Week 1 (Jan 4-8) - Introduction

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Tuesday 5: Introduction to the course

Thursday 7: Introduction to Ethnomusicology and the study of popular musics of the world

Assigned readings:

Browse:

Taylor, Timothy D. Global Pop: World Music, World Markets, New York / London, Routledge, 1997, chapter 1 (pp. 1-37);

and:

Turino, Thomas. “Are we global yet? Globalist discourse, cultural formations and the study of Zimbabwean popular music.” British Journal of Ethnomusicology, 12/2, 2003, pp. 51-79.