MUS 516

Spring 2014 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 21-May 7

Fieldwork and Ethnography

Credit: 4 hours.

Prepares students for the various phases of preparing for and doing ethnomusicological fieldwork and ethnographic analysis and writing. Beginning with the project design and grand-writing stages, participants study and practice fieldwork techniques such as participant observations, interviewing, writing and analyzing field notes, and audio and video recording. The politics and ethics of fieldwork and ethnographic writing are considered through readings and discussion. Finally, a variety of approaches to ethnographic writing are considered through the study of finished musical ethnographies.

Prerequisite: MUS 512 or consent of instructor.

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MUS 516 class schedule data for spring 2014
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	60449	Lecture-Discussion	A	1:00PM -3:50PM	T	Music Building	Buchanan, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Info: TOPIC: Sounding Postsocialism: Music & Ethnography in the New Europe Explores relationships between postsocialist lifestyles and changing senses of citizenship and community in contemporary Europe, especially within EU states and others aspiring to EU membership, as evidenced through a wide range of current musical genres and documented in recent ethnomusicological, anthropological, folklore, and cultural studies scholarship. Course topics may include Eurovision, current popular music trends and music videos, music and folklore festivals, new dramatic and theatrical spectacles, contemporary revivals of older customs and rites, technoculture and diaspora communities, and the implication of music in heritage and tourism initiatives, among others. Particular consideration will be given to the tools today?s ethnographers need for engaging with, documenting, and understanding the soundscape of the "New Europe."