COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ETHNOGRAPHY AND ANALYSIS OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZB 5037 ETHNOGRAPHY AND ANALYSIS OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Musicology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LEVENT ERGUN

Offered to

Musicology

Course Objective

This course aims to make students able to gather and analyze data through research methods and techniques used in musical analysis. And make students able to explain the findings ethnographically.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Desciribe sorts of the musical performance and performance,
2   Describe methods and techniques used in field research and able to describe ethnography as a strategic method in field research,
3   Apply theoretical knowledge about research methods and techniques into the field,
4   Classify and analyze gathered data,
5   Written analyzed data ethnographically,

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: types of musical performance and performance
2 Definition of ethnography, its basic history and position in the different disciplines
3 Ethnography as a strategic method Choosing a topic
4 Choice of topics related to musical performance Assignment: Appyling observation and interview techniques
5 Technics of observation, participant observation and interview
6 Ethnography of musical event and musical activity Assignment: Musical Performance Ethnography
7 Taking notes in the field, techniques of note taking,relation between field notes and ethnographic expression
8 Ethics in data gathering, nature of ethnographic data
9 Preparing a research plan
10 Evaluation of questions and main themes arised from the field study
11 Evaluation of assignments and examples of ethnographic writings
12 Analysis of ethnographic data
13 Students' presentations
14 Students' presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Altuntek, N. S. (2009) Yerlinin Bakışı Etnografya: Kuram ve Yöntem Ankara: Ütopya.
Barz, Gregory F., Cooley, Timothy J.(ed.) (1997) Shadows in the Field, New York : Oxford University Pres.
Carlson, M. (2014) Performans Eleştirel Bir Giriş, Ankara: Dost.
Clayton, M. (ed.) (2003) The cultural Study of Music, Routledge Pub.
Emerson, R.M., Fretz, R.I., Shaw, L.L. (2008) Bütün Yönleriyle Alan Çalışması Etnografik Alan Notları Yazımı, Ankara: Birleşik Yayınları.
Fetterman, D. M. (2010) Ethnography Step by Step, California: Sage.
Gofman, E. (2016) Gündelik Yaşamda Benliğin Sunumu, Istanbul: Metis.
Hammersley, M., Atkinson, P. (2007) Ethnography Principles in Practice, New York: Routledge.
Harmanşah, R., Nahya, Z. N. (ed.) (2018) Etnografik Hikayeler Türkiye'de Alan Araştırması Deneyimleri, Istanbul: Metis.
Krüger, Simone (2008) Ethnography in the Performing Arts, A Student Guide, Liverpool John Moores University Pres.
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, Izmir: Dokuz Eylül Yayınları.
Öztürkmen, A. (ed.) (2013) Müzik, Dans, Gösterim: Tarihsel ve Kuramsal Tartışmalar, Istanbul: Boğaziçi Yayınları.
Yazıcı Yakın, A., Kükrer M. (ed.) (2019) Etnografi Olağan-içi Tecrübe, Ankara: Doğu Batı.
Swiss T., Horner, B. (ed.) (1999) Key terms in popular music and culture, Blackwell Pub.
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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Courses:
Courses will be performed through musical performance, field study and theoretical conceptualization of field study techniques and evaluation of readings. Discussing examples of field research explained by the lecturer and assignments of the students. Lecturer will lead students to answer questions and discuss the findings of tehir assignments.
Assignments:
Students will be able to make observations, interviews and able to present and argue findings of their research about a specific musical performance in the light of conceptual perspective gained in the class.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FCG * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 RST RESIT ASG * 0.40 +PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assignment:
It is essential for success that the students to work on, understand and convey on the subject of assignment given by the instructor or selected by her/his choice. The student is expected to support her/his chosen research topic with visual and audio examples. 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.
Final exam:
It targerts to measure whether students have achieved the knowledge based competences defined in learning outcomes.
Attendance in the course:
The score to be obtained from the student's attendance depend on a) attendance status of the course, b) the quality of the students answers to the questions asked by the instructor during the course, c) the quality of the technical, formal and oral narration in the presentation and (d) the contrubition of the student to the creation of the positive learning environment.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is compulsory.
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

Tuesday: 13.30-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Tutorials 2 3 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 6 60
Field study 4 4 16
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Design Project 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.115112112
LO.2353511122
LO.31135111212
LO.411555133232
LO.53333133232