Music and Social Action
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Music and Social Action
Yale University
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4.5
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What is a musician’s response to the condition of the world? Do musicians have an obligation and an opportunity to serve the needs of the world with their musicianship?
At a time of crisis for the classical music profession, with a changing commercial landscape, a shrinking audience base, and a contraction in the number of professional orchestras, how does a young musician construct a career today? Are we looking at a dying art form or a moment of reinvigoration?
In this course we will develop a response to these questions, and we will explore the notion that the classical musician, the artist, is an important public figure with a critical role to play in society.
The course will include inquiry into a set of ideas in philosophy of aesthetics; a discussion about freedom, civil society, and ways that art can play a role in readying people for democracy; discussion on philosophy of education as it relates to the question of positive social change; and an exploration of musical and artistic initiatives that have been particularly focused on a positive social impact.
Guiding questions for this course inquiry will include:
- How can classical music effect social change?
- How has music made positive change in communities around the globe?
- What can the field of classical music learn from other movements for social change?
- How have educators and philosophers thought about the arts and their connection to daily contemporary life?
Each class will explore one critical question through lectures, discussions, interviews, or documentaries.
Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
1
Sección
Welcome to Music and Social Action
Learn what this course is about, who's teaching it, and other ways you can explore this topic. Meet and greet your peers as well!
2 videos (Total: 8 min), 4 readings
4 lecturas
Course Overview10m
Meet Your Instructors!10m
Readings and Resources10m
Grading and Logistics10m
2
Sección
What is Art and How Do We Experience It?
In this module, we will discuss philosophers John Dewey and Maxine Greene, and their respective views on the possibilities contained within aesthetic experiences. How can aesthetic experience meaningfully contribute to public life?
4 videos (Total: 21 min), 10 readings, 2 quizzes
4 videos
2.2 - Making and perceiving art as a human impulse7m
2.3 - The aesthetic dimension and openings6m
2.4 - Ways of seeing: how does an artistic outlook change the way we see the world?3m
10 lecturas
Dewey's Aesthetics10m
The John Dewey Society10m
(Optional) Art as Experience by John Dewey Chapters 1 and 210m
(Optional) Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change by Maxine Greene10m
The Maxine Greene Center for Aesthetic Education and Social Imagination10m
(Optional) The dialectic of freedom by Maxine Greene10m
Flow, the secret to happiness10m
(Optional) Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi10m
(Optional) The Aesthetic Dimension by Herbert Marcuse10m
The Barnes Foundation10m
1 ejercicio de práctica
What Is Art and How Do We Experience It?6m
3
Sección
Democracy and the Arts, Part 1
How can artistic and aesthetic experiences make a more engaged public? Is there a connection between individual transformative experiences with art and any broader societal impact? What is the role of the artist in a democracy?
6 videos (Total: 53 min), 6 readings, 2 quizzes
6 videos
3.2 - What is the role of the arts in a free society?1m
3.3 - Art as a way of understanding the world10m
3.4 - Civil Society and Freedom: what do we mean by freedoms in a democracy?8m
3.5 - Regard for Otherness: Maxine Greene and civil society10m
3.6 - Discussion about Dewey, Maxine Greene, conceptions of freedom and the arts17m
6 lecturas
Dream Songs: The Music of the March on Washington10m
(Optional) Art as Experience by John Dewey (Chapter 14)10m
Imagining Art + Social Change10m
Music & Civil Society: A Symphony in the Making10m
Elements of the Philosophy of Right by G.W. Hegel10m
(Optional) Civil Society: Old Images, New Visions by John Keane10m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Democracy and the Arts, Part I6m
4
Sección
Democracy and the Arts, Part II
How have we conceived of the artist's role in American society? What are examples of artists furthering civil society? How do we continually imagine fulfilling the promise of a democracy, embracing Maxine Greene's notion that it is always unfinished?
5 videos (Total: 43 min), 6 readings, 2 quizzes
5 videos
4.2 - The New Deal8m
4.3 - John F. Kennedy's ideal8m
4.4 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his dream6m
4.5 - Discussion about President Kennedy, Dr. King, social imagination17m
6 lecturas
(Optional) A people's art history of the United States: 250 years of activist art and artists working in social justice movements10m
The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project 1935-193910m
(Optional) “American Resources in the Arts” by Holger Cahill10m
Remarks by John F. Kennedy at Amherst College (audio recording and transcript)10m
(Optional) All of This Music Belongs to the Nation: The WPA’s Federal Music Project and American Society by Kenneth Bindas10m
Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have a Dream.”10m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Democracy and the Arts, Part II6m
4.5
Principales revisiones
por DO•Mar 15th 2018
This is exactly what I needed. I have upgraded from just having a passion for music to having a passion for what music can do to the society. I am a better leader. Thank you YALE, thank you Coursera!
por EP•Feb 5th 2017
I would prefer except from the peer-view assignments, that a teacher could view them also.
Instructor
Sebastian Ruth
Visiting Lecturer in Community EngagementYale School of Music
Acerca de Yale University
For more than 300 years, Yale University has inspired the minds that inspire the world. Based in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale brings people and ideas together for positive impact around the globe. A research university that focuses on students and encourages learning as an essential way of life, Yale is a place for connection, creativity, and innovation among cultures and across disciplines.
Preguntas Frecuentes
When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?
Once you enroll for a Certificate, you’ll have access to all videos, quizzes, and programming assignments (if applicable). Peer review assignments can only be submitted and reviewed once your session has begun. If you choose to explore the course without purchasing, you may not be able to access certain assignments.
What will I get if I purchase the Certificate?
When you purchase a Certificate you get access to all course materials, including graded assignments. Upon completing the course, your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
What is the refund policy?
Is financial aid available?
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