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 […]
3preguntas@ArnaudGérard
ENG: This time in 3preguntas@, I welcome the Belgian-Bolivian musician, physicist, and acoustician Arnaud Gérard from Tomás Frías University in the Imperial City of Potosí. His research on the musical acoustics of Andean flutes is innovative and unique in the Bolivian Andes. It helps us understand, through physics and acoustics, the aesthetic particularities of the […]
Official Publication of Musical Bamboos Manual
ENG: We continue with another publication about the Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes in collaboration with Conservación Amazónica – ACEAA. Today, we launch the manual and systematisation of the ecological knowledge about the Musical Bamboos. I am grateful to the ACEAA team, A Tiempo Press in La Paz, and especially to illustrators Cecilia Bustillos […]
Official Publication of Musical Bamboos Photobook
ENG: I am happy to announce the official publication of the Musical Bamboos Photo Book (in Spanish). Many thanks go to the Conservación Amazónica – ACEAA team around Daniel Larrea, Natalia Gil Ostria, and Gabriel Fernández, for their productive collaboration and the time spent over the last months. I am also grateful to A Tiempo […]
The Archaeology of Musical Bamboos
ENG: As a follow up on the interview in 3preguntas@ with Henry Stobart (here), I would like to propose to read my article “The Archaeology of Musical Bamboos: Native Bamboos and Pre-Hispanic Flutes on the Andean Altiplano around Lake Titicaca (A First Approximation)”. In this article, I discuss three archaeological questions that arose during my […]
3preguntas@HenryStobart
ENG: For this interview in 3preguntas@, Henry Stobart will tell us some interesting aspects regarding julajula making and the use of suqusa cane in Northern Potosí region. Henry is Professor of Ethnomusicology at the Music Department of Royal Holloway University of London and counts with more than 30 years of research experience in the Bolivian […]
Shooting Sessions for Documentary Short Film
ENG: I am working currently on a documentary short-film about the Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes. I am happy that I could get Bolivian film maker Marcelo Ajpi and his wife Mónica (who is recording audio) on board for this project, which will benefit from Marcelo’s cinematographic expertise and experience. We want to show […]
Research Stay at MUSEF in La Paz
ENG: In March, I reviewed some bamboo flutes from the collection at the Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore (MUSEF) in La Paz. I examined several qantu phukuna and jach’a sikuri panpipes that were crafted in December 2007 by a luriri from Walata Grande, who used the renowned chhalla from the Zongo Valley. Some of […]
3preguntas@HenrySpiller
ENG: For the march interview in 3preguntas@, I am happy to invite Henry Spiller. Henry Spiller is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Music at the University of California, Davis (here). His research focuses on Sundanese music and dance from West Java, Indonesia, and on issues of gender and sexuality in music. His most recent […]
Advances in Collaboration with Conservación Amazónica – ACEAA
ENG: During a working meeting with Conservación Amazónica-ACEAA on Monday, I received the proof copy of my photobook. We’re almost there—what an exciting time! The book will be published in Spanish in a limited print edition, and it will also be available digitally in both English and Spanish on the ACEAA homepage. Simultaneously, we are […]
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 