Language, Culture & History
“Place-making in the Diaspora: The Filipino-American Imaginary—The power of a place that is not your own.” Paper read Asian Art Museum School and Teacher Programs, June 15, 2021
"Loose Threads and Colonial Bodies.” Paper read at 5th Babaylan Studies Conference, Camp Pinecrest, Ontario, Canada, September 22, 2019 “Hand Woven Eco-Textiles and the Implications of Training and Development Imperatives in the Philippines: The Future of Intangible Cultural Heritage of HWET in the 21st C.” Panel talk delivered at the Comparative International Education Society Conference, San Francisco Intercontinental Hotel, April 18, 2019
“Review: Fortune’s Call: Albert Samaha’s Famila Saga.” Positively Filipino, January 19, 2022
“The Colonial Legacy of Racism Among Filipinos.” Positively Filipino, July 8, 2020
“Text to Textile”. Positively Filipino, October 24, 2018, http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/text-to-textile"Gerry Tan: Weaving Sound From Tapestry", Positively Filipino, June 6, 2018, http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/gerry-tan-weaving-sound-from-a-tapestry "Dancing With The Kalinga: Homage To A Brave Past”, Positively Filipino, May 02, 2018, http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/?author=5577a11fe4b01bea7bb4b2ed "Anting-anting: Where History and Art Diverge”, Positively Filipino, April 4, 2018, http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/anting-anting-exhibit-where-history-and-art-diverge "Railroad To Baguio: Progress and Folly", Positively Filipino, January 17, 2018 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/railroad-to-baguio-progress-and-folly“In plain sight: Mindanao textile art and culture come to San Francisco”, Positively Filipino, September 26, 2017, http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/partner-in-plain-sight-mindanao-textile-arts-and-culture-comes-to-san-francisco "Baguio On My Mind", Positively Filipino, June 7, 2017 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/baguio-on-my-mind "Porcelain and Pansit: The Philippine Chinese" , Positively Filipino, January 27, 2017 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/porcelain-and-pansit-the-philippine-chinese "Antoon Postma and the Mangyan Legacy", Positively Filipino, December 14, 2016 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/antoon-postma-and-the-mangyan-legacy "An Ilongot Murder Mystery: Review of Headhunting William Jones (Collis Davis Jr, 2016), Positively Filipino, October 19, 2016 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/an-ilongot-murder-mystery "Heneral Luna's Railroad". Positively Filipino, June 29, 2016 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/heneral-antonio-lunas-railroad “Please Stop Calling the Philippines ‘P.I’.” Positively Filipino, June 11, 2015 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/please-stop-calling-the-philippines-pi "Our Multilingual Palate.” Tayo Literary Magazine Issue 5 2014 "Creativity, Memory, Practice: An NVM Gonzalez Retrospective", A. Alves & M. Gonzalez, Eds. In Our Own Voice Ezine September 2013 http:www.oovrag.com "In the Mountain's Womb: Rizalista Practices as Cultural Memory", L. Strobel & L. Mendoza, Eds. Back from the Crocodile’s Belly. Santa Rosa: CA, Center for Babaylan Studies, 2013 “Waiting for Rizal: The Promise of Redemption in Rizalista Culture”, E. Lozano, Ed. Remembering Jose Rizal: Voices from the Diaspora. San Francisco, CA: Pilipino American Writers Inc., 2011 Review: Mindoro Highlanders: The life of the swidden agriculturalists, by Yasushi Kikuchi, (New Day Publishers, Quezon City. 1984). Pilipinas Journal (1986:141-142) Review: Human resources development: An annotated bibliography on social and cultural influences, compiled by Nat J Colletta and Trudy Todd, (Redgrave Publishing Co. South Salem. N Y., 1982). Mankind 14 (1984: 230) "In the mountain’s womb." Asian Studies 18 (1980) pp.58-70 "De Manila à Dagupan." Asian Studies 17 (1978) pp.18-36 “Apocalypse then: The battle for Manila, 1898-1999.” Filipinas (USA), July 2006, pp.34-35n “This month in our history.” Monthly column for Filipinas (USA) December 2003 - December 2004 "Love's labor sung: courtship in Philippine tribal societies." Filipinas (USA) February, 1994, pp. 56-58 "Porcelain, pansit and pochero: the Philippine Chinese." Filipinas (USA), January, 1993, pp. 50-51 "Culture of poverty, poverty of culture: Colonizing Philippine images." Philippine Resource Center Monitor (San Francisco), November, 1990, pp. 1-4 "Filipino and its discontents: Reflections on the teaching of Tagalog in America." Katipunan (Oakland, Calif.). November 1990, pp. 9-10 "The battle for Manila. 1898-1899." Katipunan (Oakland, Calif ) November 1985, pp.13-14 "Ang gerilyang Maynila, 1898-99 (Manila Guerrilla)." Sagisag Magasin (Manila, September, 1978) "Noong panahon ng trambiya (The Age of the Tramway)." Sagisag Magasin (Manila, Sep-Oct. 1977) "Celso & Cora", by Gary Kildea (motion picture) (1983). Translation from Tagalog to English subtitles. Landasin ng Tulang Pilipino (collection of poetry and music) Bienvenido Lumbrera and Michael Gonzalez (music), sound recording, Radio Veritas, 1974
