Karelian Folk Music

Competency targets Competency objectives: Upon completion of the course, the student will: - knows the traditions of Karelian folk singing and the folk instruments and styles of playing used in Karelia. - Can place the knowledge he/she has acquired in different social contexts - can see the connection between folk music and the changes and manifestations of tradition in different historical periods. - understands Karelian cultural traditions as an intercultural phenomenon and is prepared to work in a multicultural cultural sector - is able to apply the skills acquired in different situations of information gathering and interaction in working life

Course material only in Finnish ASPLUND-HOPPU-LAITINEN-LEISIÖ-SAHA-WESTERHOLM (toim.): Suomen musiikin historia. Kansanmusiikki. WSOY 2006, s. 11-271; 308-398; 418-523.; JALKANEN-LAITINEN-TENHUNEN: Kantele. SKS 2010, s. 11-170; NIIRANEN, Elina: Maria Feodorovan laulupolut. Vienankarjalaisen kansanlaulajan repertuaari musiikkisukupolven rakentajana (pdf). Acta Universitas Tamperensis 1836.

Teachers: Pekka Suutari Supply information: This course is part of the Cultural Encounters theme in Cultural Studies. The course is also suitable for studies of Karelian language and culture. Students minoring in Karelian language and culture, students of Finnish language, students at the Open University, students who have a continuous right to study. Campus: Joensuu Further information: Teaching language is Finnish Further information is available from the professor of cultural studies Pekka Suutari from the Karelian Institute. Generic competences: internationality, critical thinking, identification and development of expertise