Remake of MUS 15 Mind Map by Martin Ahn

Musical vs Cultural Dissonance

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When comparing cultural and musical dissonance, cultural dissonance can be described as the clash that is created or present between cultural ideologies, values, etc; while musical dissonance primarily consists of there being a lack of harmony between two or more notes being played. While different in definition, both share the similar quality of being "dissonant" as there is a "tension" or "imbalance" present within music and culture.

Musical Dissonance

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Musial dissonance is when two notes are played in harmony, but instead create an unpleasant, harsh tone that makes listeners uninterested or unpleasant.

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Musical dissonance means the opposite of balance and harmony. Which can bring more people's attention towards it because the musical combinations don't flow.

Connecting Musical and Cultural Dissonance

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Musical Dissonance in the context of the reading is used as a metaphor for disparity between Latinx singers and the cultural normalities associated with them.

From a Social Perspective

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Cultural dissonance affects immigrant youth during one's acclimatization to new cultural normalities and social interactions. Especially in the US, with a high immigrant population, these levels of dissonance are elevated due to the cultural "melting pot" that immigrant children are exposed to during school and other facets of life.

Cultural Dissonance

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Cultural dissonance is the idea of feeling of conflict or feeling uncomfortable when someone experiences a new cultural scene that either challenges, or rebels their own personal cultural beliefs or practices.

cultural and musical dissonance

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"Research suggests that cultural familiarity and musical expertise can impact how pleasant consonance and dissonance are perceived, but not how tense they are perceived."

Hegemony

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Human Nature

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Between this term and Victoria Santa Cruz's video, it is evident that our own Hominid anatomy does not define us as a human, butt our mental faculties. Victoria Santa Cruz made it clear that, despite being a black woman who speaks Spanish, she is still a human, and is proud of it. She is proud of her heritage, and is exclaiming to viewers that every person, despite their skin color, language barrier, or culture practice, is a human being, and should be proud of it.

Racism vs Classism vs Nationalism

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All three are forms of social discrimination and prejudice, but each have their own specific criteria.

Racism: based on race and ethnicity, seeing certain ethnic groups or backgrounds as superior/inferior to another

Classism: based on social class or economic status

Nationalism: promotion of one nation or culture over that of another, can lead to discrimination and exclusion of ethnic/national groups that are not in alignment with the predominant "national" identity

What Differentiates Humans from other Species?

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Other species have no means to form social constructs in the same way humans have formed societies, laws, and cultures. Humans developed senses of identity and morality, which are communicated in a plethora of forms such as music, text, and speech. Animals, though intelligent, have no known sense of thse constructs, and thus, differentiate us from them.

Musical ImagiNation

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In Maria Cepeda's text, she states that "The irony is that popular music has in a sense
become Colombia’s symbolic salvation, an “antidote” to the crisis both within
the nation’s geopolitical borders and among its U.S-based community" (Cepeda 2).

It's interesting that a music that is popular in the United States could also unintentionally highlight tragedies that are occuring in Columbia, such as versing the Colombian national anthem or mentioning rigorous drug trade.

Kateri Hernadez, Afro-Latinidades

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Kateri Hernandez's Afro-Latinidades

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In the passage from her book "Afro-Latinas/os," Hernandez explores the extent of the socioeconomical hierarchy within the Latinx community and the internalized racism between Afro-Latinx and Latinx individuals. The visual differences that Afro-Latinx individuals hold compared to traditional Latinx individuals serve as the primary point of contention for this internalized racism, causing disparities between identity and culture.

Musical ImagiNation

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Popular music has the power to influence. In terms of the introduction of this reading, it focuses on Colombia's political borders and how music is able to speak to the people and describe the real-world realities of some of these people, or a country as a whole

Hierarchy

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Hierarchy is defined as a ranked system in which individuals or groups are sorted into different categories holding different power and authority

Ontology

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A philosophy that explores the essence of what is real and what an identity is

Colonial

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In the context of the reading, colonial is of, or relating to, the concepts of socioeconomic hierarchies, political systems, gender constructs, and religious organization per established by Europeans upon colonization of other regions.

Epistemology vs Ontology

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Epistemology is the study of knowledge, compared to ontology is the study of existence.

Gender

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Gender identity refers to a person's internal sense of self.

What is race?

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No one knows. Not defined as a scientific concept but rather culture.

Ethnicity vs Race?

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Race is the division of people according to physical characteristics, while ethnicity is the cultural identity of individuals from certain geographical locations.

Race and Labels

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Race is a social construct and a label placed by others no different from self identification labels such as the LGBTQ community and gender constructs, though race is categorized more on physical appearance. The only difference is that sexual orientation is not as perceivable as race and thus those labels are not as often placed on others as a form of discrimination until one self identifies.

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chiquita banana

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Chiquita banana is an example of media (not only music) being utilized to illustrate stereotypical and racist depictions; while music and media have the power to influence and power to change social perceptions, this can go both ways.

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Group Members

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Annabella Barretto, Janica Basa, Martin Ahn, Vianni Aguilar and Anirudh Anand.

Black Aesthetics

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Black Aesthetics is a cultural ideology and a broad practice that encompasses the processes and meaning-making of African American people.

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"Perra" Music Video

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Though controversy lied behind Tokischa's appearance in J Balvin's music video, she still performed Black Dominican Femme Sexuality in an honest way. She didn't hold back in her performance as a guest feature. She used her body to dance with J Balvin's song and portrayed herself in a way she felt comfortable and proud of.

sexuality

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Racialized Queerness

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Racialized Queerness is an uncomfortable, yet important concept for people that are queer as well as those that are not. A race does not change someone's level of queerness, though such thinking styles are real. How queer you are does not change if you were Black, White, Asian or Hispanic. The fact that queerness can possibly have adverse levels to it depending on race is simply unethical.

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