Trax on the Trail in the Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Classroom
Document Type
Article - Merrimack Access Only
Publication Title
American Music
Publication Date
Winter 2017
Abstract/ Summary
Founded in 1947 by the Order of St. Augustine, Merrimack College is a private, selective liberal arts college located about twenty-five miles north of downtown Boston. In response to the school’s increased emphasis on interdisciplinarity (our fields are musicology [Pruett] and political science [Flaherty]), as well as our own shared interest in the topic, we cocreated and cotaught a new course titled Music and Politics. Course topics were based on both instructor and student interests and ranged from issues of censorship, rebellion and revolution, gender, and race to the use of music in political campaigns. We sought to incorporate a wide variety of interdisciplinary resources that included the essays and databases provided on Trax on the Trail; primary and secondary materials
Repository Citation
Pruett, L. M.,
&
Flaherty, A. F.
(2017). Trax on the Trail in the Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Classroom. American Music, 35(4), 531-536.
Available at: https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/vpa_facpub/6