Introduction to Ethnomusicology: why, and how, human beings are musical

University of St Andrews

Bachelor's degree

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    St andrews (Scotland)

  • Duration

    Flexible

  • Start date

    Different dates available

"Ethnomusicology is the study of why, and how, human beings are musical" (Timothy Rice). It is interdisciplinary, and draws upon e.g. musicology, anthropology, cultural studies, and performance studies.

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St Andrews (Fife)
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University Of St Andrews, KY16 9AJ

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2018

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Subjects

  • Musical
  • Musicology
  • Anthropology
  • Cultural Studies
  • Performance
  • Writing
  • Musical activity
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Professional
  • Quantitative

Course programme

This course aims to provide students with a broad overview of the emergence of the academic field; insights into its methods of enquiry using both emic (insider) and etic (outsider) approaches to recording and writing about musical activity; exposure to some important critical texts and questions; and some illustrative case studies from a variety of different cultural contexts.
































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Introduction to Ethnomusicology: why, and how, human beings are musical

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