Exhibits

February 3-6, Tuesday to Friday

8.00 – 5.00

The Pinoy Spirit

an exhibit featuring the works of the graduates of the Diploma in Photojournalism program of the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University

Foyer of the Leong Hall Auditorium and

Foyer of the Social Sciences Building

sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University and the Department of Communication

February 3-4, Tuesday and Wednesday

10.30 – 4.30

Mindanao for Sociologists and Anthropologists: Challenges and Tasks

an exhibit on Mindanao

The Promenade

sponsored by the Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Mindanao has been referred to as many things: land of promise, last frontier, Moroland and other rhetorical statements that bear little of what it really is. It is a massive island surrounded by smaller islands, with Muslims, Lumads and Christians inhabiting and creating dynamic cultures on rich and fertile land. It has also been marginalized by colonial powers, having its map drawn only next to the Philippines when it suited those with the authority to imagine it. The exhibit will highlight what a training in sociology and anthropology, and in specific areas such as visual anthropology, culture and the senses, material culture, anthropology of performance, urban sociology and social development can achieve, how sociologists and anthropologists could respond to both the richness of the island and its tensions. 

February 4-6, Wednesday to Friday

8.00 – 5.00

The Making of The Nation

an exhibit on Malaysia

Basement, Manuel V. Pangilinan Center for Student Leadership

sponsored by the Department of History

The exhibit celebrates 50 years of Malaysian independence since 1957. It traces the evolution of the Malaysian nation starting from the founding of the Melaka Sultanate in the 15^th century up to the emergence of Abdullah Badawi as prime minister in 2003. More importantly, the exhibit highlights the role of nationalist and socialist movements, and the struggle of the Malaysian people towards achieving independence and justice.

 

 

Talks, Lectures, Symposia, and Others

February 4, Wednesday

3.00 – 4.30

101 Stories on the Philippine Revolution

by Dr. Ambeth R. Ocampo

book launch

and

America’s Forgotten War

a lecture by Dr. Ambeth R. Ocampo

Leong Hall Auditorium

sponsored by the Department of History

“America’s Forgotten War” was delivered last October 2008 as the 2nd Annual Redmond Kernan Lecture in the Presidio of San Francisco.  As part of Ateneo Social Sciences Week, and the 110th anniversary of the outbreak of the Filipino-American War on February 4, 2009, Dr. Ocampo will deliver the lecture again exploring the ways in which this event has been presented and re-presented in Philippine history. What happened during the Filipino-American War? What do we remember? Why do we remember? The lecture will be illustrated with vintage photographs and old films on the war including a handful produced by Thomas Edison from 1899-1901.

The Honorable Ambeth R. Ocampo is Chairman of the National Historical Institute of the Republic of the Philippines. Dr. Ocampo is Associate Professor in the Department of History, School of Social Sciences, Ateneo de Manila University, and a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature, UP Diliman. Dr. Ocampo writes a widely read editorial page column in the Philippines Daily Inquirer and has published 14 books including “101 Stories on the Philippine Revolution”.

4.30 – 6.00

Doing Social Science Research in Mindanao

a talk by Fr. Albert E. Alejo, S.J.

Leong Hall Auditorium

sponsored by the Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Fr. Albert E. Alejo, S.J., Ph.D. from the Ateneo de Davao University was instrumental in forming the Mindanao Consortium of Anthropology. His lecture will be about a possible social science research agenda in Mindanao. He has been seeking ways to support Lumad scholars and make education more accessible to them. Through his efforts some of the best social scientists are now working and being developed in the region.

4.30 – 6.00

American Culture, Foreign Policy, and A Century of Asian Intervention

a talk by Dr. Walter L. Hixson, Professor, University of Akron

Conference Rooms 1 & 2, Social Sciences Building

sponsored by the Department of History

Abstract:
U.S. foreign policy flows from the drives inherent in American national identity and remarkably continuous over the nation's history (and indeed pre-history).   War in the Philippines, the Pacific War with Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq and Afghanistan today all flow from the nation's cultural drives.  A powerful sense of Manifest Destiny propels U.S. foreign policy and best explains its history of serial warfare in Asia.  Culture, rather than economic determinism or geopolitics best explains the history of U.S. foreign policy and the nation's penchant for war and foreign intervention.

