In collaboration with Dr. Lafuente at the University of Cádiz, we fabricated Flamenco-inspired instruments in the university’s Fab Lab with the goal of exciting students about STEM while simultaneously integrating Andalusian culture. We consulted fabrication experts and visited various cultural landmarks to inform our work. The team successfully prototyped multiple versions of both a cajón and castanets and developed an education program to share the fabrication procedures with local educators so they could replicate a program in the Fab Lab.

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Creator

• Busby, Molly
• Curet-Irizarry, Gabriel
• Emens, Nina
• Gade, Lakshmi

Subject

• Project-Based Learning
• Learning
• Culture
• Innovation
• Community
• Inclusion

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042824-135922
• 121947

Keyword

• Instrument Design
• Music
• Fabrication Labratory
• Education
• Andalusian Culture
• Collaboration

Advisor

• Nikitina, Svetlana

Year

• 2024

Center

• Cádiz, Spain Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Dr. Luis Lafuente Molinero

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not Specified

Date created

• 2024-04-28

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-042824-135922

Rights statement

• In Copyright