A presentation given for the EIE working group of the European Citizen Science Association - aon March 29, 2022 - more about the JBCM at http://www.jugbandcm.it

1. The Jug Band Colline Metallifere
in the context of Empowerment, Inclusiveness, and Equality
March 26, 2022 – ECSA EIE Monthly call
Jack O’Malley
(Andrea
Giacomelli/pibinko)

2. Concept
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The Metalliferous Hills Jug Band (or Jug Band
dalle Colline Metallifere, JBCM, in Italian) is
an international and inter-generational
collective proposing a combination of music
and environmental practice, where melody,
rhythm, storytelling and outreach are merged in
one situation

3. Where is it based (for now) 1/2
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In the
Metalliferous
Hills,
spanning
across the
provinces of
Grosseto,
Pisa, Livorno
and Siena

4. Where is it based (for now) 2/2
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typical “Tuscan postcard” themes mixed with
mining legacy and geothermal “present + future”

5. Where does it come from
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launched in 2018
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three years of preparation (on top of ten previous
years of precursor initiatives) -
http://www.pibinko.org/music-and-rhymes/
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different expertise by professionals with multiple
years of research experience on environmental,
territorial, rural, and musical issues.

6. 23 jan 2019
La Nazione, Pontedera edition

7. From “geomusic” to “conce[r|p]ts”
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In 2018: let’s call it “geomusic”. In 2020:
extension to “conce[r|p]ts
MUSIC
NON-MUSIC
Combination of design and improvisation

8. ...yet another dilemma...
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Is it “improvising following a design” or
“designing with improvisation”?
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...or “wha’evah’”

9. Concerts
Libreria Altrimondi, Follonica, 23-10-2022

10. ConcePts
Politecnico di Milano, 30-5-2019

11. Where have we been
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over 50 performances to date (
http://www.pibinko.org/jugbandcollinemetallifere/auftritte/)
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alternating typical entertainment locations (conceRts) to
sets in universities and cultural centres (concePts).
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This has generated curiosity with artists, researchers, and
the general public, with events to date in Tuscany,
Lombardy, Belgium, Germany, and online.

12. Timeline
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March 2015 – meeting Etruschi from Lakota (Jack meets Dario and Simone)
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December 17, 2016 – First Farma Valley Winter Fest (Wolfgang meets Dario and Simone)
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February 9, 2017 – First “geomusical” performance in Genova (GRASS user meeting)
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March 14, 2017 -
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April 2017 ISPRS – first scripted show
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November 1, 2018 -
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February 2019 – Jack meets EIE
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May 2019 Politecnico di Milano + Germany tour
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March-May 2020 – Participatory Lithology phase 1
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September 2020 – ECSA workshop with musical facilitation
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December 2021 – Politecnico di Milano (Renzo Rosso retirement party) + Live Motel show
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March, 3, 2022 – Launch of the NFE Tour 2022 (will explain later)

13. The crew
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Dario Canal,
Wolfgang Scheibe,
Simone Sandrucci,
Jack O’Malley
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Alessio Ricci (Alex
Ritchie), Pietro
Crivelli, Klaus der
Geiger

14. Socioeconomic impact
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Educational/training credits
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Revenue
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Territorial marketing

15. Repertoire
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Etruschi from Lakota
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Original songs
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Covers of lesser known songs in English

16. Lockdown response
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Participatory Lithology
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Digital Hat
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PNRR-bag
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“Jugcasts” dalle Colline Metallifere

17. Mauro Tirannosauro

18. Core group
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Dario Canal, singer and musician, vocals, guitar; educator
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Andrea Giacomelli (aka Jack o’Malley), civic-environmental engineer
and PhD in the environmental field, percussions and guitar;
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Simone Sandrucci musician, and producer, guitars, banjo, mandolin and
other stringy stuff
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Wolfgang Scheibe, biodynamic agriculture and graphics expert, one-
string bass.
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Dario and Jack do most of the writing. Wolf does most of the graphics.
Simone does most of the “yeahs”.

19. The Live Motel Show (Dec 2021)
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Wolfgang was missing due to force majeure issues
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The whole transcript of the one-hour “conce[r|p]t” has been translated into English (look for
“Rosetta” on jugbandcm.it)

20. Empowerment, Inclusiveness,Equality
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Engineers start rockin’
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Rock’n’rollers start engineerin’
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“collective by design” model is aligned to
inclusiveness
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Equality is a value, to be “fed” by time+energy
investments

21. What next
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April 8-9 Mezzolombardo – Bologna
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May
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With June 30 as “north pivot point” – European
Tour (we are in the co-design phase...who
wants to join?)
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July-August

22. Following the JBCM
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E-mail has become problematic due to 2022 changes in mail server
policies
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Instagram: @jugbandcm
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FB: we have a page, but go for
https://www.facebook.com/andrea.giacomelli.98
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pibinko/
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Simplest way: periodically monitor the “News” section on jugbandcm.it
(and pibinko.org for more interdisciplinary stuff), or write to
micalosapevo@pibinko.org

23. How can you help
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Call for translators (opened in Nov. 2021)
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Buy Tattistampa products (prints or T-shirts “maglietti”) –
next order closing on March 31
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Invite musicians to record at Simone’s studio in the heart
of Tuscany
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Develop Dario’s Education Science studies
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Support the “non formal education” tour 2022

24. ●
http://www.jugbandcm.it ,
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micalosapevo@pibinko.org
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+39 331 7539228 (Jack
o’Malley).