Contesting a National Cinema in Becoming: The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival (2005-2014) by Emerald O. Flaviano

“…Established with the twin goals of “[encouraging] the creation of new cinematic works by Filipino filmmakers—works that boldly articulate and freely interpret the Filipino experience with fresh insight and artistic integrity” and “[invigorating] Philippine filmmaking by developing a new breed of Filipino filmmakers,” Cinemalaya has been instrumental in the recent rise of what Tiongson (“The Rise of the Philippine New Wave Indie Film”) has called the “New Wave Indie” films. …”
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Contemporary theatre in the Philippines by Maria Delimata

“…The Filipino contemporary culture (in this case also theatre) can be seen as a great example for anyone who would like to speak about the postcolonial identity of the nation. The Philippines – because of the difficult and complex history of the country – cannot be con-sidered in a binary differentiation: “Asian” vs. …”
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The Artistic Value of Juan Luna’s Spoliarium by BENITO VILLAREAL, ARNEL MORTE, JOSEPH PAÑA

“…Levinson claimed that artistic value covers aesthetic value and achievement value, specifically in analyzing Juan Luna’s Spoliarium, which is considered the largest painting in the Philippines and is proclaimed as a national heritage. …”
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Genre Localization in Current Popular Music of the Philippines by Li Jia [李嘉]

“…Applying Joe Peter’s theory of cultural hybridism, this paper specifically attempts at exploring how foreign genres have been fused with local cultures and musical components, aiming at a vocality of expressing the Philippines’ national identity, which is key in articulating Philippines’ popular music genres in their actual sense. …”
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Fan Nation: Harnessing Fandoms For Political Participation by Celerio, Pauline Jane, Cruz, Mariella Roselle R, Layco, Hydie D.R, Samson, Glenn Pierre C

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Reading Short Stories of F. Sionil Jose Using Marxism as a Literary vista by Al Ryanne G. Gatcho, Philip Paolo G. Delorino

“…Sionil Jose, a Filipino national artist using Marxism as a literary vista. …”
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SUBJECTIVITY AND HYBRIDITY IN THE AGE OF INTERACTIVE INTERNET MEDIA: THE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES OF CHARICE PEMPENGCO AND ARNEL PINEDA by Christi-Anne Castro

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Skygypsies by Timothy James Dimacali, John Raymond Bumanglag

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Navigating a Precarious Balance: The Noel Garovillo Dance Center's Contemporary Dance as a Commitment to the Community by Ruth Jordana Luna Pison

“…It is also a story of how a dance director and his company had to resolve their contradictions as Christian artist settlers in Mindanao. This paper discusses how contemporary dance as a flexible and dynamic dance form has allowed them to create pieces that they could consider their “own.” …”
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Ang Daynamiks ng mga Historyograpiyang Nakapaloob sa mga Obrang Pinturang Relihiyoso-Historikal ni Carlos “Botong” Francisco (The Dynamics of the Historiographies within the Religi... by Melanie D.P. Turingan, F.P.A. Demeterio III

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Publish, Don’t Perish: Research and Publication for Otolaryngologists by José Florencio F. Lapeña

“…The UP College of Medicine and National Health Sciences Journal Acta Medica Philippina is the source of material indelibly inscribed in the world medical map, and we certainly look forward to the Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery doing the same.   …”
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Semantic deviations in Jose Garcia Villa’s “Poem 130”: A stylistic analysis by Marvin Dominic B. Buena

“…This study stylistically analyzes the semantic deviations in “Poem 130” by Jose Garcia Villa, a Philippine national artist for literature. Aside from the eccentric commas, his comma poem contains semantic deviations. …”
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Hagkis ng Halakhak: Ang Nagpapatuloy na Kabuluhan ng Kritika ni Hernandez sa Pulitika sa Magkabilang Mukha ng Isang Bagol by Rosario Torres-Yu

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Theatre, