School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsWorld MusicWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 102762.1
Discipline: MUSIC
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
A basic understanding of music notation.
Equivalent Units
101084 - Contemporary Arts 3: Politics and Communities, 101528 - Modes and Codes of Music Production, 102552 - The Politics of Australian Music
About this Unit
This unit examines music from diverse cultures, such as African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, Asian, and the Australia-Oceania region, focusing on the performance, production, and transmission of contemporary fusion music. It explores the cultural-political ways in which the West represents world music as a commodity and considers how the music is inflected with notions of identity, modernity, globalisation, displacement and migration. It charts the ways in which, as a social practice, world music engages politics to promote change, giving voice to marginalised groups. Students will have the opportunity to perform selected rhythms from different cultures. Additionally, they will learn elements of music theory that pertain to the cultures studied in the unit.
Courses| 1651.7 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) | CONTINUING |
| 1651.8 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) | CURRENT |
| 1655.8 | Bachelor of Arts (Dean's Scholars) | CONTINUING |
| 1655.9 | Bachelor of Arts (Dean's Scholars) | CURRENT |
| 1659.4 | Bachelor of Music | CONTINUING |
| 1659.5 | Bachelor of Music | CURRENT |
| 1696.4 | Bachelor of Communication | CURRENT |
| 1706.3 | Bachelor of Arts | CONTINUING |
| 1706.4 | Bachelor of Arts | CURRENT |
| 1708.3 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth - 5/Birth - 12) | CONTINUING |
| 1708.5 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth - 5/Birth - 12) | CURRENT |
| 1736.2 | Bachelor of Communication (Dean's Scholars) | CURRENT |
| 1738.2 | Bachelor of Music (Dean's Scholars) | CONTINUING |
| 1738.3 | Bachelor of Music (Dean's Scholars) | CURRENT |
| 1808.2 | Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Science | CONTINUING |
| 1808.3 | Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Science | CURRENT |
| 1818.2 | Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business | CONTINUING |
| 1818.3 | Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business | CONTINUING |
| 1818.4 | Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business | CURRENT |
| 1822.1 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) Dean's Scholars | CONTINUING |
| 1822.2 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) Dean's Scholars | CONTINUING |
| 1822.3 | Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) Dean's Scholars | CURRENT |
| 1841.1 | Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Creative Industries | CONTINUING |
| 1841.2 | Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Creative Industries | CURRENT |
| 1842.1 | Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Creative Industries | CONTINUING |
| 1842.2 | Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Creative Industries | CURRENT |
| 3654.3 | Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology/Bachelor of Arts | CURRENT |
| 6005.1 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts | CONTINUING |
| 6005.2 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts | CONTINUING |
| 6005.3 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts | CURRENT |
| 6017.3 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth-5/Birth-12) | CONTINUING |
| 6017.4 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth-5/Birth-12) | CURRENT |
| 6019.1 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) | CONTINUING |
| 6019.2 | Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) | CURRENT |
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