“Place-making in the Diaspora: The Filipino-American Imaginary—The power of a place that is not your own.” Paper read Asian Art Museum School and Teacher Programs, June 15, 2021
"Loose Threads and Colonial Bodies.” Paper read at 5th Babaylan Studies Conference, Camp Pinecrest, Ontario, Canada, September 22, 2019 “Hand Woven Eco-Textiles and the Implications of Training and Development Imperatives in the Philippines: The Future of Intangible Cultural Heritage of HWET in the 21st C.” Panel talk delivered at the Comparative International Education Society Conference, San Francisco Intercontinental Hotel, April 18, 2019
“Review: Fortune’s Call: Albert Samaha’s Famila Saga.” Positively Filipino, January 19, 2022
“The Colonial Legacy of Racism Among Filipinos.” Positively Filipino, July 8, 2020
“Text to Textile”. Positively Filipino, October 24, 2018, http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/text-to-textile"Gerry Tan: Weaving Sound From Tapestry", Positively Filipino, June 6, 2018, http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/gerry-tan-weaving-sound-from-a-tapestry "Dancing With The Kalinga: Homage To A Brave Past”, Positively Filipino, May 02, 2018, http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/?author=5577a11fe4b01bea7bb4b2ed "Anting-anting: Where History and Art Diverge”, Positively Filipino, April 4, 2018, http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/anting-anting-exhibit-where-history-and-art-diverge "Railroad To Baguio: Progress and Folly", Positively Filipino, January 17, 2018 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/railroad-to-baguio-progress-and-folly“In plain sight: Mindanao textile art and culture come to San Francisco”, Positively Filipino, September 26, 2017, http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/partner-in-plain-sight-mindanao-textile-arts-and-culture-comes-to-san-francisco "Baguio On My Mind", Positively Filipino, June 7, 2017 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/baguio-on-my-mind "Porcelain and Pansit: The Philippine Chinese" , Positively Filipino, January 27, 2017 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/porcelain-and-pansit-the-philippine-chinese "Antoon Postma and the Mangyan Legacy", Positively Filipino, December 14, 2016 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/antoon-postma-and-the-mangyan-legacy "An Ilongot Murder Mystery: Review of Headhunting William Jones (Collis Davis Jr, 2016), Positively Filipino, October 19, 2016 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/an-ilongot-murder-mystery "Heneral Luna's Railroad". Positively Filipino, June 29, 2016 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/heneral-antonio-lunas-railroad “Please Stop Calling the Philippines ‘P.I’.” Positively Filipino, June 11, 2015 http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/please-stop-calling-the-philippines-pi "Our Multilingual Palate.” Tayo Literary Magazine Issue 5 2014 "Creativity, Memory, Practice: An NVM Gonzalez Retrospective", A. Alves & M. Gonzalez, Eds. In Our Own Voice Ezine September 2013 http:www.oovrag.com "In the Mountain's Womb: Rizalista Practices as Cultural Memory", L. Strobel & L. Mendoza, Eds. Back from the Crocodile’s Belly. Santa Rosa: CA, Center for Babaylan Studies, 2013 “Waiting for Rizal: The Promise of Redemption in Rizalista Culture”, E. Lozano, Ed. Remembering Jose Rizal: Voices from the Diaspora. San Francisco, CA: Pilipino American Writers Inc., 2011 Review: Mindoro Highlanders: The life of the swidden agriculturalists, by Yasushi Kikuchi, (New Day Publishers, Quezon City. 1984). Pilipinas Journal (1986:141-142) Review: Human resources development: An annotated bibliography on social and cultural influences, compiled by Nat J Colletta and Trudy Todd, (Redgrave Publishing Co. South Salem. N Y., 1982). Mankind 14 (1984: 230) "In the mountain’s womb." Asian Studies 18 (1980) pp.58-70 "De Manila à Dagupan." Asian Studies 17 (1978) pp.18-36 “Apocalypse then: The battle for Manila, 1898-1999.” Filipinas (USA), July 2006, pp.34-35n “This month in our history.” Monthly column for Filipinas (USA) December 2003 - December 2004 "Love's labor sung: courtship in Philippine tribal societies." Filipinas (USA) February, 1994, pp. 56-58 "Porcelain, pansit and pochero: the Philippine Chinese." Filipinas (USA), January, 1993, pp. 50-51 "Culture of poverty, poverty of culture: Colonizing Philippine images." Philippine Resource Center Monitor (San Francisco), November, 1990, pp. 1-4 "Filipino and its discontents: Reflections on the teaching of Tagalog in America." Katipunan (Oakland, Calif.). November 1990, pp. 9-10 "The battle for Manila. 1898-1899." Katipunan (Oakland, Calif ) November 1985, pp.13-14 "Ang gerilyang Maynila, 1898-99 (Manila Guerrilla)." Sagisag Magasin (Manila, September, 1978) "Noong panahon ng trambiya (The Age of the Tramway)." Sagisag Magasin (Manila, Sep-Oct. 1977) "Celso & Cora", by Gary Kildea (motion picture) (1983). Translation from Tagalog to English subtitles. Landasin ng Tulang Pilipino (collection of poetry and music) Bienvenido Lumbrera and Michael Gonzalez (music), sound recording, Radio Veritas, 1974