Week I (06/21-06/24)

Welcome to the class!

Tasks to get started:

• Watch introductory video
• Sign up for a hypothes.is account (Note: Register for our annotation group with this link.)
• Sign up for a CUNY Commons account (Note: You will need access to your CUNY student email account to sign up for a Commons account.)
• Add your preferred email address to this list

Read:

• “Living With Music” by Ralph Ellison

Due

• Annotations to reading
• Short blog post introducing yourself

Week II (06/28-07/01)

Part I

Read:

• “A Bolt from the Blue: Sudden Musicophilia” by Oliver Sacks

Due:

• Blog Post #1
• Respond to at least one of your classmates’ blog posts
• Annotations

Part II

Read:

• “The Menace of Mechanical Music” by John Philip Sousa
• “100 Years Ago, ‘Crazy Blues’ Sparked a Revolution for Black Women Fans” by Daphne Brooks (Link for annotating the article)
• “100 Years Ago, ‘Crazy Blues’ Sparked a Revolution for Black Women Fans” by Daphne Brooks (NYT Link-includes YouTube links for the songs Brooks discusses)

Due:

• Paper 1 (submit by 07/07)
• Annotations

Week III

Part I

Read:

• “Headspace” from The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World by Damon Krukowski
• “The Walkman, Forty Years On” by Matt Alt

Due:

• Annotations

Part II

Read:

• “Jazz” by Eric Porter
• “Rock” by Daphne Brooks
• “Hip Hop” by Damon Chandru Sajnani
• “Reggaeton” by Mark Redondo Villegas

Due:

• Annotations
• Blog Post #2

Week IV

Part I

Read:

• “In the Empire of the Beat” by Walter Hughes

Due:

• Annotations

Part II

Due:

• Blog post #3
• Respond to one other person’s post

Week V

Part I

• Paper 2

Part II

Due:

• Blog post #4
• Respond to one other person’s post

Week VI

Due:

• Paper 2

 

Final Projects

• Last day to complete weekly assignments 08/01
• Final Projects due 08/09