COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORLD MUSIC: AFRICAN,PASIFIC AND SOUTH AMERICAN CULTURES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZS 4002 WORLD MUSIC: AFRICAN,PASIFIC AND SOUTH AMERICAN CULTURES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Department of Musicology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI CENK GEDIK

Offered to

Music Sciences
Musicology
Music Technology

Course Objective

The aim of the lecture is to provide students a cross-cultural understanding of conceptual, auditory and theoretical backround about different musics in various cultural and social contexts of different regions of the world, and investigation of the problems related with production and consumption of world musics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define fundamental concepts which explain technological, cultural and social aspects of world musics,
2   Define cultural, formal and technical features of musical practices in varios regions of the world,
3   Define evaluation of musical features according to the cultural and social contexts they belong
4   Explain the role of technology in the global distribution of local musics,
5   Study and present a specific musical culture,
6   Discuss that societies have different cultural values over the musical samples.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to musical cultures of Africa
2 Morocco: Gnawa musicians and Therapautic usage of music in healing rituals
3 Morocco: Melhun
4 Egypt: Arab nationalism and music
5 Mozambique: orchestra of wood xylephones
6 Introduction to the musical cultures of Latin America
7 Introduction to the musical cultures of Latin America
8 Cuba: Son and Afro-Cuban music
9 Music in Andes cultures
10 Midterm
11 Presentations
12 Presentations
13 Presentations
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/Required Readings:
Akgül, Özgül. (2004). Bir `Üçüncü Dünya Piyasası ndan Görünümler, Folklora Doğru, 65. s: 193-206
Erlmann, Veit. (2004). Küresel Tahayyülün Estetiği: 1990larda World Music üzerine Düşünceler, Folklora Doğru, 65. s: 169-192.
Feld, Steven. (2004). World Music Için Tatlı Bir Ninni, Folklora Doğru, 65. s: 81-112.
Gadalla, Moustafa. (2002). Egyptian Rhythm: The Heavenly Melodies. Tehuti Research Foundation
Glazerson, Matityahu. (1998). Music and Kabbalah, Jason Aronson, Inc.
Grove Music Online. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com,
Guilbault, Jocelyne. (2004). Yereli World Music Aracılığıyla Yeniden Tanımlamak Üzerine , Folklora Doğru, 65. s: 113-130.
Hammarlund, Anders. (2001). Sufism, Music And Society In Türkiye And The Middle East, Routledge
Hutnyk, John. (2004). Adorno Womad'da: Güney Asya Crossover'ları ve Melezlik Bahsinin Sınırları, Folklora Doğru, 65. s: 131-168.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Courses
The lecture is given by a stress on conceptualization of musical practices of various societies with their religious, functional and semantic features. Presentation of audio and video samples are also important part of the lecture.
2. Assignments
Assignments consist study of students either individually or collectively on specific topics relevant to the course content and presentation and discussion of it in classroom.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 ATT ATTENDANCE
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + ATT * 0.10 + FIN * 0.30
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + ATT * 0.10 + RST * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance to 70 % of lectures is compulsory.
2. Every kind of plagiarism is subject to official investigation
3. Deadline of assignments and presentations should be strictly followed.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel: 232 - 412 92 08
e-mail: ali.gedik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 13.30-16.00
Friday: 13.30-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 81

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18
LO.15
LO.253
LO.311
LO.411
LO.5151
LO.61