MUS 17.01 Sonic Landscapes
This experimental interdisciplinary course explores the intersection of ethnography and art as means of documenting how humans interact with landscape and soundscape in some of the earth’s most extreme environments. Examples are drawn from music and sound art, field recordings, film, photography, writing, and emerging multimedia practices, with a focus on the “cross-breeding” of documentary media and methodologies that are mutually enriching. In addition to reading, writing, listening, and viewing assignments, students will conduct their own empirical exploration of the interrelationship of landscape and soundscape through a self-designed audiovisual project. Throughout the course, students will be challenged to develop their own critical, creative, and sensorial understanding of the relationship of nature and culture, and of the relevance of artistic practice to the human sciences.
Instructor
Levin, Casas