Instructor: Leslie Tilley

Email: tilley@mit.edu

Class sessions: Fridays, 2:00-5:00 pm, World Music Room (N52-199)

Office Hours: after class and/or by request

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Description

Provides an introduction to the fascinating, intricate music of Indonesia with a special focus on Bali. Students explore diverse musical traditions, engaging deeply with musical structures and techniques through analysis, composition, and extensive hands-on music-making. They also study the music's cultural, political, and historical significance through listening, reading, class discussion, and creative, open-ended projects.

292 Preliminary Syllabus S2022

292 In-Class Facilitation

292 Facilitation Sign-Up S2022

292 Term Project S2022

292 Community Engagement Agreement

TBD

Unit Module Links

Module Link	Date	Weekly Topic	Assignments Due
Week 1	Feb. 4	Course Beginnings	Resources
Week 2	Feb. 11	An Introduction to Bali and its Exoticization	Resources, Discussion Forum
Week 3	Feb. 18	Ethnomusicology, Coloniality, and the Ethics of Representation	Preliminary Project Proposal, Resources, Discussion Forum
Week 4	Feb. 25	Kebalian: Music and Balinese Identity(ies)	Resources, Discussion Forum
Week 5	Mar. 4	Some Basic Principles of Balinese Gamelan	Resources, Music and Analysis Forum
Week 6	Mar. 11	Noise and Cosmology (with I Putu Tangkas Adi Hiranmayena)	Mini Composition 1 (moved from last week for snow day), Revised Proposal and Research Plan (for peer review), Resources, Discussion Forum, Questions for Putu
Week 7	Mar. 18	Music, Money, and Power: Large-Scale Social and Musical Structures	Final Proposal and Research Plan, Resources, Discussion Forum, Music and Analysis Forum
Week 8	Apr. 1	Music and Dance (with Dewa Ayu Eka Putri)	Resources, Music and Analysis Forum, Questions for Ayu Eka
Week 9	Apr. 8	Music and Storytelling	Mini Analysis 1, Resources, Discussion Forum
Week 10	Apr. 15	Music and Gender	Resources, Discussion Forum
Week 11	Apr. 22	Owning the Narrative: Cultural Tourism, Cross-Cultural Influence, and Kebalian	Mini Analysis 2, Resources, Discussion Forum
Week 12	Apr. 29	Balinese Music and the West: Inspiration, Appropriation, Collaboration, Reclamation	Mini Composition 2, Resources, Discussion Forum
Week 13	May 6	Term Project Presentations	Lightning Talks and Term Projects