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Academic Year 2004/2005

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 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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