This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This module builds on the insight and understanding developed in the module Popular and World Music A. Students will look in detail at the the notion of world music in relation to the development of comparative musicology and ethnomusicology and in relation to the concept of world music as a market category or genre field within the domain of Western popular music. The module will systematically introduce a number of key concepts in the study of popular and world music such as authenticity, postmodernity and emic vs. etic perspectives on music as cultural practice.
This module will be taught by means of a 1-hour lecture and 1-hour seminar for ten weeks:
Total Contact Hours: 20
Independent Study Hours: 130
Total Study Hours: 150
There will also be opportunity for individual feedback tutorials on work in progress during the module.
This module will be assessed by 100% coursework.
Essay, 3000 words 100%
Level 6 students will be given more challenging essay questions than Level 5 students, in order to allow them to demonstrate higher learning outcomes.
See the library reading list for this module (Medway)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module Level 6 students will be able to:
1) Demonstrate critical insight into the relationship between Western popular music and the idea of world music.
2) Critically evaluate the notion of world music, its meanings and its discursive significance in relation to prominent scholarship in the field of popular music studies and/or ethnomusicology.
3) Demonstrate a critical understanding of key issues in the study of popular and world music such as authenticity, postmodernity and emic vs. etic distinctions.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1) Prepare work using IT skills, including use of online and electronic information sources.
2) Prioritise tasks and manage time and resources effectively.
3) Demonstrate flexibility of thought and an ability to understand alternative points of view.
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