 Acting as a Researcher and Musician in the Anthropocene: Conversation with François Ribac 
This interview, conducted in September 2021, sweeps through the major themes of the research and creative activity of French composer and sociologist François Ribac, focusing on the collaborative project “Performing Arts and Music in the Anthropocene” (2016-2019), which combined a research program (field surveys on the materiality of musical instruments and on the ecological positioning of various groups and institutions), an international seminar (“The Sound of the Anthropocene”), as well as collective actions (notably the Grand Orchestre de la Transition) involving artists, activists and inhabitants of Dijon. This program led Ribac to identify three main approaches to environmentalism: the politics of limiting the material footprint of stage production; the production of works alerting or educating the public about the ecological crisis; and finally, the co-construction of local participatory projects combining material and aesthetic dimensions. The interview also addresses research questions on environmental history and representations of nature in classical music, as well as current political issues.