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Music and Silence
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:11.03.2024 14:17:14
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_171 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Social Anthropology | Target Audience: | Sociology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Klāvs Sedlenieks | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Bachelor's degree in a social, cultural or artistic discipline. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop students' understanding of the anthropology of music and prepare them for research on musical processes and their socio-cultural contexts, providing knowledge of music as a form of non-verbal communication. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Course and Industry Description. Introduction: Music as communication. The concept of music. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Acoustic biocommunication. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Silence. Types and functions. Cultural specificity of silence. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Silence and sound environment. Basic types of soundscapes. Ecological and communicative aspects of the sound environment. Acoustic pollution. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Music features. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students are expected to study the required readings, prepare oral presentations and write papers independently. Students independently prepare for seminars using the RSU library, subscribed databases, and other digital resources. Specific assignments are updated annually and outlined on the e-learning platform. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Seminar contributions (50% of the mark) and written examination (50% of the mark). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will acquire knowledge and competence on the topics 'anthropology of music', 'forms of silence', 'silence in communication and intercultural communication', 'acoustic ecology', acquire relevant terminological apparatus and theories. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to apply the theories and terms they have learned to the analysis of musical practices and other phenomena of non-verbal acoustic communication; they will acquire the skills to research problems related to forms of acoustic communication and to present the results of such research. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Critically evaluate the theoretical and empirical material covered in this course, use it to interpret and analyse other theoretical and empirical material; apply the acquired knowledge and skills to identify and investigate current issues in acoustic communication. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Clayton, Martin, Trevor Herbert, and Richard Middleton. The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction. 2nd ed. Florence: Florence: Routledge, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203149454. | ||||||||
| 2 | Macdonald, Raymond A. R. and David J. Hargreaves, Dorothy Miell (eds.) Musical Identities. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 2002. | ||||||||
| 3 | Truax, Barry. Acoustic Communication. 2nd ed., Westport, CT: Ablex: 2001. | ||||||||
| 4 | Schafer, R. Murray. The Soundscape. Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World. Destiny, Rochester, Vermont. 1994. | ||||||||
| 5 | Böhme, Gernot. “Acoustic Atmospheres. A Contribution to the Study of Ecological Aesthetics.” Soundscape. The Journal of Acoustic Ecology. Vol. 1, No 1, spring 2000: 14–18. | ||||||||
| 6 | Copeland, Darren. “Associative Listening.” Soundscape. The Journal of Acoustic Ecology. Vol. 1, No 1, spring 2000: 23–25. | ||||||||
| 7 | Wrightson, Kendall. “An Introduction to Acoustic Ecology.” Soundscape. The Journal of Acoustic Ecology. Vol. 1, No 1, spring 2000: 10–13. | ||||||||
| 8 | Knapp, Karlfried. “Metaphorical and Interactional Uses of Silence.” In: Erfurt Electronic Studies in English. 2000, Nr. 7. | ||||||||
| 9 | Schmitz, Ulrich. „Eloquent silence.” Universität Duisburg–Essen: LINSE – Linguistik–Server Essen: 1994. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Dambis, Pauls. “Klusuma spēles jeb sarunas par neko.” Mūzikas Saule, Nr. 4, maijs: 2001: 12-14. (latviešu plūsmai) | ||||||||
| 2 | Knapp, Karlfried. “Schweigt der Finne, wenn er nichts sagt?” In: Ahti Jäntti, Marion Holtkamp, Annemarie Vogt (Hrsg.) Schweigen in Kommunikation und Kunst. Vorträge des am Finnland–Institut in Deutschland, Berlin, abgehaltenen Symposiums vom 23.–25. Mai 1996. Schriftenreihe des Finnland–Instituts in Deutschland, Berlin. Berlin: Berlin Verlag, Arno Spitz GmbH: 2001: 49–64. | ||||||||
| 3 | Lehtonen, Jaakko. “Der schweigende Finne – Mythos oder Wirklichkeit?” In: Ahti Jäntti, Marion Holtkamp, Annemarie Vogt (Hrsg.) Schweigen in Kommunikation und Kunst. Vorträge des am Finnland–Institut in Deutschland, Berlin, abgehaltenen Symposiums vom 23.–25. Mai 1996. Schriftenreihe des Finnland–Instituts in Deutschland, Berlin. Berlin: Berlin Verlag, Arno Spitz GmbH: 2001: 28-48. | ||||||||
| 4 | Mensching, Gustav. Das heilige Schweigen. Eine religionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung. Giessen: Verlag von Alfred Töpelmann: 1926. | ||||||||
| 5 | Winkler, Justin. “Landschaft hören.” In: Klanglandschaft wörtlich. Akustische Umwelt in transdisziplinärer Perspektive. Online-Publikation. Basel: Forum für Klanglandschaft, Akroma Verlag: 1999. | ||||||||
| 6 | Nettl, Bruno. The Study of Ethnomusicology. Twenty-nine Issues and Concepts. 3rd ed. Urbana, Chicago, London: University of Illinois Press: 2015. | ||||||||
| 7 | Merriam, Alan P. The Anthropology of Music. Northwestern Uiversity Press: 1964. | ||||||||
| 8 | Baker, J. Sidney. “The Theory of Silences.” The Journal of General Psychology. Experimental, Theoretical, Clinical and Historical Psychology. Vol. 53: 1955: 145–167. | ||||||||
| 9 | Niinikangas, Vese. “The Art of Silence. “Finns, damn it!”“ In: Life and Education in Finland, 1992, No 4: 22-25. | ||||||||
| 10 | Sinclair, David. “Why Americans Cannot Keep Quiet.” In: Life and Education in Finland, 1992, No 4: 27-29. | ||||||||
| 11 | Stockmann, Doris. “Perception and Valuation Processes of Music in Cross–modal Aesthetic Communication.” In: Trends and Perspectives in Musicology. Preceedings of the World Music Conference of the International Music Council October 3–5 1983. Stockholm: Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien: 1985: 35-48. | ||||||||
| 12 | Hargreaves, David J. and Adrian C. North (eds.). The Social Psychology of Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 1997: 123-140. | ||||||||
