K. G. Hutchins is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Oberlin College. His research focuses on the roles that nonhuman animals, spirits, and other beings in Mongolian and Appalachian musical traditions.

“Hutchins lyrically presents an ancient musical tradition as it is deployed against drastic environmental and economic changes. This book illustrates the power of music both to cross species boundaries and to draw us toward more hopeful futures.”—John Hartigan Jr., author of Shaving the Beasts: Ritual and Wild Horses in Spain“Hutchins’s original research on the role of nonhuman animals in music making lends him an entirely new perspective about the creation of music in Mongolia. He carefully illustrates how horses and camels actively take part in making music.”—Manduhai Buyandelger, author of A Thousand Steps to Parliament: Constructing Electable Women in Mongolia

K. G. Hutchins is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Oberlin College. His research focuses on the roles that nonhuman animals, spirits, and other beings in Mongolian and Appalachian musical traditions.

“Hutchins lyrically presents an ancient musical tradition as it is deployed against drastic environmental and economic changes. This book illustrates the power of music both to cross species boundaries and to draw us toward more hopeful futures.”—John Hartigan Jr., author of Shaving the Beasts: Ritual and Wild Horses in Spain“Hutchins’s original research on the role of nonhuman animals in music making lends him an entirely new perspective about the creation of music in Mongolia. He carefully illustrates how horses and camels actively take part in making music.”—Manduhai Buyandelger, author of A Thousand Steps to Parliament: Constructing Electable Women in Mongolia

K. G. Hutchins is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Oberlin College. His research focuses on the roles that nonhuman animals, spirits, and other beings in Mongolian and Appalachian musical traditions.

“Hutchins lyrically presents an ancient musical tradition as it is deployed against drastic environmental and economic changes. This book illustrates the power of music both to cross species boundaries and to draw us toward more hopeful futures.”—John Hartigan Jr., author of Shaving the Beasts: Ritual and Wild Horses in Spain“Hutchins’s original research on the role of nonhuman animals in music making lends him an entirely new perspective about the creation of music in Mongolia. He carefully illustrates how horses and camels actively take part in making music.”—Manduhai Buyandelger, author of A Thousand Steps to Parliament: Constructing Electable Women in Mongolia