Course Schedule

Start > Leuphana Bachelor (B.A./B.Eng./B.Sc./LL.B.) -> Minor Popular Music Studies -> Sociology of Popular Music

Lehrveranstaltungen

Musik and Protest (Seminar)

Inhalt: In this course, we will investigate the complex interplay between music and politics, focusing on selected musical examples from various geographical and historical contexts. We will explore how music intersects with politics, examining themes as wide-ranging as music's role in electoral politics, party politics, populism, and far-right movements. We will further examine music in the context of social movements, and in particular as a form of resistance against repressive regimes. Focusing on a wide range of case studies, we will address questions such as: - How do politicians use music to promote themselves and their political agendas? - How is music employed to mobilize people? - How does it function as a tool for protest? How can music create spaces for free expression and dissent? And last but not least the overarching question: What makes music political? Participants are encouraged to contribute examples of their own choice to the in-class discussions.

Leuphana Bachelor - Minor Popular Music Studies - Sociology of Popular Music

Sounds, music and movement (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Katharina Alexi

Inhalt: The field of sounds, music and movement is both complex and broad, from linkages between sporting activities such as martial arts and dance to the meaning of music in health contexts like dementia. Not least, movement and its cultures, communities and places are remembered in auditive popular culture. In this class, students will focus on three thematic strings: I Sports, sounds and auditive art - fight screams and dance elements in martial arts - fight dances/arts: a short history of capoeira and taijiquan - "unathletic sounds"? the long discussion of grunting in ball sport - interfaces of youth cultures and sports - your interests II Movement and health - music in therapy and rehabilitation - listening, rhythm and dementia - mood management and beyond - your ideas III Popular music embodying the cultural memory of... moving? - sport movies, hymns and social contexts - embodiment, dance & knowledge - your questions Oral presentations can be held in these subtopics or are self-chosen. Further selection of contents will be collected and exchanged early in class. Please check the seminar plan for all scheduled presentations sessions and bring your choice or form a collaboration from the first session on. Last presentations will be scheduled in session 3. Please check the seminar plan for all upcoming contents as well.

Leuphana Bachelor - Minor Popular Music Studies - Sociology of Popular Music