INST 2606 - Encountering World Music

Hours: 3
Ethnomusicology investigates more than the music of a culture. It calls for immersion into social history, politics, religion and philosophy, and aesthetics, as well as the theory, transmission, and performance practice of music. This course covers the music cultures of Native America, Africa, Black America, India, Indonesia, South America, and the Arabic world. Specifically, the topics of Navajo healing ceremonies, African ceremonial drumming and communal singing, African American spirituals and the blues, Indian music and dance, Indonesian dance and shadow puppetry, Andean folk and protest music, and Muslim and Arabic sacred and secular music are addressed. Students will be engaged through ethnomusicological fieldwork writings and recordings, documentaries, and direct experience with multicultural aesthetic events including live music performances, art exhibits, and dance. Students will be challenged to expand their social and aesthetic consciousness by learning about the human condition expressed in a culture’s music. Reading and writing assignments will promote reflection on these topics and help develop a perspective on the inherent universals within music and the value and importance of music for the public good.

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INST 2606 - Encountering World Music