COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Musicology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYHAN EROL

Offered to

Musicology

Course Objective

This course based on the methodology of interdisciplinary research explores contemporary approaches in ethnomusicology. The focus is on contemporary theoretical issues in the field of the social sciences even though current concerns might be situated within the history and theory of ethnomusicological discourse.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Asmann, Jan (2001) Kültürel Bellek, Istanbul: Ayrıntı yay.
Barrett, James (2006) World music, nation and postcolonialism, Cultural Studies, 10 (2): 237-247.
Bourdieu, Pierre (1984) Distinction: A social critique of the judgement of Taste, Harvard Univ. Press.
Clayton, Martin (ed) (2003) The cultural Study of Music, Routledge Pub.
Erol, Ayhan (2002) Popüler Müziği Anlamak. Istanbul: Bağlam Yay.
Erol, Ayhan (2009) Müzik Üzerine Düşünmek. Istanbul: Bağlam Yay.
Erol, Ayhan (2011) Understanding Diversity of Islamic Identity in Turkey Through Popular Music: Global/Local Nexus , Social Compass, 58 (2) : 187-202.
Erol, Ayhan (2012) Music, Power, and Symbolic Violence: The Turkish State s Music Policies During the Early Republican Period , European Journal of Cultural Studies, 15 (1) 35-52
Stone, Ruth M. (2007) Theory for Ethnomusicology, Prentice Hall.
Nettl, Bruno (2005) The study of Ethnomusicology: Twenty-nine issues and concepts, Univ. of Illinois Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will adress a range of topics, issues and research areas such as globalisation or glocalisation and diasporas, urban ethnomusicology, popular culture and music revivals, new approaches to the perception of music, religion, ideology and popular music practices, ethnicity, consumer culture and popular music, the issues of gender and sexuality, postmodernism, postcolonialism and poststructralism and so on.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Course assessment criteria are specified in the course assessment methods/plans.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

%70 attendance is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Ayhan EROL
aerol@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday: 13.30-16.30
Thursday: 15.30-16.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes