the gig to go to this mid-week (& a note from Pete Lacaba, yehey!)

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           If you’re in my neck of the woods (Manila) on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, there’s an  international gathering of social scientists, university presidents, deans, professors, practising journalists, labor organizers and labor scholars, researchers, film makers and film critics, lawyers, broadcasters, from Southeast Asian nations, to be keynoted by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (Philippines)  (note: TBC), on May 28-31, 2008, Manila, Philippines (at the Century Park Hotel): the “8^th ASEAN Inter-University Conference on Social Development” : the biggest bi-annual gathering of academics and social scientists in Southeast Asia

      (See www.asean8iuc.net for details, the logo of the conference is the  sarimanok of Philippine folklore, a  cross between  the Philippine rooster and the Phoenix; swinging a symbolic globe  in its beak).

       The speakers and delegates will present papers, exchange ideas, synthesize and “reflect” (as used in the program) on the issues, and maybe present proposed recommendations: for policymakers and stakeholders.

      It’s open to the public, if  unregistered, you may coordinate with the registration desk. Here’s a summary or list of the speakers in the order of appearance: Prof. Jorge V. Sibal, Mayor Alfredo Lim, Chancellor Sergio S. Cao, Chief Justice Reynato Puno (TBC), Prof. Surin Pitsuan Ph.D; Plenary: Voices of ASEAN Civil Society, Discussants: Christopher Ng, Wigberto Tanada, Prof.  Donald M. Seekins Ph.D. , lawyer Anis Hidayah, Luchie Cruz Valdez (TBC),  Sudaporn Sittisathapornkul,  Prof.  Rene E.Ofreneo Ph. D (moderator).  UP President  Prof.  Emerlinda R. Roman Ph.D (special message).

       Thursday. Plenary: Citizen Journalists & New Media Technology in the ASEAN Region: Prof.  James E. Katz Ph.D., Prof. Lourdes Simbulan (moderator). Parallel Sessions A. 1.Literary as Politicall;  2. Bridging the Arts & Cultural Traditions; 3. Deconstructing Terrorism; 4.Women Issues in SEA; 5.Cinema as a Social Discourse; 6.Institutions without Borders 1.

       Parallel Sessions B: 7. Religious Practices & Movements in SEA; 8. SEA Cultural  Studies &  Practices; 9. Peace-Making & Conflict Situations; 10. Queer Studies & Feminism in SEA; 11. Subaltern Use of Mobile Phone & the Internet; 12. Media Coverage of Gender Issues in Asia (Organized Panel Session).

      Parallel Sessions C: 13. Rethinking Religious Practices;  14. HIV/AIDS & Health Risks; 15. Political Economy of Gender; 16. Human Rights & Regulatory Bodies; 17.Migration Issues in a Regional Economic Community; 18. Rural Labor, Social Development & NGO’s Intervention in South & Southeast Asia. Organized Panel Session.

       Plenary Session 2:  Close Encounters: Working People meet the Academe & the Media. Christopher Ng, Mohammad  Shaffie Mammal, Malou Mangahas, Prof. Aileen Baviera Ph.D., Indrasari Tjandraningsih, Marlene Ramirez. Prof. Shin Yoon Hwan and Mars Mendoza (moderators).

      Parallel Sessions D: 19. New Media & ICT in SEA;20.Social Movements, Civil Society & Governance; 21.Environment  & Natural Resources for Progress; 22.Education in ASEAN Context;23.SEA Economic Development; 24. Probing the ASEAN;25. China & the World: Society, Business & Theory. Organized Panel Session.

       Parallel Sessions E: 26.The Role of Media & Communication; 27.Children & Youth in SEA; 28.Fair Trade, Fair Labor; 29.The Role of Institutions in Regional Integration; 30.The Use of Research, PR & Advertising for Development; 31.Politics & Political Violence in South & Southeast Asia (Organized Panel Session); 32.Institutions Without Borders 2: Cyberspace, Inclusive Civil Society & Market.

        Saturday Plenary Session 3: Globalization and the Future of  Secularism in Asia. Prof. Habibul  Khondker, Prof. Filomeno Aguilar Ph.D., Kwok Kian Woon, Prof. Emma C. Porio Ph.D. (moderator).

