Grenada – Afro-Caribbean Music Research Project (Closed)
Grenada
Dates
- Summer 1 Semester - May 7 - June 11, 2012
Application Deadline
- Summer 1 Semester - February 15, 2012
Description
Group Leader: Prof. Leonard Brown (l.brown@neu.edu) and Prof. Emmett Price (e.price@neu.edu)
Coordinated by the Department of African American Studies and the Office of International Studies Programs at Northeastern University/Boston
Professors Leonard Brown and Emmett G. Price III serve as ACMRP co-directors. Both are associate professors of African American Studies & Music at Northeastern University. Dr. Price is also chair of the African American Studies Department.
The purposes of the ACMRP are two fold:
(1) to grow the next generation of ethnomusicologists with expertise in African based music cultures of the western hemisphere.
(2) to research and document the traditions of African derived music (historical and contemporary) found throughout the Caribbean and the West Indies.
For Summer 2012, our goal is to provide our students with a rich immersion experience that allows them to interface and learn about Grenada culture and the musical Africanisms within it from the inside, initially through lecturers and/or "meet and greet" and discussion. Students then move into ethnomusicological field work, actively engaging in dialogue, exploration and discovery.
Courses
- AFAM 4710 Field & Lab Methods for Researching Black Music - (On-site in Caribbean as Faculty-Led "Dialogue") Course Objectives: This course is designed to expose and educate students to conceptual approaches and frameworks to accomplishing field research. The learned approaches and strategies will be used to develop a fundamental and effective understanding in how to approach research endeavors in Black/African based music traditions of the western hemisphere. This course provides opportunities to study and apply principals and practices of ethnography and ethnomusicology in the study of African based music cultures of the Caribbean. This is a rigorous course that will be engaging, exciting and challenging for students. Students will conduct a group research project that will include field research, analysis of data and presentation in written and oral formats.
- AFAM 4939 Afro-Caribbean Music Research Project - (On-site in Caribbean as Faculty-Led "Dialogue") Course Objectives: The goals of this course are: 1) to immerse students in a Caribbean society in order to participate in a "dialogue" with local politics, economics, history, social environments, educational systems, systems of faith and daily living through various lenses using music and culture as a fulcrum; 2) to provide students with a dynamic "global" experience that intersects with and enhances their academic studies and life experiences to date; 3) to empower students with a greater awareness and appreciation for systems of music and culture from the African Diaspora through research and study in the Caribbean.
Host University
Grenada Cultural Foundation & St. George's University
Eligibility Requirements
Our goal is to select 15 students from a variety of diverse majors with a minimum GPA of 2.5. It is our intent to utilize this opportunity to introduce students to new perspectives on how to experience the world and encourage greater intellectual aptitude. Students with an interest in ethnomusicology (the study of music and culture) and/ or majoring in African American Studies, Latina/o and Latin American Studies, Communications Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, History, International Affairs, English, Music and Literature, Languages and Cultures are of special interest.
Application Procedure
- Online Faculty- Led application (application open 10/17 - 11/18)
- Upload one unofficial transcript
- Upload one copy of passport ID page
- Upload essay questions
- Faculty may require additional information and/or interview (after application deadline)
Cost
$9,460 plus a possible accommodation charge.
Accommodations
TBA