Category Archives: Presentations

Kung Saan Man Tayo Screening at the University of the Philippines Film Center!

I’m very excited to screen my film, Kung Saan Man Tayo, at the University of the Philippines Film Center this November 29, 2023 at 4pm. This is going to be a sort of homecoming for me and this film; many years ago, I conceptualized of this film as a way for myself to reflect onContinue reading “Kung Saan Man Tayo Screening at the University of the Philippines Film Center!”

UH CSEAS virtual Screening of Kung Saan Man Tayo (Wherever We May Be)

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Southeast Asian Studies is hosting a virtual screening of Kung Saan Man Tayo (Wherever We May Be) next month. It will be screening online for free from February 4 to 9, following by a panel discussion with me, my co-filmmaker Kenneth Cardenas, and Maria Karaan on February 9,Continue reading “UH CSEAS virtual Screening of Kung Saan Man Tayo (Wherever We May Be)”

The International Conference on Geographical Studies

I have been working on mapping out the routes of a few of the women whose lives I have been researching on for my dissertation. I will be presenting at the International Conference on Geographical Studies 2021 later this week, in Panel Session 3C: “Place-Based & Emotion-based Care and Care-Giving.” The conference is open toContinue reading “The International Conference on Geographical Studies”

The “Treaty Series,” part of the Native Stories Podcast

Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Nanea Lo of Native Stories about the 1898 Treaty of Paris, the treaty wherein Spain sold the Philippines to the United States. Our talk is part of the “Treaty Series,” a Native Stories project that explores the histories of what transpired and what has segwayed indigenousContinue reading “The “Treaty Series,” part of the Native Stories Podcast”

Koboys and Kumadres

I am excited to be part of this year’s Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference. The theme, “Unsettling Transpacific Ecologies,” sounded perfect for my current research, so I submitted a paper I have been working on. Entitled “Koboys and Kumadres: Rethinking kinship and agency in early Filipina migration narratives in Hawaiʻi,” it will beContinue reading “Koboys and Kumadres”

Next week: “Cinema, Cure, COVID: How Do We Go from Here?”

One of the silver linings of this pandemic is that I get to participate in events happening elsewhere in the world, including back home in the Philippines, and everyone else can too! Next week, I will be co-moderating a panel discussion my friend and former orgmate, Yam Palma. We will be discussing cinema in theContinue reading “Next week: “Cinema, Cure, COVID: How Do We Go from Here?””

AAS Conference 2021

This week is the Association for Asian Studies 2021 Virtual Annual Conference. Yesterday’s Presidential Address by Christine Yano was very interesting and inspiring. She talked about the traditional Japanese musical performance form “Chindon-ya,” wherein the troupe performs while walking down the streets and alleyways, bringing music and happiness wherever they went and promoting local shopsContinue reading “AAS Conference 2021”