4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ICrepeatable for credit
Introduces students to diverse local communities of the surrounding area through texts and media, in-class workshops with local musicians and arts workers, experiential activities, and students’ own semester-long research projects. Explores a range of musical practices and intersecting issues, which might include music and urban spatial politics; music and gentrification; music, immigration, and diaspora; etc. Offers students an opportunity to engage with music through experiential learning activities, which might include soundwalks, conducting interviews, attending performances, or documenting music through photographs and audio recordings. May be repeated three times.