ENG: Yesterday, I presented my paper “Musicultural Metabolism and the Bamboo Rift: Extractivist Realities in Changing Musical Bamboo Economies in the Bolivian Andes” at the Annual Meeting of the German Musicological Society in Frankfurt. The presentation formed part of the symposium “Sounds Like Extractivism” and drew on my ongoing research into the environmental and material […]
Category: Presentations
Bambúes Musicales: Un Poema de Luis Vasquez
Agradezco profundamente a Luis Vasquez (Tintin) por este hermoso poema el cúal nos presentó en la presentación de mis libros el mes pasado en el Ayllu K’alaqaya. LOS BAMBÚES MUSICALES: Achachilas, wak’as, apus tutelaresEl viento sopla melodías ancestralesLos Andes lloran su memoria musicalY como lágrimas, los ríos recorren su identidadHasta llegar a los Yungas: Zongo, […]
Presentation: The Future of Musical Bamboos
ENG: In a few hours, I will be presenting at Ayllu K’alaqaya, Villa Dolores, in El Alto, on the future of musical bamboos. This event promises a vibrant debate on sustainability challenges and how we can contribute to addressing them. With music of Ayllua K’alaqaya, Elenco Autoctono Jach’a Tunupa, and Taqui Acllas. Comments by Carlos […]
Photographic Exhibition and Book Presentation
Last Tuesday, I presented my photobook and practice manual at the Casa Museo Iné Córdova – Gil Imaná in the city of La Paz. The event began and concluded with musical performances. Special thanks to flute maker Marcelino Mollo Villca for demonstrating the art of making panpipes. And a thousand thanks to everyone who was […]
Upcoming Presentation in the National Art Museum in La Paz
ENG: Thanks to Rolando Flores for having invited me to participate in the 2nd Seminar on Autochthonous Music of Bolivia: Sonorities, Territories and Projection, orgnized by the ensemble Aires Indios. The program looks very interesting, and I will be presenting on November 28th new insights into a sound ecology of musical bamboos. ESP: Gracias a […]
Upcoming Presentation in CAS-E
ENG: I will be presenting at a very interesting workshop, organized by the Center for Advances Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (here). The paper is titled “The Dilemmas of Secrecy: Musical Bamboos and the Becoming of Hidden EcologicalKnowledge in the Bolivian Andes”. Below you find the preliminary programme with […]
Presentation at 26th CHIME Conference
ENG: Many thanks to my colleague, Dr. Yongfei Du, for inviting me to participate in the 26th CHIME Conference on Sustainability and Chinese Music. As a representative of the Center for World Music (CWM), I am excited to share insights on musical bamboos, applied ecomusicology, and my current research project. You can find more details […]
Presentation in the Ecology Institute of UMSA and Thesis Proposal
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 […]
