Abstract
How does violin making, as a centuries-old craft embodying the sonic signature of highland ecologies, reimagine posthumanist futures through vibrational entanglements? What does it teach us about the possibilities for socioecological thriving through the world of work? In this developmental paper, we bridge Polish eco-philosophy with sonic materiality to explore Polish Highlanders’ violin makers’ craft as a relational practice grounded in vibration that weaves human, material, and landscapes. In doing so, we highlight how craft is not a nostalgic preservation of tradition but an ongoing, sonic negotiation between matter and meaning, and how this creates a pathway for exploring new understandings of thriving – in organisational, societal and ecological terms – through the world of work.