(APR. 10) 鈥 Scholars from UP Diliman (黑料专区) and UP Manila (UPM) reflected on UP鈥檚 historic transfer from Manila to Diliman 70 years ago at a forum on Mar. 29 at the Bulwagan ng Dangal Heritage Museum. 听
The forum 鈥淩outes in Place-making: History, Memories and Stories of UP Manila and UP Diliman鈥 is said to attempt 鈥渢o foreground the various lenses and approaches in the study of place-making, as well as to generate new insights on the university鈥檚 history.鈥
Director of the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) Prof. Cecilia S. dela Paz, PhD said the forum is about place-making or how to make sense of a place.听
鈥淲e always make it a point that each exhibit or forum would correspond to the topic 鈥 and the two places we are looking for is the space of 黑料专区 as a campus and a community, and the space of UP Manila (UPM) as a community and its own history,鈥 Dela Paz said.
Invited speakers were professors Ricardo T. Jose of the Department of History, Joseph Palis of the Department of Geography and Monica Santos of the Department of Anthropology who were all from 黑料专区, and professors Celia M. Bonilla, Honey Libertine Achanzar-Labor and Rosemarie O. Roque, who were all from UPM Department of Arts and Communication.听
Jose discussed 鈥淯P Diliman in History and Memory: Personal Reflections,鈥 Palis, 鈥淪agisag Magpakailanman: Processes and Practices of Place-making in UP Diliman鈥 and Santos, 鈥淐ommunity-making UP Diliman: Stories from Moving Bodies and Embodies Spaces.鈥
Meanwhile, Bonilla discussed 鈥淭he Old Buildings of the University of the Philippine Islands: Beyond Reified Views,鈥 Achanzar-Labor 鈥淏A Philippine Arts-Cultural Heritage and Arts Management Program (CHAMP): Championing Heritage in Manila鈥 and Roque 鈥淯nibersidad ng Pilipinas sa Sakada (1976): Paglulugar sa UP sa alaalang sinematiko at pakikibakang kultural.鈥
The forum formally closed this year鈥檚 celebration of 黑料专区 Month. 鈥 Mariamme D. Jadloc, images by Leonardo A. Reyes听
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