CULTURES OF MUSIC PRODUCTION (CM4026)

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This course looks at how music is culturally produced in every sense: socially, industrially, commercially, and technically. Students will also learn practical radio production skills and cultural journalism forms.

Code: 
CM4026
Name: 
CULTURES OF MUSIC PRODUCTION
Discipline: 
CM (Communications)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
CM1023 AND (CM2051 OR CM2051CCR)
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. Able to analyze issues of authenticity and genre as well as issues of differences and dissonance across generations
  2. Able to identify modes of representation in rap lyricism and within hip-hop literature, press, film and video
  3. Understand hip-hop as a transnational/global conduit of meaning and affiliation
  4. Understand hip-hop’s capacity to communicate particular images, ideals, and values that represent various social factions at different historical moments
  5. Understand how hip-hop’s varied practices constitute media for the diffusion of creative modes of cultural expression and the construction of social identities
  6. Understand music production in relation to culture, communication and global circulation

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