Ethnomusicology 2

Base Knowledge

N/A

Teaching Methodologies

The classes will be taught with the concern of the student’s participation, either by encouraging discussions on topics related to the themes addressed, either through the critical analysis of texts previously chosen. The musical knowledge will be made by analyzing of musical scores, hearing collections and viewing illustrative videos whenever possible. The organological study will be based on observation of the instruments to know and hearing music examples resulting from collections. Research and / or collection of works done by students on the proposed themes throughout the course will be presented and discussed in class.
Continuous/periodic evaluation:
a) Research work – 60%
b) Written test and recensions – 30%
c) Qualitative participation in classes – 10%
Exam: Written and/or oral exam, or special proof of technical, artistic or other order (100%). Access conditions: attendance of at least 75% of the classes taught.

Learning Results

1. Ability to understand the phenomena of social change through mutations in the forms of communication through music. 2. Acknowledgement of the importance of studying the portuguese traditional musical heritage to affirm the identity of the portuguese people. 3. Deeper understanding of this heritage, at the musical level and organological level. 4. Capacity of intervention at the level of study and practice of the portuguese traditional musical heritage in a conservation perspective. 5. Knowledge of cultural exchanges between the PMTP and others involved in the colonization and emigration phenomena. 6. Development of a research project involving methods and field techniques.

Program

I. General Ethnomusicology 1. Popular Culture / Traditional Culture: Music and identity; Socio-musical practice; Migration and diasporas; World Musics and globalization II. The Portuguese Traditional Music 1. Identifiable features. Systematization 2. The choirs in Portuguese musical tradition III. Portuguese traditional organology 1. Instruments and musical groups III. Music in the world 1. Portugal in the world: particular cases of musical cultural exchange IV. Fieldwork 1. Proposed themes; Observation; Theoretical framework; Ethnographic writing

Curricular Unit Teachers

Grading Methods

Continuing Evaluation
  • - Attendance and Participation - 10.0%
  • - Frequency - 30.0%
  • - Research work - 60.0%
Examen
  • - Exam - 100.0%

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

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Campnhoudt, L. Van; Quivy, R. (1998). Manual de Investigação em Ciências Sociais. Lisboa: Gradiva.
Correia, Avelino Rodrigues (2016). Do Choupal até à Lapa… Para uma Etnografia do Constructo da Canção de Coimbra. Lisboa: Sílabo. Giacometti, M.Lopes-Graça (1981). Cancioneiro Popular Português. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.
Losa, Leonor (2013). Machinas Fallantes – A Música Gravada em Portugal no Início do Século XX. Lisboa: Tinta da China.
Merriam, Alan (1964). The Anthropology of Music. Evanston: Northwestern University Press.
Oliveira, Ernesto Veiga de (2000). Instrumentos Musicais Populares Portugueses. Lisboa: Fundação CG.