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An Introduction to Musical Ethnography 

One of the main objectives of the UNESCO/Norway Funds-in-Trust Project “Ethiopia – Traditional Music, Dance and Instruments” is to contribute to the training of Ethiopian students to create an environment in which Ethiopian music and dance traditions will continue to be identified, inventoried and recorded. 
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Addis Ababa, May 2006 © Unesco

The ongoing intermediate-level course will include the pilot activity “Musical Landscape of Addis Ababa”, which aims at providing Ethiopian students with fieldwork experience in identifying and documenting traditional music and dance expressions in the capital city.

This intermediate-level course is a follow-up to the two introductory courses on “Ethnomusicology in Ethiopia” organized by UNESCO in 2006.  For these courses, UNESCO developed a set of materials including syllabuses, articles and DVDs containing three lectures.

The course takes place at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, at Addis Ababa University and is led by an instructor from Harvard University (USA).  Participants include graduate students from Addis Ababa University, representatives from five regional cultural bureaux, the Ethiopian National Archive and Library Agency, and individual experts.

Related websites:

  • Intangible Heritage 2003 Convention
  • Traditional Music
  • Norway Funds-in-Trust


    • Contact: D. Stehl, CLT/CIH/ITH





    Start Date 22 May 2007
    End Date 13 Jul 2007
    Event Type University Course
    Event Location Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Partners / Sponsors UNESCO/Norway Funds-in-Trust
    Website (URL) Intangible Heritage
    Email f.ohinata@unesco.org
    Ethiopia - Traditional Music, Dance and Instruments brochure_ethiopia.pdf

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