WiSe 22/23: Sociology of Music
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Music is central to cultural life and therefore social life. The study of music in society has been of interest to many social thinkers, including Weber, Simmel, Adorno, and Bourdieu. Often, the values and meanings associated with and interpreted in music are collectively constructed. Music is in many cultures vital to the construction of personal and collective narratives and memory. Further, music is conditioned by social structure and at times an expression of social struggle.
For this seminar, students will be asked to develop, discuss and write a paper broadly relating to the interaction of society and music on a specific topic of their free choice albeit using the theories and methods discussed in class. close
16 Class schedule
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