160064 UE Sound Studies in Ethnomusicology (2025S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Tu 11.02.2025 09:00 to Th 20.02.2025 14:00
- Registration is open from Fr 21.02.2025 09:00 to Tu 25.02.2025 14:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 15.03.2025 14:00
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Wednesday 05.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
- Wednesday 19.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
- Wednesday 26.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
- Wednesday 02.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
- Wednesday 09.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
- Wednesday 30.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
- Wednesday 07.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
- Wednesday 14.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
- Wednesday 21.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
- Wednesday 28.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
- Wednesday 04.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
- Wednesday 11.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
- Wednesday 18.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
- N Wednesday 25.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This course analyzes musical sound, focusing on its cultural meanings and uses beyond its formal structures and representation in scores. It builds on the contributions of musicology, ethnomusicology, and anthropology of sound to the growing field of sound studies. We will study how sound works, how culture shapes our listening, how we identify some sounds and not others as “music,” and the importance of concepts such as “noise” and “silence” in such conceptualization. We will also engage with the associations between certain sounds and ideas about tradition, authenticity, modernity, race, or ethnicity and how composers, performers, and sound artists use the meanings attached to those sounds in their creative endeavors. Based in current theoretical developments in sound studies, students will include assignments which may include soundwalks, sound ethnographies, and sound installations.
Assessment and permitted materials
Homework, in-class presentations, active participation
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Regular, active participation (maximum of 3 absences)
Completion of reading materials
Completion of class assignments
Final assignment
Completion of reading materials
Completion of class assignments
Final assignment
Examination topics
The entire content of the course is relevant to the evaluations, and can be used to find a topic for the final thesis.
Reading list
The basic literature will be made available via Moodle.
Association in the course directory
BA: ETH-V, INT, FRE
MA: E.ETH, E.INT, H.ETH, H.INT, S.ETH, S.INT
MA: E.ETH, E.INT, H.ETH, H.INT, S.ETH, S.INT
Last modified: Th 19.06.2025 14:46