Photo credit: Terry Pascher for Walter L. Hixson. The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2008.

4.30 – 6.00

Traditional Chinese Musical Instruments

a lecture by Dr. Xu Jian

PLDT-CTC 102

sponsored by the Chinese Studies Program

Dr. Xu Jian will introduce the traditional Chinese musical instruments, which is comprised of a wide range of string, wind, and percussion instruments. The lecture will also feature some well-known beautiful music performed with the musical instruments. Dr. Xu Jian will give a powerpoint presentation which will give the audience a general knowledge of traditional Chinese musical instruments through words and music, and many pictures of the main musical instruments as well.

Dr. Xu Jian is a Visiting Chinese Language Teacher from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

February 5, Thursday

11.30 – 1.30

An Inside Look at Japanese Media

a roundtable discussion with Prof. Takesato Watanabe

Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese Studies Conference Room

2/F Ricardo and Dr. Rosita Leong Hall

Due to limited seating, please confirm your attendance by Tuesday, Feb. 3.

sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism

at the Ateneo de Manila University

This roundtable discussion takes the theme of the book “A Public Betrayed: An Inside Look at Japanese Media Atrocities and Their Warnings to the West” written by Adam Gamble and Prof. Takesato Watanabe. The book “lays bare the mechanisms and motivations” that shape the news in the Japanese media and have led to “media atrocities.” Prof. Watanabe will describe the state of the Japanese press and the challenges it faces as it reports historical issues that implicate the Philippines, Korea and other Asian countries.

Prof. Watanabe teaches Journalism Ethics and Mass Communication Theory at Doshisha University. He is concurrently the director of the Doshisha Center for Media and Communication Research, and chairman of the Advisory Committee to Kansai TV co., Osaka, Japan. Prof. Watanabe has delivered lectures on the Media in Japan widely across the United States, Canada and Britain. An author who has published extensively on the media, he was a visiting scholar at Harvard in 2001.

1.30 – 3.00

Presentation of Senior Essays

by the four graduating students of the AB, major in History program

Conference Room 3, Ricardo and Dr. Rosita Leong Hall

Sponsored by the Department of History

All the King's Men Put Humpty Together Again: Two Postmodern Filipino Novels as Alternate History

by Ms. Janellee A. Dumanat, IV AB History

Panelist: Mr. Randolph Joseph H. de Jesus, Instructor, Department of History

Beyond the Backstage: The Effects of Philippine Social Conditions on the Choice of Plays and their Performances by Theater Organizations in Ateneo de Manila University, 1965 – 1986

by Ms. Maria Cynthia Barriga, IV AB Social Sciences and AB History

Panelist: Ms. Katherine G. Lacson, Instructor, Department of History

Thinking for Ourselves: The Philippine’s Attempt towards an Independent Foreign Policy

by Ms. Angela Claire V. Valera, IV AB History

Panelist: Mr. Neville Jay C. Manaois, Instructor, Department of History

Supremo Leadership: Luis Taruc as Supremo of the Hukbalahap, 1942-1954

by Mr. Brian B. Sabalo, IV AB History

Panelist: Ms. Patricia Irene N. Dacudao, Instructor, Department of History

1.30 – 3.00

Film showing and Discussion on the critically-acclaimed documentary “Bunso”

directed by Ditsi Carolino

to be facilitated by

Dr. Liane Peña-Alampay

Leong Hall Auditorium

sponsored by the Department of Psychology

The 64-minute documentary follows three minors detained in a penitentiary: 13 year-old Tony, 11 year-old Diosel, and 11 year-old Bunso. In the film, we learn of their daily lives spent with adult inmates, their families, dreams and songs, and the poignant struggle to be children in a harsh environment and desperate circumstances. Raw and unvarnished, Bunso has been hailed as a harrowing indictment of a society's failure to protect its most vulnerable. Supported by UNICEF Manila and the Consuelo Foundation, the film was instrumental in generating awareness of the situation of Filipino children in conflict with the law and the eventual passage of RA 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act in 2006.

Ditsi Carolino is an independent documentary director-producer who first made her mark with the television show, The Probe Team, before she proceeded to concentrate on commissioned work. Her association with various NGOs is the impetus to her filmmaking. She had been behind a number of the industry's most acclaimed contemporary documentaries like Minsan Lang Sila Bata, Masakit sa Mata, Liberating Coops and No Time for Play which are all award-winning.

