Last modified: 05 Oct 2023 08:46
In the popular imagination, Spain invokes a number of alluring stereotypes: sun, sand, passion, and flamenco. In this course, students will be encouraged to look beyond these dominant stereotypes. Co-taught by lecturers in music, FVC and Spanish, students will explore how music, film and visual culture can reveal deep-seated tensions regarding national identity, politics and cultural representations of Spain throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course introduces students to different cultural identities and representations in and of Spain in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In particular, it focuses on the relationship between music, film and visual culture, nationalism and politics, where students will examine the various ways in which ‘Spanish-ness’ has been represented, performed and negotiated at different historical and political moments. In the popular imagination, Spain invokes a number of alluring stereotypes: sun, sand, passion, and flamenco. Students will be encouraged to look beyond these dominant stereotypes, exploring how music, film and visual culture can reveal deep-seated tensions regarding national identity, politics and cultural representations of Spain.
Adopting an interdisciplinary approach (music, film and visual culture, music and Spanish cultural studies), the course will be structured in five thematic blocks:
The course will examine how cultural representations of Spanish-ness in twentieth and twenty-first century Spain have been used to articulate critical portrayals of Spanish society. Students will study the ways in which these representations relate to social and political developments, such as the tourism boom in Spain from the 19th century, the Civil War (1936-39), the Franco dictatorship (1939-75), the transition to democracy (1975 onwards), and 21st century debates around national identity, race and migration
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 14 | Feedback Weeks | 15,16 | |
| Feedback |
By week 7 students will need to prepare an academic poster. The purpose of an academic poster is to introduce a research topic using images, text and bibliography. This could lead to the next and final essay, helping students to shape the topic, methodology and practicalities of it beforehand. Written feedback to students will be provided following submission of the poster. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Understand | To study the role of contemporary music, film and visual culture in actively shaping wider socio-cultural debates in twentieth- and twenty-first century Spain. |
| Procedural | Analyse | To analyse visual and theoretical approaches to identity, race, authenticity, nostalgia and heritage, as applied to specific music, art and visual genres and cultures from Spain. |
| Procedural | Create | To develop skills in creating informative posters and video-audio essays, and to present, reflect on and critique materials learnt throughout the course. |
| Reflection | Apply | To develop a sensitivity towards cultural and social identities and their different historical manifestations and representations. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 18 | Feedback Weeks | 21 | |
| Feedback |
The video essay or video podcast will be a maximum of 7 minutes long and will be accompanied by a written reflection of around 1500 words. Written feedback will be provided up to three weeks following the submission. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Understand | To study the role of contemporary music, film and visual culture in actively shaping wider socio-cultural debates in twentieth- and twenty-first century Spain. |
| Procedural | Analyse | To analyse visual and theoretical approaches to identity, race, authenticity, nostalgia and heritage, as applied to specific music, art and visual genres and cultures from Spain. |
| Procedural | Create | To develop skills in creating informative posters and video-audio essays, and to present, reflect on and critique materials learnt throughout the course. |
| Reflection | Apply | To develop a sensitivity towards cultural and social identities and their different historical manifestations and representations. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 8,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,17,18 | Feedback Weeks | 39,40 | |
| Feedback |
Tutorial leaders will provide informal feedback midway through the course with the final grade at the end of the course. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Understand | To study the role of contemporary music, film and visual culture in actively shaping wider socio-cultural debates in twentieth- and twenty-first century Spain. |
| Procedural | Analyse | To analyse visual and theoretical approaches to identity, race, authenticity, nostalgia and heritage, as applied to specific music, art and visual genres and cultures from Spain. |
| Procedural | Create | To develop skills in creating informative posters and video-audio essays, and to present, reflect on and critique materials learnt throughout the course. |
| Reflection | Apply | To develop a sensitivity towards cultural and social identities and their different historical manifestations and representations. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | Word Count | 4000 | ||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Understand | To study the role of contemporary music, film and visual culture in actively shaping wider socio-cultural debates in twentieth- and twenty-first century Spain. |
| Reflection | Apply | To develop a sensitivity towards cultural and social identities and their different historical manifestations and representations. |
| Procedural | Analyse | To analyse visual and theoretical approaches to identity, race, authenticity, nostalgia and heritage, as applied to specific music, art and visual genres and cultures from Spain. |
| Procedural | Create | To develop skills in creating informative posters and video-audio essays, and to present, reflect on and critique materials learnt throughout the course. |
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