Sound in Social Life

MUSIC 239S

Considers sonic environments as socially cultivated and sound production (recording, processing, mixing) and listening as cultural practices, shaped by acoustic space. Includes study of music, recorded soundscapes (films, games, installations, field recordings), built and ecological environments (rainforests, cities, institutions), and the history and use of sound technology (sound production, reproduction, reception, acoustic materials).

Notes

Course is owned by CULANTH and crosslisted with Music

Curriculum Codes
  • CCI
  • STS
  • ALP
Cross-Listed As
  • CULANTH 222S
  • ICS 246S
Typically Offered
Occasionally