Module ANT3031 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT3031: Ethnomusicology
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module begins by considering key concepts and writers on music sociology and ethnomusicology. The concepts will include: affordances, homology, appropriation, affiliation and habitus. The module then sets these concepts in context of case study material focused on musical structure as a medium for thinking about the life course, social structure, embodied communication, identity, health and wellbeing; consciousness, social control and memory.
Topics:
A. Orientation:
- Introduction to ethnomusicology/music sociology
- Key concepts with examples
- What is music, sound, noise: an exercise in boundary construction
B. Music in Everyday Life over the life course and in cultural context:
- Communicative musicality
- Music and socialization
- Music and emotion, music and work
- Music and health/wellbeing: alternative healing and ritual care
- Music and continuing bonds: spirituality, transcendence and commemoration through music
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | 252 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 48 | 12 x two hour lectures, 8 x two hour seminars and 2 x student-led discussion sessions with small presentations in seminar 12 x two hour lectures, 8 x two hour seminars and 2 x student-led discussion sessions with small presentations in seminar |
| Guided Independent Study | 20 | A variety of activities directed by module leader and allowing student choice: 1. Mapping the sonic environment |
| Guided Independent Study | 10 | 2. Interview or radio archive exercise |
| Guided Independent Study | 17 | 3. Video analysis of embodied musical engagement |
| Guided Independent Study | 22 | 4. Exploration of musicalisation of settings or interactions |
| Guided Independent Study | 60 | Reading and researching |
| Guided Independent Study | 14 | Preparation for student-led seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 35 | Writing the proposal |
| Guided Independent Study | 74 | Writing the essay |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small individual presentation | 10 minutes | 1, 2, 4, 6 | Verbal |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal for Essay | 25 | 2,000 words | 1,2,3,4,5,7,8 | Written feedback |
| Essay | 75 | 4,500 words | 1,2,3,4,5,7,8 | Written feedback |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal for Essay | Proposal for Essay (2,000 words) | 1,2,3,4,5,7,8 | August/September reassessment period |
| Essay | Essay (4,500 words) | 1,2,3,4,5,7,8 | August/September reassessment period |
Re-assessment notes
Where you have been referred for the assessed essay, you will be given the opportunity to submit a second essay in the August/ September reassessment period. If you are deferred you will submit the essay for the first time in September. This will constitute 100% of the module.
