Studies in Ethnomusicology: Listening to the Local: Music Ethnography of the Bay Area (ANTHRO 146J, CSRE 146J, MUSIC 116J, MUSIC 216J)

3–5 credits · Undergraduate

This course engages multimodal approaches to music ethnography through student-driven research into the musical ecologies of the Bay Area. Students explore the entanglements of sound, space, and social life through collaborative, project-based work with local artists. The course cultivates ethical, reflexive, and sustained modes of inquiry, attending closely to issues of power and representation in ethnographic practice.