ENG: We received an overwhelming number of abstracts for our upcoming “Music Making Materials (MMM)” conference in October, and it was a pleasure to review such a diversity of interesting proposals. Selecting abstracts was a challenging task, but we are excited to announce those chosen for inclusion in the MMM conference. Below, you will find a preliminary list of contributions. Further updates will be announced soon!
ESP: Hemos recibido un gran número de resúmenes para nuestra conferencia «Music Making Materials (MMM)» en octubre, y ha sido un placer revisar una diversidad de propuestas interesantes. Seleccionar los resúmenes ha sido una tarea difícil, pero nos complace anunciar los resúmenes elegidos. A continuación, encontrarán una lista preliminar de las contribuciones. Pronto se anunciarán nuevas actualizaciones.
“An End in Sight? Assessing the Sustainability of Mpingo as a Timber in Oboe Manufacture.” By Geoffrey Burgess
“Bagpipe Bags: From Goats to Goretex.” By Cassandre Balosso-Bardin
“Crafting Harmony: Sustainable Instrument Production in Bali.” By Elizabeth Clendinning & Indra Sadguna
“Ebony, Ivory, and Mahogany: Tracing Colonial Materials in Eighteenth-Century Scottish Keyboard Instruments.” By Paul Newton-Jackson
“More-Than-Human Assemblages in Natural Resource Communities for Musical Instruments.” By Jennifer Post
“Biodiversity and Cultural Loss in Thailand: Endangered Tree Species Used to Make Musical Instruments in Isan (Northeastern Thailand).” By James Wilson, John Hartmann, & Jui-Chang Wang
“MusEcology-Tool: The Complexity of Threatened Species in Musical Instrument Making.” By Silke Lichtenberg
“Orchids as Adhesives in Mexican Lutherie: A Botanical Perspective.” By Cekouat E. León-Peralta & Ruy Guerrero
“A Sustainable Future for Musical Bamboos? Andean Woody Bamboo Species in Highland Flute Making in the Bolivian Andes.” By Sebastian Hachmeyer
“Tree Matters: The Environmental Materialities of the Violin.” By Edda Starck
“Innovation and Sustainability of Atenteben (Indigenous Ghanaian Bamboo Flute).” By Solomon Godogoe
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 