module
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT3031: Ethnomusicology
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module begins by considering key concepts and writers on music sociology and ethnomusicology. The concepts will include: affordances, homology, appropriation, affiliation and habitus. The module then sets these concepts in context of case study material focused on musical structure as a medium for thinking about the life course, social structure, embodied communication, identity, health and wellbeing; consciousness, social control and memory.
Topics:
A. Orientation:
- Introduction to ethnomusicology/music sociology
- Key concepts with examples
- What is music, sound, noise: an exercise in boundary construction
B. Music in Everyday Life over the life course and in cultural context:
- Communicative musicality
- Music and socialization
- Music and emotion, music and work
- Music and health/wellbeing: alternative healing and ritual care
- Music and continuing bonds: spirituality, transcendence and commemoration through music
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | 252 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 48 | 12 x two hour lectures, 8 x two hour seminars and 2 x student-led discussion sessions with small presentations in seminar 12 x two hour lectures, 8 x two hour seminars and 2 x student-led discussion sessions with small presentations in seminar |
| Guided Independent Study | 20 | A variety of activities directed by module leader and allowing student choice: 1. Mapping the sonic environment |
| Guided Independent Study | 10 | 2. Interview or radio archive exercise |
| Guided Independent Study | 17 | 3. Video analysis of embodied musical engagement |
| Guided Independent Study | 22 | 4. Exploration of musicalisation of settings or interactions |
| Guided Independent Study | 60 | Reading and researching |
| Guided Independent Study | 14 | Preparation for student-led seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 35 | Writing the proposal |
| Guided Independent Study | 74 | Writing the essay |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).