This year a new master programme starts at the l’Universite Paris Ouest Nanterre 2009/2010. Please see the attached information for more details (also in French).
1. EMAD – ETHNOMUSICOLOGY & THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF DANCE
A research and career oriented Masters programme
The EMAD Masters programme, jointly organized by the University Paris Ouest
Nanterre and the University Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ferrand 2, treats music and
dance in a complementary and interdisciplinary fashion, both from an
anthropological standpoint and from the perspectives of musicology and choreology.
Coordinators
Miriam Rovsing Olsen (Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense)
Georgiana Wierre-Gore (Université Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ferrand 2)
2. The EMAD Master is for
- students with undergraduate degrees in anthropology, ethnomusicology, dance studies, musicology, performing arts, physical education, sport and human studies, and other relevant fields.
- professionals in the fields of dance or music (life-long learning).
This two-year programme admits students in Master 1 or in Master 2.
Its aims are
- to train ethnomusicologists and anthropologists of dance for careers in research and/or culture-related fields of employment
- to enable students to approach particular cultural areas on the basis of sound knowledge of the different theories and methods of analysis in ethnomusicology and the anthropology of dance
- to prepare students wishing to begin doctoral studies for a career in research (university, research institutes)
- to provide future professionals with an understanding of institutional processes, policy-making and the ethical concerns of scenic dramatization, by approaching cultural relations and values through fieldwork
- to provide students aiming for careers in cultural mediation with the means to reflect productively on the issues involved
- to introduce students aspiring towards work in museums to current issues in the field and to methods for collection, archival and exhibition
- to provide dance and music professionals with the means to develop a reflexive appreciation of their practice in the light of current anthropological knowledge
Career prospects
- Teaching and/or research (universities, research institutes)
- Consultancy, Independent researcher
- Culture-related careers
- Programme organizer (festivals and other public events)
- Museology (curator, consultant)
- Archivist
- Artistic director, producer
- Expert in World music and dance (press, radio, television, internet, institutions)
3. Programme organisation
In addition to ‘core’ courses in anthropology and related disciplines, students are offered
classes in their respective field of specialisation, dance or music. Music and dance are
also envisaged as inseparable features of performance, such that students have the
opportunity to acquire complementary knowledge in both domains.
Students have the possibility to choose between courses designed for a research path
(often associated with ethnographic ‘fieldwork’) and a career path (generally associated
with a traineeship in a professional setting in the 2nd year).
Optional courses allow research-oriented students to approach music/dance from a
variety of analytical perspectives: acoustics, movement studies, linguistics, cognitive
anthropology.
Specialized courses concerned with policy-making or museology are offered for students
aspiring towards careers in culture-related areas of employment.
‘Research’ and ‘professional’ paths are not seen as being opposed, nor are they
mutually exclusive; each student creates his or her own path in consultation with faculty
members.
While the first year (M1) allows students to improve their knowledge of music and dance
within the framework of anthropological, musicological and choreological studies, in the
second year (M2) students are offered courses necessary for either a career in research
or for employment in other areas employment. The organisation of a scientific or cultural
event is also included. Specialized seminars allow students to engage with other
researchers to encourage a comparative perspective.
The Masters is validated by continuous assessment and exams, and by a traineeship
report or a research dissertation at the end of M2.
Entry requirements
Candidates for M1 or M2 must submit an application (Curriculum vitae and letter of
motivation) to be examined by the Admissions board composed of the team leaders of
the EMAD Masters programme. An interview may be required.
Entry requirements for M1: an undergraduate degree in social sciences, humanities
(ideally with a parallel training in either music or dance), musicology, dance studies,
performing arts, physical education, sport and human studies, national schools of
music or dance,, ; professional equivalences are possible.
Entry requirements for M2: applications are to be submitted by students coming from a
4. M1 in EMAD or other relevant 1st year masters programmes
M1 in EMAD or other relevant 1st year masters programmes, or by professionals
admitted to in-service training programmes (such as VAP ou VAE in France).
The EMAD programme is open to foreign students in both M1 and M2.
Applications are to be submitted in June and no later than September. In addition to preinscription
administrative procedures, it is recommended to contact a member of the
teaching staff:
– Georgiana Wierre-Gore (Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ferrand 2)
Georgiana.WIERRE-GORE@univ-bpclermont.fr
– Miriam Rovsing Olsen (Paris Ouest Nanterre) sazitout@u-paris10.fr
– Michael Houseman (Ecole Pratique des Haute Etudes)
– Nicolas Prévôt (Paris Ouest Nanterre) nicolasprevot@yahoo.fr
Administrative registration can take place either at l’Université Paris Ouest Nanterre or
at l’Université Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ferrand 2:
– secrétariat des masters, UFR STAPS, Clermont-Ferrand – ph: 00 33 (0)4 73 40 77 85
– secrétariat d’ethnologie, Paris Ouest Nanterre – ph: 00 33 (0)1 40 97 77 62
sazitout@u-paris10.fr
Web sites
Partners for traineeships
- Cité de la Musique
- Centres Chorégraphiques Nationaux (CCN)
- Centre National de la Danse (CND)
- Maison de la Musique de Nanterre
- Maison des Cultures du Monde
- Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée
- UNESCO
- And other relevant organisations
For teaching
- Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
- Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE)
- Musée du Quai Branly (MQB)
- Université de Paris 8 Saint-Denis