Wikipedia:USEP/Courses/Music and the Environment (Maribeth Clark)

Course information

 * College: New College of Florida
 * Course title: Music and the Environment
 * Professor name: Maribeth Clark
 * Professor's Wikipedia username:
 * Campus Volunteer: Theresa Burress
 * Campus Volunteer Wikipedia username:
 * Course start date: August 26, 2014

Course description
Sound plays an enormous role in how we shape our environment and how our environment shapes us. In order to examine this dynamic relationship we will study a variety of topics related to the environment as heard. These subjects include R. Murray Schafer's concept of "soundscape," Muzak, imitations of nature in Western art music, how the sounds of the canopy inspire musical expression among rainforest dwellers such as the Kaluli of Papua, New Guinea and the Temiar of Malaysia, the Mbuti and BaAka of the Ituri Forest in central Africa, bird whistlers in the US, birding by ear, installations with music by Edgard Varese, and Brian Eno.--Maribeth Clark (talk) 14:11, 10 October 2012 (UTC)Maribeth Clark

Wikipedia assignment
Writing or Revising a Wikipedia Article The goal of the assignment is to learn more deeply about how Wikipedia functions, how to assess the quality of Wikipedia articles, and how to use Wikipedia appropriately toward scholarly ends.

In this assignment you are asked to create a Wikipedia article or enhance an existing article related to course content. The article should reflect on course content from the first three weeks in some way. It may be biographical and focus on a composer or sound artist. It could focus on some aspect of music, sound, noise, or listening. Your contribution may incorporate material found in Cox and Warner.

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Step 4: Draft your improvements and post to Wikipedia.

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