Learning objectives
Provide the students with an overview of the interdisciplinary encounter between geography, soundscapes and music, together with suggestions about didactic uses of this research field
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
"Geography and music: the acoustic dimension as a source of geographical knowledge".
The course will investigate the relationships between soundscapes and geographical knowledge. The interest of human geography towards soundscapes has a fruitful interdisciplinary encounter with the musicological studies regarding the spatial dimension of sounds and the interpretation of music inspired by specific geographical areas. The course will offer an overview of the main approaches of geography to soundscapes. Together with a theoretical overview of this interdisciplinary field, a few specific case studies related to the relationships between composers, places and geographical imageries will be discussed in class, with a particular reference to the German Romantic period.
Full programme
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Bibliography
A. MINIDIO, I suoni del mondo. Studi geografici sul paesaggio sonoro, Milan, Guerini, 2005
A collection of xeroxes of articles and book chapters available at the copy center situated in Bogro delle Colonne, 9, near the University premises of Borgo Carissimi.
Teaching methods
Lectures, Power Point presentations, musical listenings, lectures by guest speakers
Assessment methods and criteria
- Oral exam
- A short written paper (between 8,000 and 12,000 characters spaces included) regarding a classical music piece from the Romantic period. The student will present a geographically oriented reading and comment of the composition (landscapes and places that provided artistic inspiration, references to specific national musical schools, the role of popular music in the melodic or harmonic development, etc.). The short paper must be sent by email to the course teacher at least ten days before the scheduled exam.
Other information
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