Universität Wien

160062 UE Ethnomusicological Exercise (2025S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 40 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 04.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
  • Tuesday 11.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
  • Tuesday 18.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
  • Tuesday 25.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
  • Tuesday 01.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
  • Tuesday 08.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
  • Tuesday 29.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
  • Tuesday 06.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
  • Tuesday 13.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
  • Tuesday 20.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
  • Tuesday 27.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
  • Tuesday 03.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
  • Tuesday 10.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
  • Tuesday 17.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
  • Tuesday 24.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In the context of ethnomusicology ethnographic methods play a central role in investigating musical and dance practices, discourses and contexts. The focus is on field research, which revolves around experiencing, observing, questioning, participating in and documenting music and dance “in the field”. Whether rural, urban, local or digital, the field is understood as the space in which musical, dance and discursive interaction takes place.
In this exercise, students develop the basic methods of ethnographic data collection by reading and discussing texts together and applying what they have learned in the form of small research projects. Participants will go through the process of musicological field research, which includes the following steps: developing topics and research questions, selecting and narrowing down the “field”, dealing with interviewees, observing and participating in musical contexts, field research techniques such as field research notes, interviews (narrative, guided) and recordings, and ethnographic writing and presentation.

Assessment and permitted materials

- Regular and active participation in class
- Regular reading of the compulsory texts active participation in the discussions on the texts in the course unit
- Small exercises on various methods (recording, observation, participation, interview) with discussion in the course unit
- Presentation of the group research project

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- Attendance and active participation in discussions (max. 3 hours of absence)
- Conducting small group field research
- Presentation of the group field research
- Creation of an individual portfolio with excerpts from the field research results

Examination topics

Reading list

Selection (English, German)
- Barz, Gregory F., and William Cheng (Ed.). Queering the Field: Sounding Out Ethnomusicology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Bernard, H. Russell. 2018. Research methods in anthropology: qualitative and quantitative approaches. Lanham, Rowman & Littlefield
- Bischoff, C. and S. Bauernschmidt. 2014. Methoden der Kulturanthropologie. Bern, Haupt.
- Gilman, Lisa and John Fenn. 2019. Handbook for Folklore and Ethnomusicology Fieldwork. Indiana University Press
- Harrison, Faye V. (Ed.).2010. Decolonizing anthropology: moving further toward an anthropology for liberation. Arlington, Virginia: Association of Black Anthropologists, AAA
- Nettl, Bruno. 2015. The study of ethnomusicology: thirty-three discussions. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
- Przybylski, Liz. 2021. Hybrid ethnography: online, offline, and in between. Los Angeles London New Delhi Singapore Washington, DC Melbourne, Sage.

Association in the course directory

BA: ETH

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