MUSC 105V: Mexican Music and Conviviality

University of California, Santa Cruz

Focuses on the act of gathering in the context of Mexican folk living culture. Discussions are centralized around music-making spaces that call people into action thinking about Christopher Small's characterization of ''musicking'' (1998). Course asks what goes into organizing a gathering, what goes on during a gathering, and positions students to think about what people potentially leave with from an event.