Music related to Linguistics & Lx-Anthro?

[Puninder Singh Jaitla]

"Words" my Missing Persons is a great song. Watch out, it's pretty  
upbeat--kids may begin to dance uncontrollably. They also have a cool  
song called "Windows" which would be good for a lecture on framing.

"Talking in Your Sleep" by the Romantics and "More Than Words" by  
Extreme are two other possibilities.

Punnu Jaitla
PhD pre-candidate in Anthropology
University of Michigan


Quoting Richard J Senghas <Richard.Senghas at SONOMA.EDU>:

> Hey LingAnthers,
>
> I am looking for music (popular, obscure, whatever) that plays with  
> linguistic (& especially anthropological) topics.
>
> I am now teaching a somewhat large (~70 students) undergraduate,  
> lower division Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology course.  It  
> hits us at that just-before-and-going-into dinner hour, when  
> students, even those interested in the topics, begin to fade as  
> their blood sugar-levels drop, and the daylight begins to fade  
> (especially now).  When I taught my Intro to Cultural Anthro course,  
> I found that playing relevant, especially upbeat, music just before  
> class started helped up the energy for the class session, and I  
> would like to use this trick again in this course.  I also found  
> that many of the students started to pick up on the anthropological  
> themes I planted in these selections.  By the end of the semester,  
> students started asking me for my sources, often asking me if they  
> had indeed figured out the thematic connections.  (In a very real  
> sense, this became a not-grade-related extra credit opportunity.)
>
> I plan to start with some more obvious choices (e.g., Laurie  
> Anderson's "Language is a Virus" from her "Home of the Brave"  
> album), but I'm looking for other pieces for later this semester.   
> Do you have any tracks you'd recommend?  If the topic is obscure, I  
> wouldn't mind being given hints at the reason for your choices,  
> though we could make it a game for this list if you choose to  
> respond on-list.  And energetic music is preferred; we're looking to  
> juice them up!
>
> Best regards,
>
> -RJS
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> Richard J. Senghas, Professor            | Sonoma State University
> Department of Anthropology               | 1801 East Cotati Avenue
> Human Development Program                | Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609
> Richard.Senghas[at]sonoma.edu            | 707-664-3920 (fax)
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