Question

You are conducting fieldwork among a South American Indian community, the Suya Indians of Mato Grosso, Brazil. They devote a great deal of time and energy to making music, especially singing. Your purpose is to study why music is so important for the Suya, especially how singing in used in their initiation ceremonies. What type of research are you most likely doing

Answer 1

Answer:

ethnomusicology

Explanation:

You are doing ethnomusicology. This is the study of music from the social and cultural aspect of it. It asks such questions as why this kind of music? What is it's purpose socially and culturally? How does it shape and affect the people and what brought about it? In other words, ethnomusicologists employ methodical approaches in not only trying to understand the music but what it means to its creators, exploring the cultural, social, cognitive and biological contexts of it