ETBB65 Introduction to Ethnology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Marta Toncrová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:35 J31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course offers information on the origin and development of ethnomusicology and on the fundamental works of European and world production. The course tackles questions of theory, the history and the contemporary situation of the primary source material and the editorial practice. It explains characteristic song types and genres, and folk instrumental music. It also traces the changes in the present-day etnomusicological research.
Syllabus
  • history of etnomusicological research in Czech lands, the collecting and collectors of folk songs, institutions and editorial work, methods and techniques used in field research, audio and audiovisual documentation, cataloguing texts and tunes of folk songs, theory of folk songs, instruments used in performing folk music, types of music bands, types and genres of songs, contemporary melodiousness and song repertoire composition, folk song as a source of inspiration, popularization, second existence of folk song, folklorism
Literature
  • Hudební věda : historie a teorie oboru, jeho světový a český vývoj. Edited by Vladimír Lébl - Ivan Poledňák. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1988, s. 653-103. URL info
  • Slovník české hudební kultury. Edited by Jiří Fukač - Jiří Vysloužil - Petr Macek. 1. vyd. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1997, 1035 s. ISBN 80-7058-462-9. info
  • Lidová kultura : národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Edited by Stanislav Brouček - Richard Jeřábek - Dušan Holý - Václav Hubing. Vydání první. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, v.v.i., v Praze a Ústav evropské etnologie Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity v Brně v nakladatelství Mladá fronta, 2007, 284 stran. ISBN 9788020414502. info
Assessment methods
lectures, reading, written examination
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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