Competences developed in the course

Cross-cutting competencies: 

CT1: Organize and plan work in an efficient and motivating way. 

CT2: Gather meaningful information, analyze it, synthesize it, and manage it appropriately. 

CT8: Reasonably and critically develop ideas and arguments. 

CT1: Lead and manage work groups. 

General competencies:  

CG8: Apply the most appropriate work methods to overcome challenges that arise in the field of personal study and in collective musical practice.   

CG18: Communicate in writing and verbally the content and objectives of their professional activity to specialized audiences, using appropriate technical and general vocabulary.   

CG24: Develop capacities for self-directed learning throughout their professional life.   

CG25: Know and be able to use study and research methodologies that enable the continuous development and innovation of their musical activity over the course of their career. 

Specific competencies:  

MU1: To understand the musical structure of works from the various repertoires of the Western tradition and others, with the ability to fully appreciate their syntactic and sonic aspects.  

MU6: To understand the scientific research methods specific to one’s field and their applications.   

Learning outcomes (general objectives)

1. Identify the theoretical approaches and methodological models of ethnomusicological research since the mid-twentieth century, and establish the relativity of Western concepts of music and the scope of its object of study.
2. Evaluate the different models of ethnomusicology and the sociology of music in relation to the social sciences as a whole and according to specific research objectives.
3. Apply the various analytical procedures of contemporary ethnomusicology, place them within their scientific context, and assess them from a critical perspective.
4. Describe and explain, in parallel, the history of ethnomusicological research and studies in relation to the intellectual thought of each historical period. Also identify the most significant sound, conceptual, and social-behavioural elements of traditional oral culture.
5. Explain and apply, to specific musical examples, the research methods and models of sound organization through which ethnomusicology describes the various traditional musical cultures.
6. Adapt and create appropriate models for newly described musical traditions. Relate models of sound organization to concepts of music and to the musical behaviours of each culture under study.

Contents

Constructive materials of traditional musics from different cultures. Research methods and various models for the description of traditional musics (metrical, rhythmic, intervallic, melodic, and polyphonic), situated in the cultural context of each musical activity. Analysis and use of different models for describing traditional music in relation to specific research. Formal elements, conceptualization, and social behavior in the cultures studied. Analysis of concrete cases to establish the significance of musical activity within a human community.    

Teaching methodology

The teaching-learning methodology in classes includes lectures (topic presentations), discussion and colloquium sessions, group work sessions, and student-led topic presentations. 

Assessment systems

The assessment system is continuous, based on diagnostic assessment, and materialized in a summative assessment that leads to the final grade. Continuous assessment is carried out through various assessment records derived from specific assessment activities such as participation and in-class work, the presentation of class assignments, the completion of assignments and/or readings outside of class, the submission of written work, or the taking of written or oral tests.