Hafta 1
Opening the discussion: How might a post/colonial (serious) music style seem to be? What can be the significance of a post-colonial criticism in the context of modern-day serious music? // 1st theme-complex "Contemporary thought and critical thinking" / (1.1) Introduction: self and its other, their representations and discourses of hegemony.
Hafta 2
(1.2) Musical sign and signification, meaning, the problems of narrativity and truth in music – reading Kramer, Tarasti : Verbal presentation on VP01, i.e. Reading Assignment for the submission of a weekly verbal presentation and in-class discussion
Hafta 3
(1.3) Bakhtin, the reflection of the self, dialogue, carnival – reading Bakhtin : VP02
Hafta 4
(1.4) Derrida, bipolar oppositions, the hegemonic power-relationship intrinsic to them, the method of "deconstruction" – reading Derrida, Norris : VP03
Hafta 5
(1.5) Foucault, "truth and power", power and knowledge, the "epistemic violence" – reading Foucault : VP04
Hafta 6
2nd theme-complex "Colonial discourse / post-colonial theory" / (2.1) Said, Orientalism, imagining the East theorising the West – reading Said : VP05
Hafta 7
(2.2) Modernity, nation-building process, and "the invention of tradition" – reading Giddens, Hobsbawm, Fanon : VP06 + Submission of RP1, i.e. term essay proposal including an outline (tentative) and a bibliography (tentative)
Hafta 8
(2.3) Bhabha, national discourse, mimicry, ambivalence, and hybridity – reading Bhabha : VP07
Hafta 9
(2.4) Spivak, the voice of the other, acquisition of 'the position to speak', "unlearning one’s privilege as one’s loss" – reading Spivak : VP08
Hafta 10
3rd theme-complex "History, theory, and the musics" / (3.1) A case study from the 18th century to early 19th century: "Deutsch-türkische Musik, Janitscharenmusik, Türkenoper... and "das türkische Moment" in Beethoven's 'Türkische Musik mit Gesangschor' in 4th movement of symphony no. 9, 'Chor der Derwische' in 'Die Ruinen von Athen', etc." and some of its wide-reaching repercussions – reading on the 18th century „alla Turca“ music style in the German speaking lands and on Beethoven : VP09 + Submission of RP2, i.e. term essay 1st draft | RP4 : Research-Project in-class presentations (begin) with handout submission, i.e. elaborated outline
Hafta 11
(3.2) A case study from the 19th century İstanbul: Can the harem woman speak? Or the mémoires by compositrice Leyla Saz – reading (on) and listening (from) Leyla Saz : VP10 | RP4 : Research-Project in-class presentations (continued) with handout submission, i.e. elaborated outline
Hafta 12
(3.3) Brahms' "Ungarische Tänze": Colonization of a folk source and/or its repackaging for 'consommation bourgeoise'? – Submission of RP3, i.e. term essay 2nd draft | RP4 : Research-Project in-class presentations (continued) with handout submission, i.e. elaborated outline
Hafta 13
(3.4) Field of tension – 'exterritorial element' (issue of non-western composition materials and sources) in the context of (Western) avant-garde music: is it still a spicy surface ingredient or unlearning its exoticisation possible? – Submission of RP5, i.e. term essay abstract | RP4 : Research-Project in-class presentations (continued) with handout submission, i.e. elaborated outline
Hafta 14
(3.5) Field of tension – 'exterritorial composer' in the context of (Western) avantgarde music: the problem of "Orientalism in reverse" versus Orientalism, or is a 'global avantgarde' possible, how? – RP4 : Research-Project in-class presentations (conclusion) with handout submission, i.e. elaborated outline | Submission of RP6, i.e. term essay complete