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Music of Aboriginal Australians - AUST2026
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: http://music.arts.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
 
 
Equivalent: MUSC2201
 
 
Excluded: GENT0501
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

A study of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal music in its social, historical and cultural contexts.

Learning Outcomes

  • Introduce students to Australian Aboriginal music as cultural expression
  • Enable students to discover and analyse the sounds, forms, structures and contexts of Australian Aboriginal music
  • Allow students to observe how songs acquire meaning in Aboriginal contexts
  • Achieve a more nuanced understanding of the broader discipline of Musicology through contemplation of what might be unique to Australian aboriginal music culture
  • Students will have the opportunity to reflect on, discuss and explore the contemporary implications of traditional, colonial and contemporary Aboriginal musical and social experience.

Assessment

  • Essay (2500 words) - 50%
  • Reflective journal - 30%
  • Test (Ethnomusicological theory; week 9) - 10%
  • Participation - 10%

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