MUS 201-01 - Topics in Music and Culture: Theory and Method in Ethnomusicology (Spring)

4 credits (Spring)

This course introduces students to the discipline of ethnomusicology. We focus on the dominant theoretical orientations of contemporary ethnomusicologists, the history of ethnomusicology as an academic discipline, and the nature and methodology of fieldwork. Emphasis is placed on what it is that ethnomusicologists do by addressing fieldwork techniques, contemporary social theory, and the nature of ethnographic representation.

Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Perman