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MMCC1030 – Music in a Global Context

2023 – Session 2, Online-scheduled-weekday

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Convenor and Lecturer
Andrew Alter
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Rm 250, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
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Lecturer
Denis Crowdy
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Hub 191, 10 Hadenfeld Ave.
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Lecturer
Sarah Keith
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Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
Corequisites Corequisites
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Unit description Unit description

Approaching the study of music through the broad topics of traditions, instruments, industries and technologies, this unit situates and explores music in a global context. Students investigate how musicians create, adapt and perform music in various cultural, historical and global contexts, including in Western classical and diverse modern traditions and forms. The unit will also have an emphasis on the diversity of such musical practices and traditions in various contexts. A range of themes will be covered, including ideas of improvisation/composition, instrument structure/symbolism, the popularization of traditional practices, classical/folk/popular traditions, and the music of first nation peoples.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: reflect on and analyse music in a global context.
  • ULO2: analyse and articulate the processes through which music is constructed and circulated.
  • ULO3: evaluate the connections between a music culture and broader political, social and cultural contexts.
  • ULO4: identify the value of music in the lives of communities in different places around the world.
  • ULO5: engage creatively and ethically with musical cultures.

General Assessment Information

Written components to each of the assignments should be submitted through the Turnitin portal for each assignment. For the Literature Review and the Essay, this means the complete assignment is submitted this way. There is a short descriptive component to the Creative Work Assignment which should also be submitted via Turnitin. Other aspects of the Creative Work Assignment may take different forms and submission/performance details will be discussed in-class.

The Faculty of Arts Policy regarding the late submission of work will be applied for all submissions in this unit. Even though there are no "time sensitive tasks" in this unit (see below), the complete faculty policy is as follows:

Late Assessment Submission Penalty  

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.    

This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special Consideration application. Special Consideration outcomes may result in a new question or topic. 

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Literature Review 25% No 23:55 25/08/2023
Essay 40% No 23:55 20/10/2023
Creative Work 35% No 23:55 03/11/2023

Literature Review

Assessment Type 1: Literature review
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: 23:55 25/08/2023
Weighting: 25%

 

Students will prepare and submit a survey of relevant scholarly literature. Refer to iLearn for further information.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • reflect on and analyse music in a global context.
  • analyse and articulate the processes through which music is constructed and circulated.
  • evaluate the connections between a music culture and broader political, social and cultural contexts.

Essay

Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 35 hours
Due: 23:55 20/10/2023
Weighting: 40%

 

Students will submit a short essay in response to a set question. The essay question will be provided on iLearn. Refer to iLearn for further information.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • reflect on and analyse music in a global context.
  • analyse and articulate the processes through which music is constructed and circulated.
  • evaluate the connections between a music culture and broader political, social and cultural contexts.
  • identify the value of music in the lives of communities in different places around the world.

Creative Work

Assessment Type 1: Creative work
Indicative Time on Task 2: 34 hours
Due: 23:55 03/11/2023
Weighting: 35%

 

Students will create and submit an original creative/musical work. Details and project examples will be provided on iLearn. Refer to iLearn for further information.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • reflect on and analyse music in a global context.
  • analyse and articulate the processes through which music is constructed and circulated.
  • evaluate the connections between a music culture and broader political, social and cultural contexts.
  • engage creatively and ethically with musical cultures.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

Delivery of Lectures and Tutorials

It is expected that students will attend all lectures and tutorials in the unit, and attendance will be taken. In addition, students should visit the iLearn site for the unit in order to keep track of assignment details, topic descriptions, extra resources, and reading materials. Students should read the readings set for each week's topic before the lecture and tutorial.

In most cases, the lecture for this unit will be delivered face-to-face in Room 187 at 10 Hadenfeld Avenue. Lecture and tutorial times may be found on the central timetable system. There will be some occasions when guest lectures have to be delivered in an online pre-recorded format. In such cases, students will be reminded of the online format through the iLearn announcement system. For this reason students MUST organise to receive the unit iLearn announcements in a consistent way.

The recordings of all lectures (whether delivered live or pre-recorded) will be placed in the ECHO 360 online system in iLearn. However, it is expected that students enrolled internally will attend the live lecture prior to attending their tutorial for that week. Students enrolled externally will need to access the lecture recording through the ECHO system prior to attending the online tutorial.

Tutorials will normally not be recorded.

As is normal, there is a cap on student numbers for each tutorial. Students should sign up for the appropriate tutorial through e-student. Because of the nature of online delivery, learning strategies and procedures for the online tutorial will be slightly different to the in-class face-to-face tutorials. Naturally, learning topics, readings, assessment tasks and learning outcomes will remain the same for all students.

Tutorials are designed to focus on the assessment tasks for the unit - particularly the final Creative Work for the unit. In addition, specific tutorials will provide details for the Literature Review and the Essay assignments. Nonetheless, many of the tutorials will be of a practical nature in which students will be introduced to musical traditions and sounds from around the world.

Yes - Tutorials begin in Week 1

Feedback

Feedback in this unit is available in multiple forms: informal feedback in lectures and tutorials; face-to-face consultations; formal general comment, rubric, and/or in-text comments attached to assignments marked in Turnitin.

Unit Schedule

Week 1 - Lecture: Introducing Indonesian Music

  • Tutorial: Indonesian Gamelan

Week 2 - Lecture: Ways of Thinking and Talking about Music in a Global Context

  • Tutorial: Indonesian Gamelan

Week 3 - Lecture: Musical Instruments and Global Exchange

  • Tutorial: Indonesian Gamelan

Week 4 - Lecture: Organology in a Global Context: The Guitar as an Example

  • Tutorial: Assignment Preparation - Literature Review

Week 5 - Introducing Indian Music

  • Tutorial: Indian Music

Week 6 - Traditions and Genres: Classical, Folk and Indigenous

  • Tutorial: Indian Music

Week 7 - Guest Lecture - Denis Crowdy

  • Tutorial: Indian Music

Week 8 - Introducing Latin Music

  • Tutorial: Latin and/or Choral Works

Week 9 - The World of K-Pop (The lecture this week will be recorded online)

  • Tutorial: Assignment Preparation - Essay and Creative Task (All tutorials this week will be online - watch for announcements on iLearn)

Week 10 - Paradigms of Commodification - Selling Music around the Globe: Festivals of Music in Australia and around the Globe

  • Tutorial: Latin and/or Choral Works

Week 11 - 'World Music' and Commodification in the 'Old World' Paradigm compared with the New Global Streaming Context

  • Tutorial: Latin and/or Choral Works

Weeks 12/13: No classes - Project Work

 

Policies and Procedures

Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://policies.mq.edu.au). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:

Students seeking more policy resources can visit Student Policies (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/policies). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.

To find other policies relating to Teaching and Learning, visit Policy Central (https://policies.mq.edu.au) and use the search tool.

Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/admin/other-resources/student-conduct

Results

Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au

Academic Integrity

At Macquarie, we believe academic integrity – honesty, respect, trust, responsibility, fairness and courage – is at the core of learning, teaching and research. We recognise that meeting the expectations required to complete your assessments can be challenging. So, we offer you a range of resources and services to help you reach your potential, including free online writing and maths support, academic skills development and wellbeing consultations.

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The Writing Centre

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Unit information based on version 2023.01R of the Handbook