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**//How music has peacefully challenged, changed and immortalised world events//**

**Music and Culture**

Music from around the world is not only a catalogue of cultures but also gives artists, grass roots movements and the dispossessed a voice.

An examination of music from different eras reveals as much about a society’s culture and values as a textbook.

This subject examines how music has influenced and been influenced by social, cultural and political events in the world whilst offering an alternate peaceful means of protest.

**Course Focus**


 * the civil rights movement in the United States and protest songs;
 * the Vietnam war and anti-war sentiment;
 * blues and jazz and their origins in slavery;
 * punk and politics in United Kingdom in the 1970s and 80s – examining poverty, and Thatcherite England;
 * hip hop, R n B and rap as avenues of expression regarding contemporary issues of poverty and, racism;
 * Australian music and grassroots movements;
 * the purpose and effectiveness of LiveAid and other music events aimed at raising social awareness as well as highlighting social causes

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 * contemporary issues of significance such as global warming.

