SemesterSpring Semester, 2020
DepartmentSophomore Class A, Undeclared Major in College of Communication Sophomore Class B, Undeclared Major in College of Communication Sophomore Class C, Undeclared Major in College of Communication Sophomore Class D, Undeclared Major in College of Communication
Course NameArt, Popular Culture and Society
InstructorHUANG CHUN MING
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

 


































































































































































週次



Week

課程主題



Topic

課程內容與指定閱讀



Content and Reading Assignment

教學活動與作業



Teaching Activities and Homework

學習投入時間



Student workload expectation

課堂講授



In-class Hours

課程前後



Outside-of-class Hours

1

UNIT 1: Theories and Concepts in Culture, the Arts, and Society

Introduction. Thinking sociologically about the Arts and Popular Culture

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

2

UNIT 1: Theories and Concepts in Culture, the Arts, and Society

Theories and Approaches I: The Frankfurt School on the arts, music, and the cultural industry

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

3

UNIT 1: Theories and Concepts in Culture, the Arts, and Society

Theories and Approaches II: Howard Becker’s ‘Art Worlds’ and Richard A. Peterson’s ‘The Production of Culture Perspective’

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

4

UNIT 1: Theories and Concepts in Culture, the Arts, and Society

Theories and Approaches III: Audiences, Aesthetics and Values

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

5

UNIT 1: Theories and Concepts in Culture, the Arts, and Society

Theories and Approaches IV: The Art-society Nexus: Stuart Hall’s ‘Circuit of Culture’ and Wendy Griswold’s ‘Cultural Diamond’

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

6

UNIT 2: Styles, Performance and the institutions

Artists: Performing Rules, Routines and Rituals

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

7

UNIT 2: Styles, Performance and the institutions

Genres and Texts in the Arts and Popular Culture

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

8

UNIT 2: Styles, Performance and the institutions

Doing an Ethnographic Study at a Concert Rehearsal

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

9

 

Mid-term exam

 

 

 

10

UNIT 3: Cases Studies: From the Arts to Popular Culture

Case study: Classical Music and Opera

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

11

UNIT 3: Cases Studies: From the Arts to Popular Culture

Case study: Popular Music

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

12

UNIT 3: Cases Studies: From the Arts to Popular Culture

Case study: Festivals

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

13

UNIT 3: Cases Studies: From the Arts to Popular Culture

Case study: Drama, Plays and Modern Dance

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

14

UNIT 3: Cases Studies: From the Arts to Popular Culture

Case study: Contemporary Art

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

15

UNIT 4: Politics, Criticism, and Social Engagement

Curation, Popular Culture and Social Movements

Lecture and Seminar

3

3-5

16

彈性授課

Fieldwork

 

3

3-5

17

彈性授課

Term paper consultancy

 

3

3-5

18

彈性授課

Term paper submission

 

3

3-6


 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

無


Requirement/Grading

Presentations: 40%



Class Participation: 40%



Exam/paper: 20%


Textbook & Reference

Key Readings



 



Alexander, Victoria D. (2003) Sociology of The Arts: Exploring Fine and Popular Forms. MA: Blackwell Publishing.



 



Becker, H. (1982) Art Worlds. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.



Du Gay, P., Hall, S., Janes, L., Madsen, A. K., Mackay, H., and Negus, K (1997) Doing Cultural Studies: The Story of the Sony Walkman. London: Sage.



Featherstone, M. (2007) Consumer Culture and Postmodernism. London: Sage.



Peterson, R. A. and Anand, N. (2004) ‘The Production of Culture Perspective’, Annual Review of Sociology, 30: 311–34.



 



(Websites)



http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment_and_arts



https://www.ft.com/life-arts



https://www.nytimes.com/section/arts



https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/cate/4



https://www.theguardian.com/uk/culture



 



(Film/DVD)



Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) [DVD] Documentary Film, directed by Alison Klayman.



Le Nozze di Figaro (1976) [DVD] Film, directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.



National Gallery (2014) [DVD] Documentary Film, directed by Frederick Wiseman.



Pina (2011) [DVD] Documentary Film, directed by Wim Wenders.



Ways of Seeing (1972) [DVD/Website] Film, created by John Berger.



 



Further Readings



 



Adorno, T. (1941) ‘On Popular Music’ in Storey, J. (ed.) (2006) Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader. Athens: University of Georgia Press.



 



Adorno, T. W. and Rabinbach, A. G. (1975) ‘Culture Industry reconsidered’, in New German Critique, 6 (Autumn): 12–19.



 



Atkinson, P. A. (2006) Everyday Arias: An Operatic Ethnography. Lanham, MD, USA: AltaMira Press.



 



Barenboim (2008) ‘Equal before Beethoven’ The Guardian. 13 December.



 



Bartie, Angela (2013) The Edinburgh Festivals: Culture and Society in Post-War Britain. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.



 



Bourdieu, P. (1996) The Rules of Art. Cambridge: Polity.



 



Frith, S. (1987) ‘Towards an Aesthetic of Popular Music’, in Leppert, R. and McClary, S. (eds), Music and Society: The Politics of Composition, Performance and Reception. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.?



Ho, W. C. (2007) ‘Music and Cultural Politics in Taiwan’, International Journal of Cultural Studies, 10 (4): 463–83.



 



McCormick, L. (2015) Performing Civility: International Competitions in Classical Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.



 



Storey, J. (2009) Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, 5th edn. London: Pearson Education.



 



Williams R (1981) Culture. Glasgow: Fontana Paperbacks



 



Willis, P. (1990) Common Culture: Symbolic Work and Play in the Everyday Cultures of the Young. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.



 



Wolff J (1984) The Social Production of Art. New York: New York University Press.



 



Zolberg, V. (1990) Constructing a Sociology of the Arts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.


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