Methodologies in Musicology - 1st semester
Code
73202100
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências Musicais
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Paulo Ferreira de Castro
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To offer conceptual and methodological tools, as well as developing high-level critical skills in the fields of Historical Musicology and Ethnomusicology;
b) To provide bibliographic/documentary guidance, as well as developing skills in information retrieval and processing, according to standards of up-to-dateness and scientific relevance;
c) To develop the ability to conceptualize, problematize and elaborate any relevant topic of musicological research with an interdisciplinary outlook, in connection with the students specific doctoral dissertation topic and area of interest;
d) To develop skills in oral and written communication, in accord with international academic standards of clarity and rigour;
e) To provide detailed information about contemporary tendencies of musicological research.
Prerequisites
Note: A good knowledge of written English is required.
Subject matter
To be determined according to the students specific research areas, in connection with the extended reading programme established at the beginning of the semester.
Bibliography
Bergeron, Katherine e Philip V. Bohlman (eds.), Disciplining Music: Musicology and Its Canons, Chicago: UCP, 1992
Clayton, Martin, Trevor Herbert e Richard Middleton (eds.), The Cultural Study of Music, New York: Routledge, 2011
Cook, Nicholas e Mark Everist (eds.), Rethinking Music, Oxford: OUP, 2001
Hooper, Giles, The Discourse of Musicology, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006
Kramer, Lawrence, Classical Music and Postmodern Knowledge, Berkeley: UCP, 1995
Williams, Alastair, Constructing Musicology, Farnham: Ashgate, 2001
Teaching method
30% theoretical exposition and 70% practical work. Practical work consists mainly of oral presentations of individual work by students, followed by group discussion.
Evaluation method
Assessment is based on the quality of the oral presentations and participation in group discussions (30%) and an essay about a topic of particular relevance to the students dissertation (70%).