Vol. 13 (2026): post(s) 13
Praxis

Chimborazo: Relational Practices in a Shifting Landscape

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Estefanía Piñeiros
Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ
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Published 2026-06-15

Keywords

  • acoustic ecology,
  • artistic research,
  • soundscape,
  • mountain,
  • more-than-human

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Piñeiros, E. . (2026). Chimborazo: Relational Practices in a Shifting Landscape. Post(s), 13, 276-289. https://doi.org/10.18272/post(s).v13i.4142

Abstract

This article presents two artistic works as part of a research project that combines ethnography and acoustic studies. Drawing on listening practices in Chimborazo, and through field recordings, sound walks, and visual translations of sound, the research approaches the high mountain as a landscape in transition. Rather than documenting loss, the text proposes listening as a situated practice for sustaining the relationship between humans and the more-than-human within a context of socio-ecological fragility.

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