ATS3144 · Music research in the digital age

Overview

This unit provides you with the opportunity to engage with the Internet, both as a source of information and as a medium for the dissemination of music research. Through a series of lectures, you will learn about basic research methodologies (for example, observation/participation-observation, interviewing, the use photography, archival materials, video and sound recordings), as well as some of the ways in which music scholars use contemporary technology in research projects and in the dissemination of research findings. By applying the skills learned in class, you then undertake a research project to document a particular music setting or performance group. Following, you will use original research data to construct a website that incorporates texts, still and moving images, and sound recordings.

Areas of study: Music Ethnomusicology and musicology

Offerings

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Assessment

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Within semester assessment: 100%

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Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Critically evaluate examples of digital music research;
2. Comprehend and articulate methodological issues pertinent to music research and the digital dissemination of research findings;
3. Plan and execute a music research project.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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