| Bemerkung |
On the seminar presentation: each meeting, one student is in charge of presenting one of therecommended texts to the class. They should bring to class a short background of the author and a summaryof the text; establish connections between the text and cultural events/products; express their own thoughtson whether they agree or disagree with the author and why; highlight any passages that they had difficultiesunderstanding fully.On the final project: at the end of the semester, the students will have about two months to come up witha project applying at least two of the texts on the literature list to an academic production that can followthree formats: podcast (min. 10 minutes), video-essay (min. 10 minutes), and full paper (between 10 and15 pages). |
| Lerninhalte |
Ludomusicology is the term that designates the area of knowledge dedicated to exploring therelationship between music and play, with a special focus towards aspects related to music and sound invideo games. Among the many topics researched in this field are the influence of sound properties asnarrative purveyors and intensifiers of immersion, the opportunities for social interaction around videogame music, videogames themselves as stages for musical performances, offline orchestra presentations ofvideo game soundtracks, among other unique phenomena made possible by the playful character of digitalgames. One of the most lucrative cultural industries today, video games have been studied in aninterdisciplinary way inside the field of Game Studies since the 1990s, and adjacent subfields such asludomusicology represent an ever-expanding space dating from the early 2000’s, presenting numerous gapsto be filled.This course intends to present key concepts used in ludomusicological research with the goal of introducingan overview to bachelor’s and master’s students wishing to initiate their own independent scientific path.It is recommended for students of Media Studies, Musicology, Cultural Studies, among other courses in thehumanities that could benefit from an extensive understanding of music and video games. |
