Topics in Ethnomusicology: Music for Global Human Development

Music for Global Human Development (Music 365)

This course will focus on Music for Global Human Development -- the ways music can be used for social progress on a variety of issues -- with an applied ethnomusicology project in tandem with the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN), focusing on immigration, refugees, and socio-cultural integration through music. We will combine readings in applied ethnomusicology, ethnomusicolgy and migration, and critical development studies with project reviews, and a class project in collaboration with EMCN.

Notes:

CSL: this course will count for the UofA's Community Service Learning program & its associated certificate; you will volunteer 20 hours with Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers. This time will be counted towards your workload, and will not pose a burden above and beyond what Music 365 typically demands. Rather some of your academic work will instead take the form of volunteer service. These hours will not necessarily be spent on the premises of EMCN; there will be a variety of ways to work with this organization, depending on the project, which will be formulated collectively by the class.

Prerequisite: Bear Tracks lists MUSIC 202 or consent of the department. This is a bit odd because Music 202 has never been offered! Please email me to receive consent.

I suggest that you also enroll in The Middle Eastern and North African Music Ensemble, as the two courses will work very well together.

Please write Prof. Michael Frishkopf for more information.

(Space is limited ...so please enroll sooner rather than later!)