ENG: Exactly one year after our international conference about natural resource use and sustainability in musical instrument making, I am happy to share with you the published edited volume with contributions from this conference (open access through the UniHil Press hompage here). Thanks to Silke Lichtenberg for co-editing this book and to all contributors who have made this project possible.
ESP: Exactamente un año después de nuestra conferencia internacional sobre el uso de recursos naturales y la sostenibilidad en la fabricación de instrumentos musicales, me complace compartir con ustedes el libro editado publicado con las contribuciones de esta conferencia (open access a traves de la página web de UniHil Press aquí). Gracias a Silke Lichtenberg por la coedición de este libro y a todos lxs colaboradores que han hecho posible este proyecto.
Description of the University of Hildesheim Press:
Sustainability in music is an important area of research that spans multiple academic disciplines, fields of study, and domains of practical and specialised knowledge. Ecomusicological scholars, resource managers, and environmental geographers emphasise that the engagement with materiality, natural materials, and natural environments is central to the sustainability of music, particularly with regard to musical instrument making. This edited volume offers a comprehensive overview of current research on the use of natural resources and sustainability aspects in musical instrument making. It brings together case studies from diverse instrument-making contexts, contributed by scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds. The case studies explore questions related to the use of natural materials in musical instrument making, the associated sustainability challenges, and possible approaches to address these challenges at local, regional, and global scales.
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 