Slingshot Hip Hop: Portrait of A Film as A Peace Education Text
Films like Slingshot Hip Hop is a way to harness the strength of art to shape critical consciousness in class.
The problematic portrayal of the working class in the films Triangle of Sadness, Nocebo
As we take pride in the stellar performances of De Leon and Fonacier in these films, we might as well contemplate our representation as workers from the Global South.
Arts Month Notes: On Philippine Street Arts and Reclaiming the City*
Sure, many art practices have been winging it via online platforms since 2020 but the uncompromising nature of street arts can teach us a thing or two about the non-negotiability of physical and public spaces to artmaking, especially in times of crisis, under authoritarian regimes.
Of Books, Information, and Duterte’s Cultural Agenda
True to his cultural agenda, the Duterte regime doesn't and won't go all the way like Marcos did—except for the edifices—so he could still maintain an illusion of democracy. How could this government be accused of curtailing press freedom when it shut just one network down as it trolls another?
Work/Study-from-Home and the Politics of Space
Unless your place already has a study, which is highly doubtful if you belong to low-to-average-income earners in the Philippines, working from home must have felt like, at some point, preparing for a play production.