Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)
Module MUSI51530: The Discipline of Ethnomusicology
Department: Music
MUSI51530:
The Discipline of Ethnomusicology
| Type |
Open |
Level |
4 |
Credits |
30 |
Availability |
Available in 2007/08 |
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Excluded Combination of Modules
Aims
- This course introduces students to ethnomusicology and explores its history, theory and methodology through a close reading of major writings in the field, transcription assignments and field research. The aim is to be familiar with important trends that characterise the discipline and assess the significance of ethnomusicological approaches in the understanding of musical cultures. Students will develop an understanding of ethnomusicology as a process towards the study of music as a social phenomenon. Transcription and fieldwork projects will expand their aural and notation skills, and more importantly, the ability to critically assess the ethics involved in the study of musical cultures.
Content
- Topics may vary, but the following provides a framework: definition of ethnomusicology; music as an acoustic and social phenomenon; music and issues of human behaviour, social strucutre, cultural production, identity, power, ritual, mass media; concepts of 'universalism' and 'culture'; transcription and notation; fieldwork methods and ethics; music and cultural representation.
Learning Outcomes
- An understanding of ethnomusicology as a process towards the study of music as a social phenomenon.
- Aural and notation skills through transrciption and fieldwork projects.
- The ability to critically asess the ethics invovled in the study of musical cultures.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to
the learning outcomes of the module
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity |
Number |
Frequency |
Duration |
Total/Hours |
|
| Seminars |
19 |
Weekly |
2 hours |
38 |
| Tutorials |
|
|
|
|
| Preparation and Reading |
|
|
|
262 |
| Total |
|
|
|
300 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Exam |
Component Weighting: 50% |
| Element |
Length / duration |
Element Weighting |
Resit Opportunity |
| Exam |
2 hours |
100% |
|
| Component: Project |
Component Weighting: 50% |
| Element |
Length / duration |
Element Weighting |
Resit Opportunity |
| Project |
3000 words |
100% |
|
Essays, literature reviews, transcription exercises and field reports.
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University
