ENG: Silke and I look forward to welcoming many interested people to our MMM conference on Friday, October 18th. Please find the final program below, along with the Zoom link for attending the conference online. ESP: Silke y yo esperamos dar la bienvenida a muchas personas interesadas en nuestra conferencia MMM el viernes 18 de […]
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 […]
New Publication in IJHS
ENG: Please find a new publication of mine in the International Journal of Heritage Studies about musical bamboos, environmental sustainability and the ecological implications of the intentions to declare highland flute making as Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. ESP: La revista International Journal of Heritage Studies publicó un nuevo artículo mío […]
Accepted Papers for MMM Conference
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 […]
SEM Newsletter Photo Story
ENG: I extend my heartfelt thanks to Sonia Gaind-Krishnan, the newsletter editor of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), for publishing my photo story, “The Musical Veins of the Zongo Valley and the Sound Voice of its Panpipe Bamboo.” I am delighted to share more images to complement this SEM-NL Photo Story here. ESP: Extiendo mi […]
Los Luriris (Photo Gallery)
ENG: These are photos of some of my highland flute maker friends. I will update the gallery with new images throughout the course of my project. ESP: Son fotos de algunos de mis amigos luriris. Actualizaré la galería con nuevas imágenes a lo largo del proyecto. Andrés Mamani (†) (El Alto) Antonio Mamani (La Paz) […]
Musical Bamboos in PN y ANMI Cotapata
ENG: We are making progress with the inclusion of musical bamboos and their sustainable use in the management plan for Cotapata National Park and Integrated Natural Management Area (PN y ANMI Cotapata). This is a significant step toward acknowledging the ancestral use of these bamboo species in a region where natural resources were historically accessed […]
Showcase about Musical Bamboos
ENG: I am very grateful that my wife Jesika Paredes, a Bolivian music anthropologist, educator, and activist, has dedicated part of her exhibition about Andean music and flutes to the Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes. She designed the showcase in the Center for World Music at the Univeristy of Hildesheim in such a beautiful […]
A Trip to the Zongo Valley
ENG: Before returning to Germany for the next six months, I visited my friend Don Alejandro, a chhalla bamboo collector (chhallero) in Chirimoyani in the famous Zongo valley. This valley close to the city of La Paz is known for its unique chhalla panpipe bamboo. Aymara musicians say about this panpipe bamboo that it has […]
Returning to Chuspipata after Six Years
ENG: After six years I returned to Chuspipata, which is located at the higher parts of the Yungas of La Paz at 3000 meter above sea level. Chuspipata is one of the recognized sourcing regions of tuquru bamboos (Aulonemia hirtula) in the Central Yungas of the Department of La Paz. My flute maker friends used to tell […]
