MHL 568 INTRODUCTION TO ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
Fall, 2001SLN 19498 Haefer
MWF 11:40 Office hours: M-Th 12:40 OR BY APPT. Office: E275
R.Haefer@ASU.Edu
TENTATIVE SYLLABUS
Class web site: http://herbergeronline.asu.edu/haefer/classes/568/mhl568.html
Date Topic Assignment
M 20Aug Introduction to the course/requirements/assignments
W 22Aug What is ethnomusicology?
F 24Aug Sub—topic+: Organology
Topic 1: Theory and method in ethnomusicology
M 27Aug First oral reports 1st oral reports due
W 29Aug First oral reports
F 31Aug First oral reports
M 3Sep Holiday, no class
W 5Sep First oral reports
F 7Sep First oral reports
M 10Sep First oral reports
W 12Sep Sub—topic+: Visual "anthropology" 1st paper due
F 14Sep con’t. Visual/video in ethnomusicology
Topic 2: Fieldwork in ethnomusicology
M 17Sep Begin field work discussion 2nd paper due
W 19Sep con’t field work--preparations/interactions/grants
F 21Sep con’t field work--preparations/interactions
M 24Sep con’t field work--roles/interviewing
W 26Sep con’t field work--mechanics
F 28Sep con’t field work--mechanics/ethics
M 1Oct con’t field work--coding
W 3Oct.
F 5OCt Sub—topic+: dance ethnology 3rd paper due
M 8Oct Sub—topic+: ethics
Topic 3: Transcription and analysis of oral traditions
W 10Oct transcription discussion
F 12Oct transcription
M 15Oct transcription
W 17Oct analysis 4th transcriptions due
F 19Oct analysis
M 22Oct analysis--computer aided 4th analyses due
W 24Oct Sub—topic+: Traditional theories of music
F 26Oct No class, work on Žnal paper SEM in DETROIT (OR come with us)
Traditional theories of music, con’t.
Topic 4: Music and style descriptions
M 29Oct Possibly no class, work on Žnal paper [Post-SEM lecture]
W 31Oct analysis--computer aided, con’t. 4th paper due
F 2Nov Music and style descriptions: historic/geographic
M 5Nov Music and style descriptions: context/symbolic communication
W 7Nov Final oral reports 5th oral reports due
F 9Nov Final oral reports
M 12Nov Final oral reports
W 14Nov Final oral reports
F 16Nov Final oral reports
M 19Nov Final oral reports
W 21Nov Final oral reports
F 23Nov No class, Thanksgiving Holiday
M 26Nov Final oral reports
W 28Nov Final oral reports
F 30Nov Final oral reports
M 3Dec Final oral reports Last day of class
W 5Dec. Reading Day
4th paper due
W 12Dec Final Exam date. All papers due in my office E511 no later than 9:30AM
+N.b. sub—topics will be "worked—in" at convenient times.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Each assignment will be written as a brief paper. Numbers 1 and 5 will also be given as oral class presentations (#1 no longer than 15 mins. (you must be very organized); # 5 ca. 45 mins). Numbers 2-4 will be discussed "in class" as part of our discussions of fieldwork and transcription/analysis. Each assignment must be turned in on a computer disc as well as a hard copy. NOTE: Although the assignments are outlined below, more detailed information will be given as we progress through the semester.
3. Prepare yourself for a "mini observational" field experience. Actual Želd experiences will be determined by local "happenings" and with my approval. Approach the experience as if you were just beginning to search for a field experience on the topic and attending your first performance of the genre. Write your field observations and intersperse therein examples of, contrasts with, and questions raised from the knowledge you gained prior to the field experience by preparatory readings on the culture and genre.
4. Listen to one recording (of LP or CD length) containing a sampling of material from one culture. Make a gross description of the music style of that culture by preparing several transcriptions and then writing an analysis of the material. Transcriptions and analyses will be discussed separately in class and the final "paper" will then be prepared and submitted.