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Unit: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Department of Music
Office location and address
Randall 126
30 South Lawn
Charlottesville,
Virginia
22904
Biography
Nomi Dave researches music and aesthetic practices in authoritarian and post-authoritarian regimes. Her work focuses on the Republic of Guinea, and the role of music, voice, emotion and violence in public life. She is currently completing a book, The Revolution’s Echoes: Music, Politics, and Pleasure in Guinea, with the support of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The book examines the legacies of authoritarianism, and the meanings and pleasures that authoritarian aesthetics hold for Guinean citizens.
Nomi earned her PhD from Oxford University (2012), where she studied music and social anthropology. She has also taught at Duke University, where she was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Music and Cultural Anthropology. Prior to becoming an ethnomusicologist, she trained as a lawyer and worked in the fields of human rights, immigration, and humanitarian law, in West Africa and the US.
Publications
Courses
Credits: 3
In this introductory course, we will explore the relationship of music and politics, from state-sponsored propaganda to explicit critique. Our aim is to understand the various ways in which music can be political, and politics can be shaped by music. No prior musical experience is necessary.
Credits: 1–3
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
Exploration of non-western musical cultures through music-making, movement, listening, and case studies. Issues include how musical and social aesthetics are intertwined, and the connections between style, community, and identity (including issues of race, gender, class, and postcolonial power structures). Field research and ethnographic writing will be the focus of critical inquiry.
Credits: 3
A community engagement curriculum refers to teaching, scholarship & learning that connects faculty, students, & the community in mutually beneficial collaborations. Community engagement improves students' content knowledge, critical thinking, career choice, cultural competency, leadership, & commitment to social change. These classes complement & build on existing course offerings and offer an opportunity to move beyond the classroom.
Credits: 3
Special topics courses, topics announced in advance. Courses combine community engagement activities with reflective interpretation.
Credits: 1–4
This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Music.
Credits: 1–3
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
An intensive experience with ethnomusicology and performance studies, this seminar explores musical ethnography (descriptive writing), experiential research, sociomusical processes, and other interdisciplinary approaches to musical performance. Addresses issues involving race, class, gender, and identity politics in light of particular topics and areas studies. Prerequisite: MUSI 3070 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
Addresses specific issues and cultural areas according to the interests of the students and instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1–3
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
Current Studies in Research and Criticism Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
Studies the field of ethnomusicology. Specific issues and cultural areas addressed depend on the interests of students and the instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by first-year graduate students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by first-year graduate students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1–3
Independent study dealing with a specific topic. Requirements will place primary emphasis on independent research. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1–12
For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
Credits: 1–12
For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 3
Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by second year graduate students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by second year graduate students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1–12
Preliminary research directed towards a dissertation in consultation with an instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.