1977 in Twelve Records

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Music is magic. It connects us to our local and global histories, socializes us to aesthetic and political values, and helps us to (re)produce our personal identities - often without us being aware of it. Music is magic, and 1977 was a good year for music. In this seminar we will engage with critical considerations of just twelve influential records with the aim of informing our understanding of developments in popular culture, recording technology, reception histories, regional scenes, and national political movements - all while contributing to your general cultural knowledge and your record collection. A communication intensive course, we will have multiple opportunities to draft and workshop written responses via in-class peer-review and instructor feedback. Counts as a Communication Intensive course.