A discussion follows the film showing which will be facilitated by Dr. Liane Peña-Alampay, Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychology. Dr. Alampay had worked with UNICEF to develop a child's rights and community-based framework to prevent juvenile delinquency, in accordance with the provisions of RA 9344.

3.00 – 4.30

Symposium on Experimental Phenomenology

with main presentor Fr. Jaime C. Bulatao, S.J.

Leong Hall Auditorium

sponsored by the Department of Psychology

Experimental phenomenology was initiated by Fr. Jaime C. Bulatao, S.J. in 2006.  It is a move towards building theories about the phenomena of intuition and energies from a clinical perspective. 

The group, composed of students, faculty and teaching assistants of Fr. Bulatao, worked under the assumption that a client exudes energies that represent his inner world, sometimes coming out in symbolic ways such as through body movements or in personal artifacts.  To understand the client’s inner reality, a therapist uses intuition to sense these energies.

Two of the presentations in this symposium are studies that explored the nature of the energy and intuitive interaction in therapy.  In three other presentations, the group introduces studies that explored aspects of the energy phenomenon that can be treated as objective concepts, such as loob and emotions.  These concepts are somehow observable and therefore measurable.  The group also tested the idea that loob and emotions are aspects of energies that people intuit about another person.

This symposium is a presentation of the following studies:  Loob through Pictures, Loob and Colors, Intuiting Emotions through Photographs, Filipino Therapy: Joining the Client's Inner World, and The Experience of Intuition among Therapists.

4.30 – 6.00

Public presentations of the Applied Peace Researches in Mindanao: Stories, Videos and Photos by the Social Psychology Action-Research Laboratory

Leong Hall Auditorium

sponsored by the Department of Psychology

The Social Psychology Action-Research Lab will present stories, videos, and photos about work related to Philippine social issues, especially the Mindanao War. The session will start with a film by Al Jazeerah on the War in Mindanao. 

Then there will be videos and songs related to various social issues, plus a brief overview of other Lab projects, like the Extrajudicial Summit, Sumilao Farmers, and Gender Sensitivity Trainings. The main presentation will focus on the Social Psychology of the Mindanao War, which will include stories about the Mindanao Peace Camp, Mindanao Fund Drive, and the Notre Dame Peace and Development Journal. This presentation synthesizes collective efforts by the social psychology faculty, graduate and undergraduate students and classes, and one doctoral alumnus based in Notre Dame of Jolo College.  The Lab aims to instill the dual fundamental values of high-quality scholarship and humble service for social transformation. Dr. Mira Ofreneo and her Social Change graduate students will make available a sign-up sheet for anyone interested in joining the Lab.

4.30 – 6.00

Race and Class in a Divided Nation: The Political Economy of Development in Malaysia

a talk by Dr. Toh Kin Woon

Conference Rooms 3 & 4, Social Sciences Building

sponsored by the Ateneo Center for Asian Studies

in cooperation with the Asian Public Intellectuals Fellowships Program

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Abstract

Up until the Asian financial crisis in 1997, Malaysia was among the fastest growing economies in Asia in the decades of the 70s, 80s and the first half of the 90s. It was also one of the choice centers of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the region. Growth, however, slowed after the crisis, as well as the inflow of FDI. As a result of several decades of growth, even as its rate fluctuated, per capita income grew; absolute, though not relative poverty, was reduced drastically; full employment was achieved; a consistent surplus in the country’s balance of payments was registered, leading to the building of a fairly strong foreign exchange reserves position. These macro-economic indicators mask, however, many underlying socio-economic and political problems. A key problem is that development has been very unequal, with the gap between rich and poor yawning even wider. Exacerbating this class divide is the inter-ethnic divide caused by the adoption of a largely race based approach towards socio-economic development by the ruling elite. The contradictions engendered by this race based policy framework called the New Economic Policy will be discussed at some length. The discussions will not just be focused on the ethnic dimension but the class dimension as well. The contest in the arena of nation building, which is the other major source of underlying friction, will also be presented.

Dr. Toh Kin Woon is a Senior Fellow of the Asian Public Intellectuals (API) Fellowships Program Fellow and of the Ateneo Center for Asian Studies, and a former Senator, State Legislative Assemblyman and State Minister in Penang, Malaysia.

