ATS3144 Music research in the digital age

This unit provides students with the opportunity to engage with the Internet, both as a source of information and as a medium for the dissemination of music research. Through a series of lectures, students learn about basic research methodologies (for example, observation/participation-observation, interviewing, the use photography, archival materials, video and sound recordings), as well as some of the ways in which music scholars use contemporary technology in research projects and in the dissemination of research findings. By applying the skills learned in class, students then undertake a research project to document a particular music setting or performance group. Following, students use original research data to construct a website that incorporates texts, still and moving images, and sound recordings.