World Music
Overview
1. Ethnomusicology and Musical Anthropology
Issues and Approaches
2. The Commodification of World Music in the 21st Century
Pop Production and ‘Ethnic’ Music; Traditional Music Adaptation to the Modern Urban Connected World; Digital Production and Distribution; Sampling; Migration and Urbanization
3. Case Studies Exploring Evolving Styles and Cultures from Each Continent
Students will study a range of styles and cultures in world music drawn from the following topics:
a. Sub Saharan Africa
- South African Township Jazz Syncretism; Afro American influences
- West African Pre/Post Colonial Participatory Traditional Styles; Highlife; Afro Pop; African Diaspora and Pan African Styles
b. The Americas
- Latin America Afro Latino Salsa and Samba; Argentinian Tango; Meztizo Music; Brazilian Remix
- American Aboriginal First Nations Traditional Ceremonial Music; Inuit Throat Singing; Metis Fiddle Music; Contemporary Fusions;
c. Europe
- East European Folk Balkan Folk; Influence on 19th C. and 20th C. Composers; Balkan Jazz; Bulgarian Wedding Bands; Balkan War Punk and Ska; The Origins of Klezmer
- Celtic Traditions Irish; Scottish; Breton; The Celtic Diaspora
d. South Asia
- Indian Hindustani and Carnatic Classical Traditions; Punjabi Folk; Bhangra; Bollywood; Jazz and Pop Fusions
- Indonesian Gamelan Balinese; Javanese; Sudanese; Gamelan in Europe and North America; Influence on 20th C. French Composers
e. East Asia
- Japanese Music Traditional Aesthetic; Japan Since WW2; J Pop; Karaoke
- Korean Music Classical; Folk; K Pop
f. Australasia
- Aboriginal The Dreaming; Ceremonial Music; Contemporary Fusions of Indigenous and Western Styles
g. Middle East and Arabic Africa
- North Africa The Arab Spring and Hiphop; Rai Music; Egyptian Radio and Recording Industry
- Persian Music Influence of Qu'ranic Recitation; Maqam; Iranian Popular Song
- Lecture and class discussion, with focus on active listening to music;
- Viewing of video programs on music;
- Attendance at live concert performance(s);
- Presentation(s) by guest speaker(s);
- Student presentations
Annotated Playlist (Group Assignment) 10%
Research Presentation (Individual Assignment) 25%
Reviews of Live Concerts and Videos to a total of 30%
Weekly Listening and/or Reading Quizzes 20%
Final Examination 15%
At the end of the course the student will have developed the following:
1. An awareness of and ability to identify a range of contemporary and traditional world music styles and fusions;
2. A detailed awareness of how music traditions are shaped by cultural context, technology and transmission, and performance practice;
3. The ability to distinguish and identify characteristics of non-western music forms and structures by ear;
4. An appreciation of the effects of globalization and digital technology on a variety of musical traditions, and the ability to recognize the impact of wider cross-cultural contexts for music production and distribution.
A recent edition of a text such as the following:
Nettl, B. Excursions in World Music. Canada: Pearson.
Requisites
Course Guidelines
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Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
Institution | Transfer Details for PEFA 3236 |
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Athabasca University (AU) | AU MUSI 2XX (3) |
Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU MUS 2XX (3) |
College of the Rockies (COTR) | No credit |
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU MUSI 3653 (3) |
Langara College (LANG) | LANG ARTS 3XXX (3) |
Northern Lights College (NLC) | No credit |
Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU CA 1XX (3) |
Simon Fraser University (SFU) | DOUG PEFA 3136 (3) & DOUG PEFA 3236 (3) = SFU CA 142 (3) & SFU CA 341 (3) |
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU HUEL 2XXX (3) |
Trinity Western University (TWU) | No credit |
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO MUSC_O 2nd (3) |
University of Northern BC (UNBC) | No credit |
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV MUSC 3XX (3) |
University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC MUS 320 (1.5) |