ATS3144 - Music research in the digital age - 2017

The unit provides students with the opportunity to engage with the Internet, both as a source of information and as a medium for the dissemination of music research. Through a series of lectures, students learn about basic research methodologies (for example, observation/participation-observation, interviewing, the use photography, video and sound recordings, and so forth), as well as some of the ways in which music scholars use contemporary technology in research projects and in the dissemination of research findings. By applying the skills learned in class, students then undertake a research project to document a particular music setting or performance group. Following, students use original research data to construct an ethnographic website that incorporates texts, still and moving images, and sound recordings.

Upon completion of the unit, students are able to:

1. Critically evaluate examples of digital music research;
2. Comprehend and articulate methodological issues pertinent to music research and the digital dissemination of research findings;
3. Plan and execute a music research project.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Dr Jonathan McIntosh

Music

Ethnomusicology and musicology

Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.