ENG: I am very fortunate to have been invited for a presentation in the Institute of Ecology of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA). This presentation was meant for undergraduate biology students interested in working on a bio-cultural thesis between botany and music, which I would co-supervise. What is urgently needed is more taxonomic […]
Month: May 2024
¡El StoryMap ahora en Español!
ENG: Ready for tomorrow’s presentation at the Ecology Institute of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés: The StoryMap now in Spanish! ESP: Listo para la presentación de mañana en el Instituto de Ecología de la Universidad Mayor de San Andrés: ¡El StoryMap ahora en Español! Haz click para ver el StoryMap
Qina vs. Quena: A New Generation of Highland Flute Makers
ENG: A few days ago, I visited my friend Favío Mamani in his flute-making workshop in the popular neighborhood of Chijini on the western slope of the city of La Paz. I asked him to put a wooden (mahogony) embouchure support into a mama quena that I made and to tune it properly into a F natural […]
Estación Biológica Santiago de Chirca
ENG: Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Estación Biológica Santiago de Chirca (FB) in Sud Yungas province of La Paz department. I was invited by botanist and plant ecologist Silvia Gallegos, who leads the biological station and is responsible for the Yungas Restauration Project of the National Herbarium of La Paz and the Martin-Luther-University […]
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 