Voice and Identity (MUNM 24400, TR 1:10 – 2:35, taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology Eugenia Siegel Conte) bridges fields of scholarship in affect, sound, and embodiment, and introduces practical applications such as vocal imitation, games, and experimentation, encouraging students to develop their skill sets and interrogate personal understandings of space, self, and other. Rigorous weekly readings and student-driven creative singing/speaking projects in response to course themes are bolstered by brief lectures at the beginning of each class. Including scholarship drawn from BIPOC and Indigenous scholars, this course investigates how vocality is tied to hegemonies of oppression, yet is also used for dissent, cultural creation/preservation, and reclamation of body, community, faith, and ethics. 3 credits.
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