Category: Arts and Humanities
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Boogsh! UP Tacloban’s COMM 10 students attend a symposium on Digital Literacy
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UP Tacloban’s COMM 10 (Critical Perspectives in Communication) students attended Boogsh! Bawal ang Shiminet: A Symposium on Digital Literacy hosted by the Division of HUmanities on 13 November 2024 at the AS Conference Hall. Part of the GE(n) Z Ideas Festival, a series intended to enrich students experience of and engagement with the General Education…
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UP Tacloban Professor Emeritus awarded Best Translated Book in English in the 42nd National Book Awards
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UP Tacloban salutes Professor Emeritus Merlie M. Alunan for “Hubad: Ester Tapia,” Best Translated Book in English in the 42nd National Book Awards. Through her translations of Cebuano writer Ester Tapia’s poems, Alunan continues her advocacy to promote regional writing in the national arena. “Hubad: Ester Tapia” is a joint publication of UP Press and…
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UP Tacloban commemorates Eastern Visayan Martial Law martyrs
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UP Tacloban faculty and students honored the memory of those from/in Eastern Visayas who fought against Martial Law in “An Pulong Diri Napapugong: A Protest Poetry Performance” held on 24 September 2024 at the Multi-purpose Building. The event was part of the UP community’s Day of Remembrance 2024.
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UP Tacloban Media Students Launch Heat Stroke Awareness Campaign for Senior Citizens in Sta. Fe, Leyte
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Students of the Media 197 (Special Topics: Health Communication) class of the BA Communication Arts program of UP Tacloban’s Division of Humanities conducted a health communication campaign titled “Heat Stroke Perdiha, Kapaso Andaman ‘Ta!” for senior citizens of Brgy. Zone 1 Poblacion, Sta. Fe, Leyte on 25 May 2024.
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Arts 1 and PhilArts 1 students present their art installation proposals
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In a symposium and workshop on installation art curation with Asst. Prof. Jay Nathan Jore, curator of UP Cebu’s Jose T. Joya Gallery, ARTS 1 and PHILARTS 1 students of UP Tacloban talked about how art can alter the spectator’s perception of space and encourage deep reflection on broad global or societal issues. The symposium…
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GE students attend symposium on conflict, third space, communication, and community
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ICYMI: Students enrolled in the General Education (GE) courses on Critical Perspectives in Communication (COMM 10), Ethics and Moral Reasoning in Everyday Life (ETHICS 1), Self and Society (SAS 1), and Understanding Gender (SOC SCI 5) attended a symposium on conflict, third space, communication, and community with Asst. Prof. Melissa Claire Barrera-Yap of the College…
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Kaaradman Library and Bookshop launched
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The Leyte Samar Heritage Center has opened the Kaaradman Library and Bookshop featuring publications by writers from or based in Eastern Visayas, and books on the natural and cultural heritage of Eastern Visayas. The project is part of UP Tacloban’s celebration of National Heritage Month this May 2024.
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Experts discuss “Archeology in the Philippines” in (GE)n Z Ideas Festival Symposium
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Around 300 UP Tacloban students, most from the GE courses Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas (KAS 1) and Wika, Kultura at Lipunan (WIKA 1), attended the symposium on “Archaeology in the Philippines” held on 23 April 2024 at the AS Conference Hall, UP Tacloban College.
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BA Literature program coordinator presents at International Symposium on Cultural Tourism and Heritage Studies
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BA Literature program coordinator presents at International Symposium on Cultural Tourism and Heritage Studies 15 March 2024 Division of Humanities Asst. Prof. Efmer Agustin, the BA Literature program coordinator and Sentro ng Wikang Filipino faculty-in-charge at UP Tacloban College, presented a paper titled “Folk or Faux: How Historical Documents Counter Supposedly History-Based Narratives and Tourism…