Music Literacy and Social Mobility
A study published in Social Science Quarterly shows that music lessons outside of school have a positive effect on literacy and math.
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Social Protest Music
Social science music time! Here’s a song by Bad Religion, who write about the problems with capitalism.
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Music in the Key of Social Science: Stevie Wonder – Big Brother
Music in the Key of Social Science: Stevie Wonder – Big Brother
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The Academic Musician
Dr. Elizabeth Taylor is an Australian scholar, working as an Urban Studies Post-doctoral Research Fellow. She is also a blogger, musician and Radio Broadcaster with 3 RRR program, “The Urbanists.” Here she discusses the difficulties of academia in comparison to the work of being a musician. The interview is conducted by Australian sociologist Dr Sheree Gregory.
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Tides of people follow social norms of respectful admiration after La Sylphide ballet performance at the Arts Centre Melbourne Australia. There are certain times during a ballet when you’re supposed to clap and not necessarily after a long pause in … Continue reading Sociology of a Crowd
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