PERF-318 Insiders and Outsiders in World Music (3)

How can the history of ethnomusicology help us to understand colonial and decolonial paradigms of knowledge-making? This course explores musical traditions from the point of view of both native and non-native scholars in order to think critically about the knowledge, assumptions, and values each brought to their studies. Through reading, listening, participant observation, and reflective essays, students gain sonic and theoretical familiarity with three dynamic musical traditions as well as an understanding of how scholars continue to grapple with historic inequities in music scholarship. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Diversity and Equity.