This seminar provides a theoretical and practical foundation in ethnomusicological research methods, including research design, ethics, data collection methods, data analysis methods, and the presentation of research results. The primary focus will be on ethnographic methods and qualitative data analysis, with briefer introductions to archival work, musical transcription and analysis, practice-based research, and/or other relevant approaches.
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: demonstrate familiarity with the principal research methodologies of ethnomusicology; and design, carryout, and present the results of their own research project in accordance with the current international standards of the field.