February 6, Friday

8.00 – 5.00

War, Memories, Monuments and
Media: Representatives of Conflicts
and Creation of Histories in Asia

an international symposium

Ching Tan Room, G/F, John Gokongwei School of Management Building (SOM 111)

sponsored by the Japanese Studies Program

This international conference aims to revisit the histories of conflicts as well as resolutions that countries in the Asian region have undergone through the frameworks of heritage, actual representations by way of sites, narratives and media, and to present the problematic and many layered relationships of the materials to the instruments and avenues of their display in the context of creation of histories. The conference will feature “Unsurrendered 100 Voices,” a documentary film of WWII guerillas in the Philippines.

Programme

8:00-8:30	Registration
8:30-8:50	Opening remarks Keynote Address Ambeth Ocampo Director, National Historical Institute, Philippines
8:50-9:40	Panel 1: The Politics of Memories Remembering World War II in the Philippines: Memorials and Markers in the Philippines through the Years Ricardo Jose, University of the Philippines The Memorialisation of War in the Philippines: Memorial Shrines and the Politics of Remembering and Forgetting Aileen Toohey, University of Queensland
	Break
9:50-10:40	Panel 2: Locating Memories World War II in Japan’s Regions: Memories, Monuments and Media in Hokkaido Philip Seaton, Hokkaido University Contending Colonialism, Diverging Nationalisms: the Japanese Occupation in Indochina Meynard Mendoza, Ateneo de Manila University
10:40-12:00	Panel: Memories in Media The Re-evaluation of Self-sacrifice in Japanese War Films since the 90s Mathias Pfeifer, Shizuoka Kenritsu University Media and comfort women Takesato Watanabe, Doshisha University
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00-2:30	Film: Unsurrendered
2:30-4:00	Panel 4: On “Unsurrendered” Peter Persons, Film maker/Director of “Unsurrendered” Maitel Ladrido, Ateneo de Manila University Tito Valiente, Ateneo de Manila University
4:45-5:00	Closing remarks

10.30 – 12.00

Prototypes of Indian Sculpture

a talk by Dr. Jan Van Alphen

Director, Ethnografisch Museum

Antwerp, Belgium

Leong Hall Auditorium

sponsored by the Department of History

Stupa at Sanchi

Indian art is mainly based on the prehistoric animistic worldviews of its aboriginal inhabitants (Sanskrit: Adivasi). And though Buddhism in principle doesn't recognize the existence of a 'soul', still its foundations are to be found in the old animistic worldviews. This is more evident for the other two Indian religions Jainism and Hinduism. This lecture gives the development of the figuration of the main Indian gods, their iconography and important religious symbols. The lecture is fully illustrated with slides.

4.30 – 6.00

Film Viewing and Talk on the documentary

“River of Exchange: Music of the Agusan Manobo and Visayan Settler Relations in Caraga, Mindanao Island”

by Dr. Jose S. Buenconsejo, Professor, UP College of Music

Leong Hall Auditorium

sponsored by the Department of Sociology & Anthropology

The making of this documentary was made possible through an equipment grant from the Prince Claus Foundation for Culture and Development of The Netherlands and partial fieldwork funding from the Office of the Chancellor, University of the Philippines.

Synopsis

This is a story of the encounter and consequent cultural exchanges between inland, aboriginal Manobos and coastal, Visayan settlers in an out-of-the-way place in Agusan Valley, Caraga Mindanao Island, Philippines.

It explores, in particular, the varied embodiments of this social history in traditional Manobo song and ritual and in performances of recent, Visayan-brought electronically-amplified sounds. In Manobo ritual, spirits possess the body of the medium as a means of divination for curing, but these spirits indicate as well Manobo imaginative perceptions of their relationships with outsiders, including the Visayan spirit whose voice is incorporated in the Manobo body. With the introduction of modern cultural practices, Manobo rituals have been erased and displaced to the margins but some are altered, as in the incarnation of the Visayan spirit, to accommodate the unassailable Visayan presence that is felt in Manobo day to day life. This spirit is addressed as a friend, a form of recognition that resonates with the Christian compadrazgo social relation. Cultural exchanges come full circle with the performance of Manobo heritage in recent street ethnic dancing competitions with Visayans mimicking Manobos. Whether a spirit in incarnated in these festivals or not is a moot question. The mimicry seems instead to reproduce a mere pictorial representation of heritage minus its really real links to the world.

