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Anderson, a world renowned political scientist whose book Imagined Communities is one of the most cited in the world in many areas of social science and cultural studies, was deeply fascinated with Jose Rizal and his novels. Two historians will share not just how Anderson used Rizal’s works to interrogate the complexities of nationalism and…
Explore Event: Benedict Anderson and Jose RizalCurator Patrick Flores and Filipino-American artist Miljohn Ruperto share their personal and professional assessment of the place in the world of Philippine art.
Explore Event: Philippine Art in the WorldToday’s graphic novels have spiritual energy and a mythical quality to both the story and the art. They explore themes from our epics and local mythology to make new stories and inspire new myth making.
Explore Event: Graphic Novels: Spiritual and MythicalAlfar and Tan, known speculative fictionists who imagined a highly technological future now come face to face with it and explore how to critically and responsibly navigate the use of AI in creative work.
Explore Event: Speculative Fiction and AI NarrativesThis panel shares stories of Mindanao, unheard of and unwritten in official history textbooks, and the politics that have kept up long-term and deep-seated prejudices against the island and its people, the Moro Filipinos. Such prejudices continue to be systematically spread by ignorance and miseducation.
Explore Event: Mindanao History, Politics, and CultureImperial Manila is haunted by its failure to look to the arts and culture, literature and languages of the regions as much as the regions are haunted by the specter of invisibility and neglect. The challenge is to establish how the pieces fit into the bigger picture, how the local contributes to the national.
Explore Event: The Haunting of the RegionsIn the 90s, to contribute to the LadLad Series was almost like the official coming out for Filipino gays, a long way since. Today, in the 21st century, the queer are a force to reckon with socioeconomically and politically.
Explore Event: Ladlad, the Optics of Gender
