Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Music (Volume 3 page 237)
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Elective Music subject.
Credit points: 10.0
Coordinator: Dr Catherine Falk
Prerequisite: Music Cultures of the World: An Introduction AND Musicological Research Method PLUS any one of Topics in Ethnomusicology 1-4 OR Australian Music Studies 1-2 OR Permission of Dean.
Contact: A 2-hour seminar per week for one semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should have (1) a thorough understanding of the history and development of theory and methodology in the discipline of ethnomusicology (2) an understanding of the current and future directions of the discipline (3) knowledge of field work methodology and a variety of approaches to transcription and analysis (4) attained the research skills prerequisite to writing a thesis.
Content:
An introduction to the writings of the seminal scholars in ethnomusicology from the 19th century to the present day and to the key issues of ethnomusicological theory and methodology presented in those writings, including fieldwork methods, approaches to transcription and analysis, the ethnography of music, iconography and organology, ethical considerations and future directions in ethnomusicology.
Assessment:
two essays of at least 3,000 words (50% each) one of which is to be presented as a 30 minute seminar paper during the semester.
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Music (Volume 3 page 237)
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