LATEST NEWS

Tuesday 12 August: I have made some small alterations to the course structure. Week 6 and Week 7 have been switched – we are now looking at rap first and then looking at censorship, because since rap and heavy metal have been subject to a great deal of censorship it makes sense to use them as case studies for our examination of censorship. So there are new readings up for Week 6, and the old readings are now the readings for Week 7. Hope that doesn’t mess anyone up!

Friday 1 August: Allocations for tutorial presentations are now up – go here to see where you are. Almost everyone was given their first preference, and everyone else got their second preference. However, there are still a lot of people who are enrolled in the course but have either not enrolled in a tute or did not attend this week’s tute. These people will need to fit into one of the remaining presentation times – first in best dressed, so get in contact with me to arrange this!

On sober reflection I've also decided to ask that no one use powerpoint. The reason for this is that the timing is already very tight for these presentations, and from past experience all it takes is for one person to have technical difficulties with their presentation - and someone always does! - and the whole schedule can be put out. I'm sorry if this puts anyone out, but I'll still make sure people can play music for the class if they want.

Tuesday 15 July: The website is up and running, I hope. At this stage, it is still a work in progress – all the most important information about assessments, readings and lecture times should be accurate, but I am still working on everything. If you come across a page that has a green background, the information it contains will not be relevant to this course!