| CODE | MSP2164 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Ethnomusicology | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit introduces students to the field of ethnomusicology,briefly described as the academic study of music from all over the world. It includes a detailed study of a number of issues of current concern and interest to the discipline, such as the interrelationship of sound and social structures, music and human behavior,music and language, organology, transcription and analysis. An important component of this unit is a fieldwork experience intended to provide students with the opportunity to put into practice the theoretical and methodological knowledge attained during the unit. Study-unit Aims: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a. understand the main theoretical models that concern ethnomusicologists; b. understand how present day concerns, issues and methods came about; c. attain a deeper understanding of music as it exists in different societies and cultures. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a. attain a wider understanding of music ''in'' and ''as'' culture; b. understand the various approaches to the making of music employed in different world music traditions; c. understand the politics of music-making; d. recognise the variety of musical textures employed in world music. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a. transcribe and analyze orally transmitted music; b. collect and document fieldwork recordings; c. write ethnographic reports that will eventually inform transcription and analysis; d. think and write about music globally. 3. Competence: At the end of the study-unit the learner will have acquired the responsibility and autonomy to: a. to transcribe non-Western music; b. read critically; c. write proficiently about music in a global perspective. 4. Learning Outcomes: a. understand the main theoretical models that concern ethnomusicologists; b. understand how present day concerns, issues and methods came about; c. attain a deeper understanding of music as it exists in different societies and cultures. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Blacking, John (R. Byron ed.). Music, Culture & Experience: Selected Papers of John Blacking. Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press, 1995. Nettl, Bruno. The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-one Issues and Concepts. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2005. Stobart, Henry (ed.). The New (Ethno)musicologies. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2008. Stone, Ruth M. Theory for Ethnomusicology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2008. Turino, Thomas. Music as Social Life: the Politics of Participation. Chicago; London: The University of Chicago Press, 2008. Wade, Bonnie C. Thinking Musically: Experiencing Music, Experiencing Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualification: A-level Music OR Grade 7 (or above) | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Fieldwork | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Philip Ciantar |
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