106-057 From Rock to Rave: Cultural Formations

Usually fifty points of first year arts including at least 25 points from a specified list of cultural studies approved subject areas.

This subject provides an overview of cultural studies' approaches to contemporary popular music. Students will be introduced to the interdisciplinary traditions of scholarship that have emerged in the study of popular music's relationship to its sociocultural contexts. The subject will also provide students with the analytical skills and methodological confidence to undertake small-scale studies of contemporary musical practices. Topics will include youth subcultures; postmodern sensibilities in rock; Australian musical production; the music industry; contemporary Aboriginal music; world music; and music-video.

• have advanced research and analytic skills;

• show critical and ethical self-awareness;

• have the ability to develop and communicate effective argument in both oral and written form;

All students will be required to give a formal 10-minute class presentation during one tutorial, and submit an essay of 1200 words 30% (due mid-semester) and an essay of 2800 words 70% (due at the end of semester).

A subject reader will be available from the University Bookshop.