Musicological Topic with Performance and Production
Course content
What is a voice, and what does its sound convey? What are the means by which we recognize and distinguish between individual voices? What can be made of our inclination to draw conclusions about a person’s identity and body based on the sound of their voice? In other words, how does the voice figure in our perception of gender, sexuality, race, class, nationality, age, ability, etc.? How does the voice shape our perception of emotion, authenticity, and credibility in a speaker or singer? How does technology unsettle and/or reinforce some of these associations and essentialisms? Can a voice exist and signify without sound? This course introduces the interdisciplinary field of voice studies by exploring the nature and politics of vocality in diverse cultural and musical contexts, while rethinking basic assumptions about the voice, its implicit role in systems of power, and its foundational role in music.
Key Topics of Investigation:
- The voice as metaphor for subjectivity, agency, collectivity, and political power
- The role of the voice in the socio-cultural construction and perception of identity and difference
- The role of voice in the perception of emotional, psychological, and bodily states
- The technological mediation of voice
- Non-hegemonic perspectives including disabled, deaf, trans, and decolonial vocalities
Musicology
Undervisningen foregår som en afveksling mellem forelæsninger, projektarbejde og praktisk undervisning i performance og/eller produktion.
Sally Sanford, “Voice,” s.v. Oxford Music Online, December 2014.
Roland Barthes, "The Grain of the Voice," Image, Music, Text, translated by Stephen Heath (New York: Hill & Wang, 1977), 179-89.
Nina Eidsheim and Katherine Meizel, "Introduction: Voice Studies Now," in The Oxford Handbook of Voice Studies, edited by Eidsheim and Meizel (Oxford University Press, 2019, xxiii-xxxii.
Katherine Meizel, “A Powerful Voice: Investigating Vocality and Identity,” Voice and Speech Review 7/1 (2011): 267-274.
Amanda Weidman, "Voice" in Keywords in Sound, edited by David Novak and Matt Sakakeeny (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2015), 232-245.
- ECTS
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
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Oral examination, Fri mundtlig prøve, 30 min inkl. votering.
- Type of assessment details
- Materialet og performance-/produktionsdelen af eksamen vægter
samlet med 1/3 i bedømmelsen.
Gruppebestemmelser: Prøven kan aflægges individuelt eller som gruppeprøve (maks. 3 studerende) med individuel bedømmelse. Ved gruppeprøve er omfanget: 45 minutter (2 studerende), 60 minutter (3 studerende). Hver eksaminand skal varetage en selvstændig del af præsentationen. Den aktive undervisningsdeltagelse kan aflægges i grupper på op til 3 studerende. Omfanget er da ca. 30 minutter (2 studerende) eller ca. 40 minutter (3 studerende).
Prøve ved ikke-godkendt aktiv undervisningsdeltagelse: Prøveform: Fri mundtlig prøve med materiale. Omfang: 30 minutter inkl. votering. Materialet består af handouts eller repræsentationer baseret på digitale formidlingsformer samt en skriftlig fremlæggelse på 8-10 normalsider på baggrund af et emne aftalt med eksaminator. - Examination prerequisites
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Aktiv undervisningsdeltagelse der består af en godkendt, mundtlig fremlæggelse inden for kursets tema. Fremlæggelsen har et omfang af ca. 20 minutter. Aktiv undervisningsdeltagelse godkendes af den kursusansvarlige underviser.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
For regler om generativ kunstig intelligens, se Studieinformation.
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Re-exam
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Samme som den ordinære prøve ved ikke-godkendt aktiv undervisningsdeltagelse.
Criteria for exam assessment
Se målbeskrivelse
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 42
- Preparation
- 294
- Exam
- 84
- English
- 420
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
Partially in Danish
- Course number
- HMVB00710U
- ECTS
- 15 ECTS
- Programme level
- Bachelor
Master’s minor subject
- Duration
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1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedulegroup
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- Capacity
- 35
- Studyboard
- Study board of Arts and Cultural Studies
Contracting department
- Department of Arts and Cultural Studies
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
Course Coordinator
- Jessica Allison Holmes (14-6c6775756b6563306a716e6f6775426a776f306d7730666d)
Teacher
Jessica, Allison Holmes
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