Competences developed in the course

Transversal Competences

CT1: Organise and plan work efficiently and in a motivating manner.

CT2: Collect, analyse, synthesise and manage relevant information appropriately.

CT3: Solve problems and make decisions that meet the objectives of the work undertaken.

CT5: Understand and use at least one foreign language in a professional context.

CT7: Use communication skills and constructive criticism in teamwork.

CT8: Develop ideas and arguments in a reasoned and critical manner.

CT14: Master research methodologies for the development of projects, ideas and viable solutions.

CT17: Contribute through professional activity to raising social awareness of the importance of cultural heritage, its impact on different areas of society and its capacity to generate meaningful values.

General Competences

CG8: Apply the most appropriate working methods to overcome the challenges encountered in individual study and collaborative musical practice.

CG10: Argue and express orally informed viewpoints on a range of musical concepts.

CG12: Demonstrate sufficient knowledge of music as a cultural phenomenon and its relationship to the evolution of aesthetic, artistic and cultural values.

CG16: Understand the social, cultural and economic context in which musical practice takes place, paying particular attention to the immediate environment while maintaining awareness of its global dimension.

CG17: Be familiar with a range of musical styles and practices that enable an understanding of one’s own field of activity within a broader cultural context and contribute to its enrichment.

CG23: Value musical creation as the act of giving sonic form to rich and complex structural thought.

CG26: Be able to relate one’s own musical activity to other disciplines within the sciences and humanities, the arts in general and other musical disciplines in particular, enriching professional practice through a multidisciplinary perspective.

Learning outcomes (general objectives)

1. Identify the principal geographical areas in relation to musical practices, situating each case within the social and cultural life of the relevant community, and understand musical activity as a form of communication whose meaning is shaped within a specific social and cultural context.

2. Identify and classify the different philosophical conceptions and positions in the Western world regarding musical activities, always relating them to their contemporary social and cultural contexts.

3. Conceptualise, justify and articulate verbally the criteria, choices and decisions applied in performance practice or in the critical evaluation of musical performances and musical ideas from aesthetic, ideological, social, historical or technical perspectives.

4. Identify and apply approaches for engaging with the music of other cultures.

5. Discuss and critically examine the Western conceptualisation of music.

6. Develop an understanding of musical phenomena that encompasses the dimensions of musical objects, social practices and ideological frameworks.

Contents

The significance of musical activity within human communities. Identification and distinction of the principal musical behaviours (sonic and social) across world cultures. Major currents of aesthetic thought on music in the history of the Western world. Principal bibliographic sources. Western aesthetics and other cultural traditions. Understanding the importance of concepts such as ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, uses and functions, and evolutionism, among others.

Teaching methodology

Teaching and learning are based on lectures devoted to the presentation of course content, discussion sessions based on individual and collaborative work with texts, topics and audiovisual materials, group presentations by students, and practical sessions focused on specific topics. Independent learning consists of individual assignments and tasks.

Assessment systems