        Parallel Sessions F: 33.Labor & the Role of Social Dialogues;  34.The Spotlight on Myanmar; 35.Distance Learning &   Education . Organized Panel Session. 36.The News Media in Transition, the Case of ASEAN Nations. Organized Panel Session. 37.Conflict & Cooperation in Interregional & Intraregional Interactions. Organized Panel Session. 38.Disciplinal Counterdiscourses to Eurocentrism .

      Synthesis of the conference: Prof.  Vedi Hadiz Ph.D., and Christopher Ng, Reflections on the Conference: Prof.  Anne Raffin.

     (Acknowledgements: Hosts of lunch sessions: U.P. President Emerlinda Roman; the De La Salle University; Mayor Alfredo Lim;  the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung foundation; and  Chancellor Sergio Cao).

     This is the gig to go to this mid-week, see y’all there! Check out, too,  the parallel session “Human Rights and Regulatory Bodies”, since this is my blog, i’m plugging it (ha-ha), working it as chair; our speakers/ paper- presentors are: Prof. Rosa Maria Feliciano, topic: “Self- Regulation and the Philippine Broadcast Code”; Kamalaxi G. Tadasad & Harish Ramaswamy, topic: “Effectiveness of Community Solidarity and Promotion of Human Rights: ASEAN Aspirations & Acceptability”; Xu Cong & Dr. Zhengrong Hu, topic: “Departmentalism and Protection of Public Interest: An Analysis of Chinese IPTV Regulation”; Dina Maria B. Delias, “Rights at Risk: Evaluating the Human Security Act of the Philippine Republic”.

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       This made my day. A note from Pete Lacaba ( by the way, the design/ theme in this blog doesn’t show any widgets so my “recent comments” widgets is out; but i wanted you to see Pete Lacaba’s comment because he’s an icon! It’s posted in the April 13, 2007 entry, the links are in dark letters.)  

From Pete Lacaba
http://kapetesapatalim.blogspot.com/ |

      OK din naman ang mga salin mo. OK rin na napansin mo ang nag-iibang kahulugan ng “Mabuhay ka!” in the course of the poem. Check out my own blog for a slightly revised version of the poem (iba nang kaunti sa nasa CD ni Armida), with the proper capitalization and line breaks.

Regards

From “Do not debate with a moron, else you are the moron” – rough translation of a line from Pete Lacaba’s newest poem as recited by Armida Siguon-Reyna, 2008/05/26 at 9:57 PM

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Pete Lacaba’s blog is:   http://www.kapetesapatalim.blogspot.com

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From marichulambino
https://marichulambino.wordpress.com/ | mclambino@up.edu.ph | 203.87.188.34

Wow. Hi Pete! I sort of “sensationalized” the small note from you by putting it on my front page, ha-ha. Thanks thanks thanks. I won’t translate the first two sentences anymore, bahala na ang mga hindi Filipino kung hindi nila maintindihan…. Ok, i changed my mind, i will translate it. Pete said “Ok din naman ang mga salin mo…” “ang mga salin mo” means “your translation”. On the other hand, “Ok” is the Filipino word for…”brilliant!”. Hahaha, I just editorialized it a little. Then he added that it was Ok (“Ok” is also the Filipino word for…. “amazing! Unbelievably awesome!”. Ok, i editorialized again; but “Ok” coming from a world-famous award-winning poet/ writer/ scholar, conferred on me is a big deal for me. When the poet you translated did not get angry with you, you should be happy. Well, i just translated parts, i couldn’t translate many of the figures of speech; ); anyway, he continued:… that i noticed the different meanings or senses; wait, let me edit that translation: the changing meanings or senses of “Mabuhay ka!” (“Long live!”) in the course of the poem. See the rest of it.
Thanks, Pete, and regards! -marichu

From “Do not debate with a moron, else you are the moron” – rough translation of a line from Pete Lacaba’s newest poem as recited by Armida Siguon-Reyna, 2008/05/26 at 11:02 PM