the students and an experiment in itself.
Výstupy z učení
By the end of the semester, students will be able to: ● Define and discuss different cultural sociological concepts of ritual/cultural performance ● Understand and apply these concepts within the context of live music performances ● Relate music-specific body, space, and audience factors to their understanding of meaningful ritual creation ● Analyze their experience as an audience member of a live musical performance from a cultural sociological perspective ● Apply the knowledge gained throughout to course to curate their own unique music cultural performance
Klíčová témata
  • 1. Organizational Meeting
  • 2. (Live) Music and/as Ritual
  • 3. Alexander, Cultural Performance, and Live Music (as well as Collins Continued)
  • 4. Live Music and the Body/Mind
  • 5. Live Music and Space and How to Make Our Own
  • 6. Live Music and Audiences
Studijní zdroje a literatura
    povinná literatura
  • ALEXANDER, Jeffrey C. Performance and power. 1st pub. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2011, ix, 246. ISBN 9780745648170. info
  • COLLINS, Randall. Interaction ritual chains. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004, xx, 439. ISBN 0691123896. info
  • DURKHEIM, Émile. The elementary forms of religious life. Edited by Mark S. Cladis - Carol Cosman. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford university press, 2001, xli, 358. ISBN 9780199540129. info
  • Music in everyday life. Edited by Tia DeNora. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000, xiii, 181. ISBN 052162732X. info
  • The origins of music. Edited by Nils L. Wallin - Björn Merker - Steven Brown. Cambridge: Bradford Book, 2000, xii, 498. ISBN 0262731436. info
Přístupy, postupy a metody používané ve výuce
lectures, seminars, active participation, homework assignments
Způsob ověření výstupů z učení a požadavky na ukončení
Reading and discussion participation: 25% ● 5 points for each class (students who cannot attend the class due to illness, technical problems or other serious personal reasons should contact the instructors for individual extra work);
Preparation for and participation in choir rehearsals: 25% ● 5 points for each class, preparation includes independent practice as well as group practice in between each class, see below for specifics.
Journaling after the rehearsals: 20% ● 4 points for each class, see below for journaling expectations
Attend a performance and journal about it (mid-term): 10% ● 10 points (5% performance attendance, 5% post-performance journaling)
Active and informed participation in final performance + invitation - Bring at least one attendee (final): 20% ● 20 points (10% attendance and active informed participation, 5% Bringing an audience member, 5% post-performance journaling)
Náhradní absolvování
In the event of a trip abroad, it is not possible to complete the course in a substitute form.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Odkaz a informace vyučujících
Abigail Gower, Ph.D. (Office hours by appointment)
Prof. Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky, Ph.D. (room 3.66, Wednesdays 11:00 – 12:00; jaworsky@fss.muni.cz)
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