REPRESSION

Part 1

Question:

•How has censorship affected music makers?

Some examples of music

Some examples of music

Definition

verb (used with object)

• 1. to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).

• 2. to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable).

• 3. to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.).• 4. to reduce (persons) to subjection.

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/repress (accessed 28.09.14)

Relationship to MusicMusic for repression Music being repressed

Relationship to MusicMusic for repression Music being repressedTortureExert cultural normsEffect behaviour

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Question:

•How has censorship affected music makers?

• Banned songs• Prohibited performances• Limited influences• Controlled sources of information• Prescribed sound

Task 1

• Individually and anonymously, write down on the sheet of paper in front of you a time when you have felt you have been repressed by something or someone.

Case Study

Pussy Riot

In pairs research online the answers to these questions:

1. Who are Pussy Riot?2. What do they stand for?3. Why were they in the news?4. What is the hegemony that they are fighting?

Always bad?

• Is censorship ever good?

Always bad?

• Is censorship ever good?

• What is the Stop Murder Music campaign?

Always bad?

• Is censorship ever good?

• What is the Stop Murder Music campaign?

• Go to www.freemuse.org

Final thought

• Should music ever be censored?