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Ethnomusicology and Social Theory (15 credits)

Key information

  • Level:

    7

  • Semester:

      Autumn

  • Credit value:

    20

Assessment details

4000 word essay (100%)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module students will have developed intellectual and practical skills appropriate to a level 7 module and in particular will have gained: 1) An advanced understanding of the core theoretical principles of modern ethnomusicology. 2) An ability to contextualize these principles in a broad humanistic and social scientific intellectual field. 3) A solid understanding of, and ability to engage critically with, the canonical ethnomusicological literature. 4) An ability to understand the use of a range of materials -- visual, sonic, oral, printed and online -- in ethnomusicological argument. 5) An independent ability to formulate the broad theoretical and methodological parameters of an ethnographic research project.

Teaching pattern

Weekly 2 hour seminar.

Department

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