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MUZ00CULT-GES-1-OPT - History of Culture optional7838/4516/2526/1/84
Study guide

MUZ00CULT-GES-1-OPT - History of Culture optional

7838/4516/2526/1/84
Academic year 2025-26
Is found in:
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music
    Choice package:
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (12)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (15)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (3)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (6)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (9)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music
    Choice package:
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (12)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (15)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (3)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (6)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (9)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music
    Choice package:
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (12)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (3)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (6)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (9)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music
    Choice package:
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (12)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (3)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (6)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (9)
  • Master of Arts in Music
    Choice package:
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (12)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (15)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (18)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (3)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (6)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (9)
  • Master of Arts in Music
    Choice package:
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (12)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (15)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (18)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (3)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (6)
    • Keuzepakket Optie- of nevenvakken (9)
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 3 credits
Weight: 3,00
Total study time: 90,00 hours
Possible deadlines for learning account: 30.11.2025 (Course takes place from beginning until end of academic year)
Nature: Optional course
Co-ordinator: Bertels Kurt (dut,eng)
Language course: No
Languages: Dutch, English
Scheduled for: Academic Year
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Re-sit exam: is possible.
Possibility of tolerance: A result of less than 8/20 is not tolerablefor this course unit.
Preservability: The result of this course unit is preservable according to the terms of the program you are enrolled for.

Course Content

Cultural History I: Capita selecta from Western cultural history from the ancient Greeks (Aischylos' Oresteia) to the late 19th century (Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband), with an emphasis on performative and theatrical cultural expressions.
Cultural History II: Capita selecta from Western cultural history from the early 20th century (Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate) to the early 21st century (Bitte liebt Österreich by Christoph Schlingensief), with an emphasis on performative and theatrical cultural expressions.

Culture is treated as a performative discipline, explicitly related to political, social and economic developments (urbanization, industrialization, democratization, emancipatory movements)
The content of cultural history I and II is interchangeable, which is the student's free choice.

Type of Teaching

Education with personal contact
Lecture30,00 hours
Preparation for the course
Course preparation60,00 hours

Course Objectives

- to gain insight in the contemporary world, as this has developed itself in historical evolutions and ruptures
- to gain insight in the larger societal and political dimensions of art and culture
- to develop sensibilities for historicity and context

Evaluation

Evaluation(s) for first exam chance
MomentForm%Remark
Exam period JanuaryOral evaluation30,00
Exam period JuneOral evaluation30,00
Permanent evaluation (exam period excluded)Paper40,00
Evaluation(s) for re-sit exam
MomentForm%Remark
Exam period August/SeptemberOral evaluation100,00

Course Material(s): Mandatory

Klaas Tindemans, "The Dramatic Society. Essays on Contemporary Performance and Political Theory, Routledge, 2022 (ISBN 9781003039280)

Prerequisites

CodeDescriptionLevel
ESOFinal attainment level: secundary educationIntroductory

Acquired competences

CodeDescriptionLevelCategory
BMUZIZ_LO03LO3: Style insight The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has the required style knowledge.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZIZ_LO04LO4: Musical language control and integration The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has insight into different musical parameters, names them and uses them in his/her own performance practice. Theoretic and cultural knowledge is applied in practice.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZIZ_LO05LO5: Artistic research skills The bachelor in music applies methods and technics regarding artistic research on a starting level. He/she collects and processes information, sees changing contexts, develops ideas and acts in a problem solving way.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZIZ_LO12_25-26LO12: Socio-cultural position The bachelor in Music can reflect and communicate about his/her place in society and the international artistic scene, from an artistic and critical-reflective position. He/she can thereby place his/her practical and theoretical knowledge within a cultural context and is able to function within an intercultural environment.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZIZ_LO13LO13: Continuous artistic development LO 13 The bachelor in music can explain the importance of developing him/herself continuously as an artist.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZJLM_LO03LO3: Style insight The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has the required style knowledge.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZJLM_LO04LO4: Musical language control and integration The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has insight into different musical parameters, names them and uses them in his/her own performance practice. Theoretic and cultural knowledge is applied in practice.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZJLM_LO05LO5: Artistic research skills The bachelor in music applies methods and technics regarding artistic research on a starting level. He/she collects and processes information, sees changing contexts, develops ideas and acts in a problem solving way.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZJLM_LO12_25-26LO12: Socio-cultural position The bachelor in Music can reflect and communicate about his/her place in society and the international artistic scene, from an artistic and critical-reflective position. He/she can thereby place his/her practical and theoretical knowledge within a cultural context and is able to function within an intercultural environment.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZJLM_LO13LO13: Continuous artistic development The bachelor in music can explain the importance of developing him/herself continuously as an artist.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZSCHR_LO03LO3: Style insight The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has knowledge of different style periods on a formal, stylistic and music theory level.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZSCHR_LO04LO4: Musical language control and integration The Bachelor graduate shows that he/she has basic knowledge of the music theoretical and historical context of harmonious languages, counterpoint-related writing techniques, theory of instruments and orchestration.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZSCHR_LO05LO5: Artistic research skills The bachelor in music applies methods and technics regarding artistic research on a starting level. He/she collects and processes information, sees changing contexts, develops ideas and acts in a problem solving way.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZSCHR_LO12_25-26LO12: Socio-cultural position The bachelor in Music can reflect and communicate about his/her place in society and the international artistic scene, from an artistic and critical-reflective position. He/she can thereby place his/her practical and theoretical knowledge within a cultural context and is able to function within an intercultural environment.IntroductoryDLR,SWT
BMUZSCHR_LO13LO13: Continuous artistic development The Bachelor graduate is aware of the need to continue developing all his/her life as an artist.IntroductoryDLR,SWT

Counselling/guidance

The instructor is always available for questions, during and after class and via email.

Recup classes are organized for students in the switching year Musical (Cultural History 2)

Course Sequence

There are no prerequisites for this course.