MUSC290 - How Ethnomusicology Works

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Academic Year 2003/2004

How Ethnomusicology Works
MUSC 290 SP

The course provides an introduction to the discipline of ethnomusicology, offering an overview of its development and concentrating on methods, from fieldwork and interviewing through researching and writing. Weekly focused projects, a short midterm paper, and a substantial final project will offer orientation to a field that has been central to Wesleyan's approach to music for 40 years and to the development of global music studies.

MAJOR READINGS

Cooley and Banz, SHADOWS ON THE FIELD
Mark Slobin, SUBCULTURAL SOUNDS: MICROMUSICS OF THE WEST
Selected articles

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly exercises in methods of research, five-page midterm paper, 10-15 page final paper

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Some basic experience with music, e.g. music lessons, MUSC103 or equivalent

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA MUSC Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: MUSC103

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Galinsky,Philip Andrew

Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: MST301

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 30)

SR. major: 3 Jr. major: 6

SR. non-major: 3 Jr. non-major: 3 SO: 11 FR: 4

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Reading Non-Verbal Texts

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004