PCA 243-MU - Musicking Futures in Malaysia

Min Units: 3
Max Units: 3
This three-week course takes place in Malaysia and is open to all Butler University students regardless of major. The course will emphasize collaborative music-making through exposure to traditional (indigenous) Malaysian and North American musics. Students and Malaysian students will critically reflect on ways in which culture and music intersect in an increasingly transcultural world, with an awareness of musical colonialism and its effects on minoritized peoples. Through development of creativity, students will co-compose a musical drama, reflecting their sociocultural and personal backgrounds. Through discourse (verbal, written, and musical) students will consider constructive strategies for inclusive and diversity-affirming relationships. (U) Summer