In the Groove: Technology and Music in American History, From Edison to the iPod
AMS 399/HIS 399
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When Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877, no one, including Edison, knew what to do with the device. Over the next century Americans would engage in an ongoing dialogue with this talking machine, defining and redefining its purpose. This course will track that trajectory, from business tool to scientific instrument to music recorder to musical instrument. By listening to the history of the phonograph, and by examining the desires and experiences of phonograph users, students will perceive more generally the complex relationships that exist between a technology and the people who produce, consume, and transform it.
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Section L01
- Type: Lecture
- Section: L01
- Status: O
- Enrollment: 22
- Capacity: 30
- Class Number: 20463
- Schedule: MW 10:00 AM-10:50 AM - McCosh Hall 64
Section P01
- Type: Precept
- Section: P01
- Status: O
- Enrollment: 8
- Capacity: 10
- Class Number: 20464
- Schedule: W 02:30 PM-03:20 PM - Morrison Hall 224
Section P02
- Type: Precept
- Section: P02
- Status: O
- Enrollment: 7
- Capacity: 10
- Class Number: 20465
- Schedule: W 03:30 PM-04:20 PM - Morrison Hall 224
Section P03
- Type: Precept
- Section: P03
- Status: O
- Enrollment: 7
- Capacity: 10
- Class Number: 20466
- Schedule: Th 03:30 PM-04:20 PM - Morrison Hall 224