Module Code - Title:
MU6061
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MUSIC ETHNOGRAPHY
Year Last Offered:
2026/7
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module trains students in the epistemology, methodology, methods and techniques for sustained ethnographic inquiry.
Syllabus:
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
understand the epistemology underlying the methodology of ethnographic inquiry
know the methods and techniques for ethnographic inquiry
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
understand the values underlying good practice in ethnographic inquiry
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
documentation skills
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Lecture, seminar discussion, tutorial and lab work
Prime Texts:
Emmerson
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Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes
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Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
MASTER OF ARTS IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
MASTER OF ARTS IN IRISH MUSIC STUDIES
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Autumn
Module Leader:
Conor.Caldwell@ul.ie