I forgot to mention this in yesterday's post, but there are three fundamental questions that the class seeks to answer (one could maybe argue that they're shades of the same question):
Certainly, one could replace the word "music" with "the arts," or any of the other individual arts. It's just that I'm a musician and that's where my interest and expertise lie. I'd like to someday expand the course to include other art forms, I just have to learn more about them.
How do communities use music to deal with crisis situations?
What is it about times of great crisis results in great art?
In a crisis situation where people struggle to have basic needs met (i.e., food, shelter, clothing), why is it that music also appears to be a basic human need?
Certainly, one could replace the word "music" with "the arts," or any of the other individual arts. It's just that I'm a musician and that's where my interest and expertise lie. I'd like to someday expand the course to include other art forms, I just have to learn more about them.