Travel in space and time has always fascinated human thought. The MSc “Ethnomusicology and Music Anthropology” is addressed to graduates of various disciplines who are interested in studying the relationship between music and culture in the past and in the present.
Examples from India, the Ottoman and Arab world will shed light on the relationship between music and culture, people’s perceptions of time, space and sound, and their relationship with the concept of the “sacred”.
Examples of contemporary musical practices will foreground the relationship between popular culture and the music industries, raising issues of commercialisation and creativity, among others. Audiovisual media and digital technologies will be studied in terms of their application to research, recording and the dissemination of scientific knowledge.
Students will be invited to engage creatively in the research of music in people’s everyday life (fieldwork) and in different musical genres of the past (archival research).
The Master of Arts in “Ethnomusicology and Music Anthropology” is the only tuition-free postgraduate programme of its kind in Greece.
Objectives and Prospects
Objectives and Prospects
The “Ethnomusicology and Music Anthropology” postgraduate programme is designed for scholars of high academic potential. It aims to create a dynamic community of young researchers who love music in its various expressions and wish to study it from the disciplinary perspectives of Ethnomusicology and Music Anthropology.
This postgraduate programme will suit those interested in continuing with doctoral studies or in pursuing a career in a range of fields including teaching music, the music industry and music management within public and/or private cultural institutions and organizations.
Courses
Detailed information
The courses are taught by faculty members and academic staff of the Department of Music Studies of the NKUA.
Courses
Detailed information
The courses are taught by faculty members and academic staff of the Department of Music Studies of the NKUA.
Attendance
The duration of study in the MSc leading to the award of the MSc is defined as four (4) academic semesters, including the time for the preparation of the thesis. In order to obtain an MSc, each postgraduate student must attend and successfully pass all the courses offered in the MSc and prepare a postgraduate thesis, thus accumulating one hundred and twenty (120) ECTS.
Application
The duration of study in the MSc leading to the award of the MSc is defined as four (4) academic semesters, including the time for the preparation of the thesis. In order to obtain an MSc, each postgraduate student must attend and successfully pass all the courses offered in the MSc and prepare a postgraduate thesis, thus accumulating one hundred and twenty (120) ECTS.
