| One Credit Course for Postgraduate Students (Open to the general public)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course seeks to be a space for reflection on problems related to the Portuguese influence in the construction of music and soundscapes in different post-colonial places. In a dispersed and insular cartography but invariably related to the ancestral contact with the Portuguese, it is possible to point out a set of performative practices whose Portuguese genealogy is claimed by its protagonists. Those practices include a musical repertoire sung in Portuguese or in creolized forms of language and, sometimes, is exclusively based on the use of musical instruments of a supposed Portuguese origin (e.g. Uklele or Cavaquinho). They are responsible for the construction of a lusosonic world where music defines an important device for self-identification among groups and communities. Based on an interdisciplinary approach inherent to the framework of ethnomusicology, this course will open the floor to include music on a discussion over postcolonialism and to analyze its role as an important tool for what we may call as affects’ economy.
It will be organized into three units:
- Introduction to ethnomusicology (history and theory) [1 session – 3 hours]
- Music as a colonial tool [1 session – 3 hours]
- Lusosonia – Music and Sound in Post-colonial times. Analyses of case studies [3 sessions – 9 hours]
Sessions will include a short expository component followed by a collective discussion of a given bibliography, discography and film documentary.
From 30th January to 7th February 2017
Venue: Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Course Coordinator: Prof. Marise D´Lima
Timetable:
Public Lecture – 23/01, 5.30 pm
Class 1 – 30/01, 2.00 – 5.00 pm
Class 2 – 01/02, 2.00 – 5.00pm
Class 3 – 03/02, 2.00 – 5.00 pm
Class 4 – 06/02, 2.00 – 5.00 pm
Class 5 – 07/02, 2.00 – 5.00 pm
Final Assessment – 08/02 – 3.00-4-00 pm
Seats are limited to 25 for Postgraduate Students and 10 for General Public.
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PRO 122 – LUSOSONIA Post-colonial cartographies on sounds and memories Course by Prof Susana Sardo
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