COURSE UNIT TITLE

: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GSM 6009 METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Music Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMINE FILIZ YIĞIT

Offered to

Music Teacher Education

Course Objective

The object of the course is to teach the knowledge about the subject, the scope, methodological approaches and methods of ethnomusicology discipline that works music in its cultural context and practicing them in scientific researches. As from 1990 s music education, popular music etc. subjects came in the domain of ethnomusicology which deals with music in aspects of physical, aesthetical, pschycological and cultural contexts. Thus, the approaches and methods of ethnomusicology take place efficiently in music generally and music education researches.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the definition and the scope of ethnomusicology.
2   Knows the main approaches influenced the discipline of ethnomusicology.
3   Knows socio-cultural contexts of music as entity of culture.
4   Knows the methods of ethnomusicology.
5   Analyses scientific Works in ethnomusicology.
6   Achieves the skill of making scientific researches in ethnomusicology.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The definition and the scope of "comparative musicology" and "ethnomusicology"
2 Methodological approaches: Jaap Kunst, George Herzog, Curt Sachs, Alan Lomax vb.
3 Methodological approaches: Alan P. Merriam, Mantle Hood, Charles Seeger, John Blacking, Bruno Nettl, Timoty Rice vb.
4 Ethnographic method
5 Interview in field work
6 Observation in field work
7 Musical ethnography
8 Mid exam. Assignment.
9 Analysing scientific Works in ethnomusicology.
10 Analysing scientific Works in ethnomusicology.
11 Analysing scientific Works in ethnomusicology.
12 Analysing scientific Works in ethnomusicology.
13 Analysing scientific Works in ethnomusicology.
14 Preparing research desing for scientific Works.
15 Final exam. Project.

Recomended or Required Reading

Ethnomusicology: An Introduction, H. Myers. 1992.
The Anthropology of Music, Alan P. Merriam, 1964.
Müzik Etnografisi, Yetkin Özer, 2002.
Bilim Perspektifinde Müzik, Yetkin Özer, 1997.
Insan ve Kültür, Antropolojiye Giriş, Bozkurt Güvenç, 1972.
Çokkültürlülük Bilmecesi, Gerd Baumann, 1999.
The Ethnography od Musical Performance, N. McLeod, M. Herndon, 1980.
Comparative Musicology and Anthropology of Music, Bruno Nettl, Philip V. Bholmann, 1991.
The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-one issues and concepts, Bruno Nettl, 2005.
Pioneers of Ethnomusicology, Mervyn Mclean, 2006.
Thinking Musically: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture, Bonnie C. Wade, 2013.
Ethnomusicology, Jaap Kunst, 1974.
Ethnomusicology: History, Definition, and Scope, Kay Kaufman Shelemay, 1990.
Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader, Jenifer C. Post, 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Research, explanation, presentation, sampling, analysis.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + PRJ * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Preparing assignement and project.

Assessment Criteria

Success in assignments and project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

filiz.yigit@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

3 hours in week days.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Student Presentations 15 1 15
Lectures 15 2 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 20 4 80
Preparing assignments 8 3 24
Project Preparation 8 3 24
Reading 5 5 25
Midterm 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 204

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.145435
LO.245435
LO.345435
LO.445435
LO.545435
LO.645435

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