COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ETHNOGRAPHY OF MUSIC I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 3005 ETHNOGRAPHY OF MUSIC I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Music Sciences

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LEVENT ERGUN

Offered to

Music Sciences
Musicology

Course Objective

This course aims to describe methods and techniques of field research as a data gathering tool for musical examination, applying these techniques and presenting it via ethnograhic narrative.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define methods and techniques of the field research.
2   Choose the convenient methodology for gathering data in the field research.
3   Define a proper topic which s/he could apply the field research methods and techniques.
4   Apply theoratical knowledge on the field.
5   Recognize possible changes in strategy in accordance to data gathered from field research.
6   Argue the outcomes of the field research in the class.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction; Scientific knowledge
2 Ethnography, Ethnograpy and Ethnology, Antropology and Ethnomusicology
3 Ethnomusicology and musical ethnography
4 Field Research and its meaning in different disciplinaries
5 Conceptualization of Methods and techniques, Planning and preparation of field research
6 Interview and roles in interview
7 Types of interview
8 Interviewer, subject and resource
9 Interviewer tactics, question types and forming questions, survey and survey techniques
10 Recording and transcribing the interview Assignment: Determining the interview topic and preparing questions
11 Evaluation of the assignments Assignment: Making an interview through determined topic and questions
12 Observation and types of observation Assignment: Observation of an musical event
13 Midterm
14 Ethnographic writing of interview and observation

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/Required Readings:
Murchison, J. M. (2010) Ethnography Essentials: Designing, Conducting, and Presenting Your Research, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Özer, Y. (2002) Müzik Etnografisi: Alan Çalışmasında Yöntem ve Teknik, Dokuz Eylül Yayınları.
Additional Sources:
Barz , G. F., Cooley, T. J.(ed.) (1997) Shadows in the Field, Oxford University Pres
Emerson, R.M., Fretz, R.I., Shaw, L.L. (2008) Bütün Yönleriyle Alan Çalışması Etnografik Alan Notları Yazımı, Birleşik Yayınları.
London, J. (2019). Uçurum Insanları, (Y. Yavuz, Çev.), Iletişim Yayınları.
Scheurmann, E. (2021). Göğü Delen Adam (L. Tayla, Çev.) Lacivert Kitaplar.



Complementary Materials:
Interview records and printed observation examples.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturer will explain the methods and techniques of the field research in theory and discuss the readings with the students. Students will argue the case studies described by the lecturer and their assignments during the class. Lecturer will direct students to ask and answer questions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.30
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.30


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Exams:
Will be two written exams during the semester. Exceed 50% of the total score on the exams, each student will achieve success. Mid-term exam, the assigned topics and will include topics covered in the classroom. Final exam, the student shall be made in writing on the homework project.
Assignments:
Beginning in the mid-term to prepare students to be handed in until the next week, applied research assignments will require the individual to work. The student will perform the technical applications of homework to do and will have to prepare their reports. Assignments, using Microsoft Word software to be written in accordance with the rules of spelling and both named in print as well as a digital copy of the main topics to prepare and will be delivered to the faculty member. At least one day before the class, students evaluate the course homework assignment will bring a digital copy of the other students in the class.
Assignments, individual and each student makes at least three pieces of work assignments.
Project:
Accumulated knowledge acquired by the student during the period to exert his homework purposes. The interview and observation techniques are applied in a matter of a mid-term project at the end of a predetermined time period, using Microsoft Word software to be written in accordance with the rules of spelling and both named in print as well as a digital copy of the main topics to prepare and will be delivered to the faculty member.

Assessment Criteria

Exams:
It targerts to measure whether students have achieved the knowledge based competences defined in learning outcomes.

Assignment/presentation:
It depends on the quality of analysis of the data collected by student at the beginning of the semester with the literature determination, observations and interviews on the subject of assignment given by the tutorial or selected by her/his choice. The student is expected to reflect the characteristics of assignment topics conveyed by tutorial within the course in her/his assignment. The oral presentation of the project assignment, which the student will deliver in writing at the end of the semester, is evaluated in terms of the subject being clearly understood, the quality of written narrative principles such as format and spelling rules.

Project:
The student is expected to exhibit all the techniques he/she has gained with all his/her assignments within the semester under a topic he/she determines in the middle of the semester. Its an important evaluation criteria that the observations and interviews made by the student comply with the subject chosen and the literature he/she uses. The project assignment will be evaluated in terms of quality of written narrative principles such as format, writing rules and handling as well as the subject being clearly understood.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 of attendance is obligatory.
2. Every kind of plagiarism will be ended with disciplinary punishment.
3. Not attending the class will not be counted as a valid excuse for delivering the term paper after deadline.
4. Assignments delivered after deadline will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone: 232 301 68 51
E-mail: levent.ergun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday: 13.30-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Student Presentations 13 5 65
Preparing assignments 3 1 3
Design Project 1 10 10
Field study 3 4 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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