Answer ONE of the following questions.
1) Why is authenticity a challenging concept in ethnomusicology? 2) Do headphones change the way we listen to sound? Discuss.
3) Explore the relationship between music and trance.
4) Is musical mourning gendered?
7) What are the challenges involved in preserving musical traditions?
8) Devise your own question relating to a topic from the lectures. You must ask our permission first to select this option.
Your essay must critically engage with the work of different scholars what are the strengths and weaknesses of their arguments?
Length: 2500 words*
*Including footnotes but excluding Bibliography. Over-length work will be penalized.
