Music and Digital Humanities

As an overview of the theories and discourses on music studies and the "Digital Humanities", the course aims at developing critical and interpretive skills concerning the relationship between history, technology, and digital cultures. Through an introductory survey and the examination of a few case studies, the class enables students to critically approach and investigate historical and present-day musical phenomena through the lens of digital theory and practice-led research.

By the end of the course, students will be able to apply new methodologies of inquiry into previously known histories and theories of music making, and to interpret and critique the most recent critical debates on sound and digital culture in the humanities. Students will also be able to conceive and design practical outcomes of such knowledge, especially with the aid of case studies in the realm of the digital humanities.