4.30 – 6.00

The Global Financial Crisis and the Future of Capitalism

a talk by Dr. Walden F. Bello

Escaler Hall

sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the Department of Economics

The distinguished scholar and world renowned intellectual, Dr. Walden F. Bello (A.B. ’66) will discuss his reading of the causes, implications of and responses to the ongoing global economic meltdown and his analysis of the crisis’ impact on global capitalism.

Dr. Walden F. Bello received his masteral and doctorate degrees in Sociology from the Princeton University-USA. He currently teaches Political Economy and Sociology at the University of the Philippines-Diliman and works as an editor of the Review of International Political Economy (RIPE). He is the former Executive Director of the Focus on the Global South and also the Founding Chairperson of the Akbayan (Citizens’ Action Party). As a prolific writer, he has published numerous scholarly articles in some highly-read international academic journals. He recently published his fourteenth book, Walden Bello Presents Ho Chi Minh (2008).

February 7, Saturday

8.00 – 12.00

The Battle of Bellarmine Field

Bellarmine Field

Sponsored by the Department of History

The Battle of Bellarmine Field is a bi-annual activity of the History Department of the Ateneo de Manila University. It is participated in primarily by sophomore students and teachers of Hi 18 (Western History) and Hi 18.1 (Ancient and Medieval History). The activity is a simulation of the weapons, armor, tactics and strategy of the armies of the Ancient, Classical and Medieval World.

It requires students to do historical research. Because the activity seeks to give the modern audience an idea of what conflict was like in the historical period covered, there is a reasonable attempt at historical accuracy and authenticity. It encourages discipline, critical thinking, and creativity among Ateneo college students. It likewise tests the students’ ability to work effectively in large groups. This is in line with the school’s thrust for “student centered learning”

While traditionally an activity for sophomore students, for this upcoming edition of the Battle of Bel field, two sections of junior college students from Hi-165 (the Rizal course) will be participating as representatives of the Philippines - the Visayan Pintados. See them square off against the mighty armies of Greece, Rome and Egypt!

Besides the battle simulations, there will also be other interesting and fun activities. These include a game called Theseus and the Minotaur, and a live medieval chess match with students participating as real chess pieces.

 

 

Student-Organized Events

Talks

February 3, Tuesday

4.30 – 6.00

The Advertising of Philippine Products

talks by Ms. Karen Go, Operations Director of BBDO Guerrero Phils. and Ms. Sue Ann Nolido, Business Department Director of Leo Burnett Manila

SEC Lecture Hall B

sponsored by the Association of Communication Majors (ACOMM)

4.30 – 6.00

BSP’s Measures to Cushion the Global Financial Crisis

a talk by Mr. Bong Silvosa, Financial Market Research Group, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Leong Hall Auditorium

sponsored by the Ateneo Economics Association (AEA)

Exhibits, Trade Fair, Games, and more

February 3-6, Tuesday to Friday

8.00 – 5.00

Trade Fair

Science Education Complex (SEC) Field

sponsored by the Social Marketing class of the Development Studies Program in partnership with Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng mga Paaralang Loyola ng Ateneo de Manila, Collegiate Society of Advertising (COSA), LS 127 Classes, the Business Cluster, participating NGOs and social enterprises

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.30 – 4.30

SoSS Student Org Cluster Events: Exhibits, Games, and More

with the theme “EveryJuan”, centered on promoting the Filipino culture and highlighting the contribution and role of the SoSS student to society

Zen Garden

sponsored by the Management Economics Organization (MEcO), the Ateneo Economics Association (AEA), Ateneo Psyche, The Assembly, the Association of Communication Majors (ACOMM), Ateneo European Studies Society (AEUS), CELADON, Development Society, and the SoSS School Board of the Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng mga Paaralang Loyola ng Ateneo de Manila

February 4, Wednesday

4.30 – 6.00 Pinoy Balloon Art Contest

February 5, Wednesday

10.30 – 4.30 Pinoy Balloon Art Campaign

February 6, Friday

4.30 – 7.00 Pinoy Fear Factor Games