(= A MUS 385) Music, Power, and Digital Tech

Catalog description

An introduction to critical digital studies in music and gaming. Music and technology, freedom of expression and equity, sound studies and apps, are explored using inter-disciplinary thinking from ethnomusicology, feminist studies, the digital humanities, sociology, human-computer interaction, and more. A pressing, real-world ethical issue in music and/or gaming is studied each term. Making content like the people we study is a critical research method. Only one version may be taken for credit.