Project Outline and Questions

As I mentioned in the last post, the main focus of my blog is for my Ethnomusicology Research Project. I have been given a few questions to bear in mind whilst doing the project (see below). Over the next 3 weeks I am going to be concentrating on the Grahamstown National Arts Festival (30th June - 10th July, 2011), and the different kinds of performers and people that come to this little gem of a town.

Identify a community or social group:

• What kinds of music are they enjoying or participating in?  
• Are there any musicians? 
• Is there a desire for musical activities?  
• How can musical performance and music be used to influence behaviour in a social group? 
• How am I going to involve myself in this community or social group? 
• What steps am I going to take and how am I going to plan and resolve emerging issues?   
• What would I like to see coming out of this project?

*Watch this space*

A bit about living in music...

Welcome to my blog, my name is Lisa, and I am a 3rd year Music student at Rhodes University, South Africa. Music has been with me for as long as I can remember and I am so grateful that I now have the opportunity to study it. I am doing a Bachelor of Music degree (BMus) and will be doing honors in Ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology is basically a mixture of Anthropology (study of human society and culture as well as their development) and Music.

The main focus of this blog is on my Ethnomusicology research project.

Do I know what I am going to do? No, not yet, but I am chewing on a few ideas.

*Watch this space*