28534 - General Ethnomusicology (LM)

Course contents

The course focuses on the Roma women's tradition in Kosovo

Readings/Bibliography

Nico STAITI, Kajda. Music and Women’s Rites among Kosovarian Roma, with contributions by Silvia Bruni, dvd attached, Lucca, LIM, 2016.

Teaching methods

Lectures with audiovisual media.

Assessment methods

The final examination consists of an oral interview. Students will be evaluated considering the skills acquired and their critical capabilities.

Students may take the final examination on any of the scheduled date or, upon reservation one week before, at the teacher's office.

It will be assessed as excellent the performance of those students achieving an organic vision of the course contents, the use of a proper specific language, originality of reflection and familiarity with the ethnomusicology tools. It will be assessed as discrete the performance of those students showing mostly mechanical or mnemonic knowledge of the subject, disarticulated synthesis and analysis capabilities, or a correct but not always appropriate language, as well as a scholastic study of ethnomusicology. It will be assessed as barely sufficient the performance of those students showing learning gaps, inappropriate language, lack of knowledge of the instruments of ethnomusicology. It will be assessed as insufficient the performance of those students showing learning gaps, inappropriate language, no orientation within the recommended bibliography and inability of ethnomusicological analysis.

The exam can be taken during normal sessions or, if booked one week in advance, on a date agreed with the professor.

Teaching tools

Audio files and movies will integrate the lectures.

Office hours

See the website of Domenico Staiti

See the website of Silvia Bruni