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This course explores music’s relationship to place. Grounded in concepts of the music scene, cultural geography, psychogeography, and cultural policy, as well as music ecosystems and music cities literature, it examines the structure and function of place-based music industries and scenes, the ways in which music is leveraged in city planning, place activation, heritage, and tourism strategies and the urban governance and regulation of such activities. Its primary focus is contemporary music.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course presents an exploration of the relationship between music and place as it is perceived and applied through music scene theory, cultural geography and psychogeography theories, the emergent music ecosystems concept and music cities literature. Primarily focused on contemporary music activity, it examines the ways in which music and music-related activities occur within place-based contexts, including how music is being increasingly leveraged in city planning, place activation, heritage, and tourism strategies. In turn it examines the social, cultural, and economic impacts of music activities and how these contribute to broader labour markets in place-based contexts. Students will be presented with a range of applied case studies from diverse locations around the world.
Students will explore key place-based musical movements from the past 70 years, considering their impact and ongoing legacy, while also exploring place as a source of inspiration as evidenced in the work of artists and songs of note. They will examine the structure and application of music city frameworks (including the UNESCO City of Music designation), the ways in which music activities can be leveraged in place activation strategies (including but not limited to music festivals and sound art installations) and site-specific tourism strategies. The showcasing of music within traditional and non-traditional museum and exhibition spaces will also be explored, as will the ways in which music activities and sites of note (such as venues and recording studios) constitute a form of cultural heritage. The urban governance and related regulation of place-based music activities will also be examined, with a particular focus on the ways in which it permits and/ or restricts activities in live music venues, rehearsal spaces and recoding studios.
Students will be provided with opportunities to consider and reflect on how they engage with music scenes as fans and/ or music practitioners, as well as to examine the significance of specific sites of note (such as recording studios and live music venues), the ways in which place is referenced literally and metaphorically in songs, the application of creative and cultural cities initiatives such as the music cities framework.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 41 | Feedback Weeks | 44 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback to be provided within three weeks of submission. |
Word Count | 3000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Evaluate | Students will be able to critically evaluate the application of place activation strategies as they sit across music cities, heritage and tourism initiatives in specific locations. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Students will be able to critically evaluate the application of formal music city frameworks in specific locations. |
| Reflection | Understand | Students will be able to understand the ways in which music is intertwined with place across creative, cultural, economic and heritage perspectives. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 31 | Feedback Weeks | 34 | |
| Feedback |
Students are to write a 750-word reflective report on their role and/ or engagement with their local music scene. Written feedback to be provided within three weeks of submission. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Reflection | Evaluate | Students will be able to evaluate their own engagement with music scenes and industries as fans and/ or practitioners. |
| Reflection | Understand | Students will be able to understand the ways in which music is intertwined with place across creative, cultural, economic and heritage perspectives. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 37 | Feedback Weeks | 40 | |
| Feedback |
Duration: 8-10 minutes |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Evaluate | Students will be able to critically evaluate the application of place activation strategies as they sit across music cities, heritage and tourism initiatives in specific locations. |
| Reflection | Understand | Students will be able to understand the ways in which music is intertwined with place across creative, cultural, economic and heritage perspectives. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Evaluate | Students will be able to critically evaluate the application of formal music city frameworks in specific locations. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Students will be able to evaluate their own engagement with music scenes and industries as fans and/ or practitioners. |
| Reflection | Understand | Students will be able to understand the ways in which music is intertwined with place across creative, cultural, economic and heritage perspectives. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Students will be able to critically evaluate the application of place activation strategies as they sit across music cities, heritage and tourism initiatives in specific locations. |
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