repression part 1
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REPRESSION
Part 1
Question:
•How has censorship affected music makers?
Some examples of music
Some examples of music
Definition
verb (used with object)
• 1. to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• 2. to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable).
• 3. to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.).• 4. to reduce (persons) to subjection.
• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/repress (accessed 28.09.14)
Relationship to MusicMusic for repression Music being repressed
Relationship to MusicMusic for repression Music being repressedTortureExert cultural normsEffect behaviour
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Question:
•How has censorship affected music makers?
• Banned songs• Prohibited performances• Limited influences• Controlled sources of information• Prescribed sound
Task 1
• Individually and anonymously, write down on the sheet of paper in front of you a time when you have felt you have been repressed by something or someone.
Case Study
Pussy Riot
In pairs research online the answers to these questions:
1. Who are Pussy Riot?2. What do they stand for?3. Why were they in the news?4. What is the hegemony that they are fighting?
Always bad?
• Is censorship ever good?
Always bad?
• Is censorship ever good?
• What is the Stop Murder Music campaign?
Always bad?
• Is censorship ever good?
• What is the Stop Murder Music campaign?
• Go to www.freemuse.org
Final thought
• Should music ever be censored?