Week 1 (1/5-1/7) Introduction to Cognitive Science and Ethnomusicology

Reading:

Group A—Intro to Cognitive Science

Gardner, Howard. 1985. The Mind's New Science: A History of the Cognitive Revolution.. New York, NY: Basic Books. BF311.G283 1985.
pp. 1-45

Stillings, Neil A., Mark H. Feinstein, Jay L. Garfield, Edwina L. Rissland, David A. Rosenbaum, Steven E. Weisler, and Lynne Baker-Ward. 1987. Cognitive Science: An Introduction.. A Bradford Book, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. BF311.C5523.
pp. 1-16

Krumhansl, Carol, and Roger Shepard. 1979. "Quantification of the Hierarchy of Tonal Functions Within a Diatonic Context." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance 5/4:579-594.
In course reserve binder, call # DeWitt Mus950.01 PC-1

Group B—Intro to Ethnomusicology

Myers, Helen, editor. 1992. Ethnomusicology: An Introduction.. The Norton/Grove Handbooks in Music, New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co.
First American edition. ML3799.E826 1992.
pp. 1-16, 375-399

Baily, John. 1988. Music of Afghanistan: Professional Musicians in the City of Herat. Cambridge Series in Ethnomusicology, General Editor. John Blacking, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ML3758.A3B3 1988.
pp. ix-xiii, 156-164. Browse the rest of the book for the kinds of topics covered.

Group C—Intro to Cognitive Ethnomusicology

Dowling, W. Jay, and Dane L. Harwood. 1986. Music Cognition. Academic Press Series in Cognition and Perception, San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
pp. 1-4, in course reserve binder, call # DeWitt Mus950.01 PC-1

Moisala, Pirkko. 1993. "Cognitive Study of Music as Culture - Basic Premises for 'Cognitive Ethnomusicology'," 186-198 in Proceedings from the First International Conference on Cognitive Musicology, ed. Jukka Louhivuori. In course reserve binder, call # DeWitt Mus950.01 PC-1

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Question for discussion:

Of the five characteristics of cognitive science that Gardner outlines (pp. 6-7, elaborated on 38-43), how many does ethnomusicology appear to share? How many does Moisala's vision of "cognitive ethnomusicology" possess?