SoundDecisions - Musical Listening, Decision Making, And Equitable Development In The Mekong Delta

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Music is the mediator par excellence of effective decision-making. Using the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam as a case study,SoundDecisions applies an interdisciplinary approach and mixed methodologies to prove the bold claim that music performanceenables farmers and other workers to listen to their surroundings and think through innovative solutions to immediateenvironmental and economic challenges. Both Indigenous Khmer Krom and settler Vietnamese who inhabit the Mekong Delta faceclimate change catastrophe from increased salinisation, reduced freshwater runoff, and intrusive sand mining. Together, they useimprovised music to shape how they think about farming, trade, and other economic activities. Furthermore, by connecting withdiasporic musicians via global telecommunication systems, they co-curate dynamic forms of musical listening and thinking to buildtrust, experiment with new solutions to environmental issues, and cultivate choice. These musicians reshape development of theregion; and yet, since development emerges from a cultural basis rather than an economic one, the Vietnamese state and economistshave not so far recognised their work. How do cultural changes forged by musicians at the intersection of the region's rich natural andcultural resources enable new socio-economic development? What new forms of sustainability might arise from their grassrootsattempts to establish new methods of co-existence given climate change realities? The first project of its kind, SoundDecisionsundertakes a major programme of archival, ethnographic, and econometric research across three continents to answer thesequestions. SoundDecisions offers new methodologies for economists to understand the role of music in mitigating climate changeand improving economic livelihood, and for ethnomusicologists to use econometric methods to expand their ability to evaluatemusic's place in the world.