(Ethnomusicological) Method from the Ground Up - Methodology as Construct

Anotace

This course takes an interactive approach to methodology. Underscoring the value of the experiential, the course begins with observable field situations (with audiovisual materials to simulate reality) and the simple questions they initially raise. Emphasis will be placed on learning through an awareness of the step-by-step procedures by which those early questions are continually refined in the course of the search for understanding and explanation.

Supplementing the experiential will be readings from the literature on method in ethnomusicology as well as from related disciplines. Ultimately, the aim is to lay a methodological foundation that can support methods applicable to a wide range of ethnomusicological research.