MH
4.0Reviewed Feb 10, 2017
very good course! doesn't go into too much depth but is an excellent starting point!
very useful for advancing my career and deepen my understanding on the topic.
The Importance and Power of Music in our Society
Music plays an important role in our daily lives and is woven into the fabric of society. We listen to music while alone or in company, in a dance club or at home, through simple headphones or via high-end speakers, as background or as foreground, after we get up or before we go to bed. Music accompanies us when we are traveling, doing sports, shopping, working or relaxing. This omnipresence of music raises several questions: how does music affect our lives? What is the relation between the society we live in and the role, function, and position of music within that society? How is music influenced by and does music influence social, political, economic, technological, and multiple other developments? Do these questions trigger you? Music and Society provides a thorough introduction to the various ways in which music and society are connected through engaging lectures, insightful interviews, challenging assignments, interesting readings, and of course a lot of musical examples. The course aims at increasing your insights on where, how and why we listen to music, how music contributes to shaping our identity, how music forms, expresses, and subverts political ideas, and how music affects our norms and values.
Status: Psychology
Status: Sociology
BeginnerCourse19 hours
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PS
5.0Reviewed Jan 22, 2024
This course turned out to be so much more than I expected! Thank you for creating it and sharing it with the public! It was a real pleasure going through this course.
TR
5.0Reviewed Jan 25, 2018
A very good eye opener towards to music and it's relationship to the society
PL
5.0Reviewed Oct 11, 2020
I really enjoyed participating this course. Interesting lectures, fascinating interviews and challenging exercises! Thank you!
IF
5.0Reviewed Mar 17, 2017
very useful for advancing my career and deepen my understanding on the topic.
AL
4.0Reviewed Jul 1, 2023
I enjoyed this class - however, it was rather a lengthy process to have someone grade my paper. enjoyable class with lots of good information.
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Iman Fattah
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Reviewed Mar 17, 2017Pieter Leendertse
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Reviewed Oct 11, 2020I really enjoyed participating this course. Interesting lectures, fascinating interviews and challenging exercises! Thank you!
Theja Buddhika Rodrigo
5.0
Reviewed Jan 25, 2018A very good eye opener towards to music and it's relationship to the society
lillykainz
5.0
Reviewed Mar 11, 2017I liked this course very much because it was very interesting because it analyzed music from so different and for me, new perspectives. The idea of music as omnipresent, music as a character factor in education or Bildung, and the relation of ethics and music, really broaded my scope. I strongly recommend it !!
melih can toygu
5.0
Reviewed Aug 22, 2023A very well-prepared, cleanly narrated course with exquisite examples. It was one of the most satisfying courses I have taken from Coursera. It is unique that they show the place of music and art in social life from a professional point of view.
Rodrigo López
5.0
Reviewed May 29, 2019A very interesting course that deals with different dimensions of music. It will make you think about how music influences your life and the society where you live in, bringing up interesting questions.
Irma Rakhmanova
5.0
Reviewed Mar 7, 2019Wonderful learning experience: a bunch of complex themes bring with thoughtfulness and accuracy, many examples and sourses. It was great to have this course, thank you!
Polina Schaefer
5.0
Reviewed Jan 23, 2024This course turned out to be so much more than I expected! Thank you for creating it and sharing it with the public! It was a real pleasure going through this course.
Jean-Vincent
5.0
Reviewed Mar 27, 2018I really liked the course, it broadened my perspective with regard to music appreciation and that was exactly what I was looking for.
Juan Pablo Llobet Vallejos
5.0
Reviewed Jan 11, 2021This course is an excelent introduction to topics related to the interaction of music and society. Highly recommended.
Senga69
5.0
Reviewed Jan 12, 2017Very interesting point of view about our society.
One of the best course I ever took !
Christian Casabón
5.0
Reviewed Mar 29, 2024Lots of new information, great knowledge to be acquiered. Completely recommended
Franber Candia
5.0
Reviewed Feb 16, 2017Learned a lot!
DO DINH CUONG
5.0
Reviewed Nov 25, 2023great
Angelina Wong
4.0
Reviewed Feb 13, 2017The interviews are excellent; this is a very thought-provoking class. However, all of the assignments are written, and there is one very week. Might not be the ideal workload for busy people, but the lectures are worth taking the course.
Johanna Paola Vargas Núñez
4.0
Reviewed Mar 6, 2019It's a very good experience. I learn and enjoy a lot. It's easy enough and hard enough for whom wants to explore the complex relation between culture and society.
Amy Leamon-Buckner
4.0
Reviewed Jul 2, 2023I enjoyed this class - however, it was rather a lengthy process to have someone grade my paper. enjoyable class with lots of good information.
Miriam Hill
4.0
Reviewed Feb 11, 2017very good course! doesn't go into too much depth but is an excellent starting point!
Joy Smith
4.0
Reviewed Feb 3, 2017Has some quite interesting ideas.
Josué Benjamín García Ortiz
4.0
Reviewed Jul 9, 2021Excellent Course