Course Title:
Afro-Caribbean Music Research
Course Description:
Examines the highly diverse and unique African-based music cultures of the Caribbean. Exposes students to musical repertories, ideas about music, relationship of music to culture, musical instruments, musical contexts, musicians, dancers, and musical syncretism. Examines the roles and functions of music within human life. Taught as part of the Afro-Caribbean Music Research Project while in the field in various Caribbean contexts and takes advantage of firsthand aspects of the specific music culture being studied. Activities include study of historical and contemporary musical history of the Caribbean as well as applied ethnomusicological field research methods, techniques, approaches, and procedures.
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Lab/Coreq Remarks:
Summer 1 Offering:
Every
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Summer 2 Offering:
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Cross-Listed Course 1:
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Prerequisite Remarks:
Permission of instructor; not open to freshmen or sophomores.
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Repeatable:
Y
Additional Information:
Approved course: NU Core-Comparative Study of Cultures
Approved course: Arts & Sciences Core-Arts Context
Approved course: NU Core-Arts/Humanities Level 1
