ENG: The Bolivian NGO Asociación Boliviana para la Investigación y Conservación de Ecosistemas Andino Amazónicos (Conservación Amazónica – ACEAA) was founded in 2011 with the aim of contributing to a sustainable management of Andean Amazonian ecosystems and biodiversity. After a fruitful dialogue and exchange with the coordinator of the Science and Technology Program Daniel Larrea and other ACEAA […]
Category: Meetings
Donation of Musical Bamboos to National Herbarium of La Paz
ENG: The National Herbarium of La Paz has recently created a new collection of plant species with cultural and social use. I am happy to contribute to this new collection with a donation of a set of musical bamboo tubes, which I collected during my fieldwork among highland flute makers and lowland bamboo collectors. I […]
Proposal Musical Bamboos and KBAs Bolivia
ENG: On February 28th I participated at the final KBA-Bolivia meeting at the Institute of Ecology of the Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA) in La Paz. Several contributors and partner institutions have been present to discuss the final phase of the KBA-Bolivia project, which aims at updating the key biodiversity areas for Bolivia. I had the […]
Juan Granier Street in the 2020s: Coronavirus pandemic and its aftermath
ENG: The last time I visited the Walateño flute makers of Juan Granier Street at the Garita de Lima in La Paz city was back in 2017. I visited urban-based flute makers at their street stands (ay. qhatu) and conversed with them about musical bamboos and the future of their flute making activities. Last week, I came back and was […]
Visiting the National Herbarium of La Paz
ENG: After six years I returned to the National Herbarium of La Paz (LPB) in order to meet some old and new friends, and supporters of my project. In the meanwhile, the National Herbarium of La Paz inaugurated new facilities with more space for collections, meeting rooms, and project working spaces. It was so lovely […]
Kick-Off Meeting for Musical Bamboo Catalogue
ENG: Yesterday we had our kick-off meeting for the Musical Bamboos sub-catalogue as part of a collaboration with the National Museum of Folklore and Ethnography (MUSEF). I was invited to be co-author of the sub-catalogue alongside music anthropologist, museologist, and podcaster Richard Mújica and Andean flute maker and musiñu specialist and musician Ignacio Quispe. We […]
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 