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Preparation
Read, listen, notice.
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Context
The history of house music
A scene-level overview of the clubs, communities and technologies around early house.Listening path
Musicmap — House
Move through adjacent genres and listen for what changes in rhythm, production and audience.Archive
Boiler Room: Chicago
Watch how the music functions in a room, not just as a recording.02
The conversation
Questions worth sitting with.
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Which claim felt most persuasive, and what assumption does it depend on?
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Where do the two resources genuinely disagree?
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What evidence would make you change your mind?
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Where does this question show up in your own life?
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Thought experiment
Name the break
Listen to three tracks in sequence—late disco, early Chicago house, and contemporary house. Each of you independently marks the moment the genre changed, then compare the criteria you used.
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Private reflection
Write before you persuade.
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Together
Shared synthesis.
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