ID:
502055
Duration (hours):
42
CFU:
6
SSD:
MUSICOLOGIA E STORIA DELLA MUSICA
Located in:
CREMONA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (29/09/2025 - 23/01/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The fundamental educational goals are: • promoting the knowledge of the fundamental themes in the sociology of music, and the understanding of the relationships between music and society; • applying the acquired knowledge to develop extended discourses and texts about the main problems in the sociology of music; • enhancing the communication skills by using appropriate words, confronting different perspectives and putting in historical context arguments and claims; • promoting learning skills and autonomous judgments in the individual study of the primary and secondary literature of the field. • understanding social gender dynamics in order to promote the achievement of the goal 5 of the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development: gender equality. • understanding good practices about the social function of music to promote the achievement of the goal 10 of the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development: reduce inequality
Course Prerequisites
A good knowledge of the history of modern philosophy at a high school level, acquired through school attendance or self-education, is required.
Teaching Methods
Lectures followed by a seminar and a tutorial about qualitative research methods.
Assessment Methods
Learning assessment: oral examination to check the achievement of the educational goals. The topics of the examination are the contents of the learning materials. Before the oral examination, students are invited to deliver a short paper. The topic should be discussed previously with the teacher. The assessment of the paper contributes to 20% of the final score. The final evaluation is grounded on the level of understanding and the richness of details in presenting a topic, as well as on the capability to integrate the achieved knowledge.
Texts
Course materials – L. SAVONARDO, Sociologia della musica: la costruzione sociale del suono dalle tribù al digitale, Torino, UTET, 2010. Suggested, but not mandatory: –The Routledge Reader on the Sociology, ed. by J. Shepherd -and K. Devine, New York – Abingdon, Routledge, 2015. - M. CARDANO e L. GARIGLIO, Metodi qualitativi. Pratiche di ricerca in presenza, a distanza e ibride, Roma, Carocci 2022. In addition, two of the following articles: N. COOK, Digital Technology and Cultural Practice, in N. Cook, M.M. Ingalls, D. Trippett, (eds) The Cambridge Companion to Music in Digital Culture, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019, pp. 5-28. I. CROSS, Music in the Digital Age: Commodity, Community, Communion, in AI & SOCIETY, 38, 2023, pp. 2387–2400. P. SANDEN, Rethinking Liveness in the Digital Age. In N. Cook, M. Ingalls, and D. Trippett (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Music in Digital Culture, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019, pp. 178-192. M. SCHERZINGER, Toward a History of Digital Music: New Technologies, Business Practices and Intellectual Property Regimes, in: N. Cook, M.M. Ingalls, D. Trippett, (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Music in Digital Culture, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019, pp. 33-57. M. SCHERZINGER, The Political Economy of Streaming, in: N. Cook, M.M. Ingalls, D. Trippett, (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Music in Digital Culture, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019, pp. 274-297.
Contents
The course is divided into two parts. Part one introduces to key concepts and texts of general sociology and sociology of music in the 20th century (Weber, Simmel, Durkheim, Adorno, Bourdieu, Becker, De Nora, Born). Special attention will be devoted to gender dynamics and the social causes of inequality in education to promote the achievement of goals 5 and 10 of the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development: gender equality and reduced inequality. Part two focuses on the impact of digital mediation on production and listening social practices.
Course Language
Italian
More information
One week before the exam, it is mandatory to send a paper. Guidelines are available on Kiro. POLICY FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS Students who cannot attend lessons for justified reasons will be able to use the recordings of the classes available via a link uploaded on Kiro. They are invited to email the teacher at the course's beginning. Upon request, the teacher is available to grant additional receptions outside of working hours, in person or online, to students authorized to benefit from inclusive teaching. Any useful materials for inclusive teaching will be recommended during the interviews and subsequently uploaded to Kiro.
Degrees
Degrees (2)
MUSICOLOGY
Master’s Degree
2 years
MUSICOLOGY
Master’s Degree
2 years
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