NB: COURSE SCHEDULE AND READING
ASSIGNMENTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND ADDITIONS.
Week 1 - Monday 12 September: Introduction
to
Week 2 - Monday 19 September: Library
Orientation & Instruction by Ms. Meyers Sawa
Read: Duckles, Vincent. Music Reference and Research
Materials
Write: Define 3 theoretical terms: one historical, one
ethnomusicological, one theoretical (submit via email attachment) by start of
class
Week 3 - Monday 26 September:
Archives & Evaluating Sources
Read: ERes Link to the
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/cja/CJAindex.html
Write: Precis (no more than 1000 words)
Week 4 - Monday 3 October: “Critical
response" as Activist Response: Case Studies in post-Holocaust, post-nationalist
Europe; Guest Speaker: Professor Philip V. Bolhman (U
Read: ERes: Critical Thinking
Herndon, M. and
Bohlman,
Philip V. 1993. Musicology as a Political Act. Journal of Musicology 11 (4):411-436.
Bohlman, Philip V. 2005. "One Professor's View," Making Music Matter. Newsletter of the
University of Chicago Center on Race.
Write: Annotated Bibliography (20 citations)
Week 5 - Monday 10 October – NO
CLASS – Happy Thanksgiving!
Week 6 - Monday 17 October:
Finding Funding & Budgets
Read: ERes: SSRC: The Art of Proposal Writing and
Chronicle “Debunking Some Myths about Grant Writing”
Write: Article Review (3 pages, 1st tier music
journal, from 2001-2005)
Week 7 - Monday 24 October: Field
Journals, Notes & Quick Descriptions
Read: Hood, Mantle.
1982 [1971]. Chapter 4 "Field Methods and the Human Equation" and
chapter 5 "Field Methods and the Technical Equation," The
Ethnomusicologist
Emerson, Robert. Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes
The Society for Ethnomusicology. 2001. A Manual for
Documentation, Fieldwork & Preservation for Ethnomusicologists
Write: Proposal (5 pages)
Write: Detailed Budget (2 pages)
Week 8 - Monday 31 October: Field
& Research notes, cont.
Read: Herndon, Marcia and Norma McLeod. 1983. Field Manual for
Ethnomusicology.
Sanjek, Roger, ed. 1990. Fieldnotes: The Makings of
Anthropology.
Anthony Seeger "Ethnography
of Music" in Ethnomusicology: An Introduction (pp.88-109).
Bendix,
Write: Abstract (250 words)
Week 9 - Monday 7 November: Fieldwork
Ethics & Problems
Read: short section from Myers, "Chapter II:
Fieldwork" (excerpt, pp.38-40)
Babiracki, Carol. “What’s the Difference?: Reflections on
Gender and Research in Village
Gourlay, Kenneth. 1978. "Towards a Reassessment of the
Ethnomusicologist's Role in Research." Ethnomusicology 22(1):1-36
Koning, Jos. 1980. "The
Fieldworker as Performer." Ethnomusicology 24(3):417-429.
Write: Turn in pages from Journal & transcribed Fieldnotes
Week 10 - Monday 14 November: Interviews
Read: Donald Ritchie's Doing Oral History
Charles Briggs' Learning How To Ask
Stone, Ruth M. and Verlon L. Stone. 1981. "Event,
Feedback, and Analysis: Research Media in the Study of Music Events." Ethnomusicology
25(2):215-225.
Write: Contracts
Week 11 - Monday 21 November: Effective
Presentations & Using Technology
Read: ERes: Style
ERes: Giving an Oral
Presentation
Myers, Helen. 1992. "Chapter III: Field Technology." In Ethnomusicology:
An Introduction, edited by Helen Myers, pp.50-87.
Titon,
Jeff and Barry Dornfeld (1992) "Representation and Authority in
Ethnographic Film/Video: Production" and "Representation and
Authority in Ethnographic Film/Video: Reception." Ethnomusicology,
36(1):89-94 and 95-98.
Write: Interview transcriptions
Week 12 - Monday 28 November: Student
Presentations & Colleague Responses
Write: Conference-length papers & presentation (8-10 pages =
20 minutes, may be shortened dependent on course enrollment), must include
technology in presentation
Colleague
response (5 minutes)
Week 13 - Monday 5 December:
Student Presentations & Colleague Responses
Write: Conference-length papers & presentation (8-10 pages =
20 minutes, may be shortened dependent on course enrollment), must include
technology in presentation
Colleague
response (5 minutes)