COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MUSIC, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE: ELECTRICAL AND DIGITAL AGES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZB 5046 MUSIC, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE: ELECTRICAL AND DIGITAL AGES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Musicology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI CENK GEDIK

Offered to

Musicology

Course Objective

This course introduces students to the study of music and technology within the context of musicology and ethnomusicology disciplines and popular music studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students who succeeded in this course will be able to; describe the technology as a political, economical and cultural multi-dimensional process which operates through the application of it in storage, distribution and production,
2   describe the technology by using basic concepts and theories of cultural and science studies within the context of music studies,
3   grasp the various approaches toward music technology within musicology, ethnomusicology and popular music studies,
4   grasp the fundamentals of musical technology
5   recognize that this course provides not only educational setting, but also serves as a collaborative learning experience.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Technology as a political, economical and cultural process
2 Music technologies before the mechanical age
3 Technologies of musical instruments Electrical and digital age
4 Technologies of music storage Electrical and digital age
5 Technologies of musical performance Electrical and digital age
6 Technologies of music listening Electrical and digital age
7 Approaches to technology in cultural studies Electrical and digital age
8 Science and technology studies Electrical and digital age
9 Approaches to technology in musicology and ethnomusicology Electrical and digital age
10 Approaches to technology in popular music studies Electrical and digital age
11 Application of technology in music research Electrical and digital age
12 Midterm
13 Presentations of students
14 Presentations of students

Recomended or Required Reading

Bates, Eliot. 2013. Popular Music Studies and the Problems of Sound, Society and Method. iaspm@journal 3 (2) http://dx.doi.org/10.5429/2079-3871(2013)v3i2.2en (accessed 14 February 2011).
Bijsterveld, Karen and Jose van Dijck. 2009. Sound Souvenirs: Audio Technologies, Memory and Cultural Practices. Amsterdam University Press.
D'escriva´n, Julio. 2012. Music Technology, New York: Cambridge University Press.
Erlmann, Veit. 2004. Hearing Cultures: Essays on Sound, Listening, and Modernity. Oxford: Berg.
Fletcher, Neville H. and Thomas D. Rossingi. 1998. The Physics of Musical Instruments (2nd edn.). New York: Springer-Verlag.
Gedik, Ali C. 2015. Engel(s)siz Marksizm: Marksizmde Iki Kültür Problemine dair bir Müzik Bilimcinin düşünceleri. Ali C. Gedik, ed., Bilim Üzerine Marksist Tartışmalar: Marksizm ve Iki Kültür. s. 95-138. Istanbul: Bilim ve Gelecek Yayınevi.
Katz, Mark. 2004. Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Sterne, Jonathan. 2003. The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Taylor, Timothy. 2001. Strange Sounds: Music, Technology and Culture. London and New York: Routledge.
Thompson, Emily. 2002. The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America 1900 -1930. Cambridge: MIT Press,.
Turino, Thomas. 2008. Music as Social Life: The Politics of Participation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Zagorski-Thomas, Simon. 2014. The Musicology of Record Production. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course is introduced to the student by presentation of fundamental concepts and theories on music technology within the context of musicology, ethnomusicology and popular music studies. These concepts and theories are discussed based on case studies as presented in the relevant literature.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + PAR * 0.10 + FCG * 0.30
6 RST RESIT
7 RST RESIT


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Course assessment criteria are specified in the course assessment methods/plans.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

%70 attendance is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cenk.gedik(at)gmail.com

Office Hours

Monday: 10.00-12.00
Friday: 13.30-15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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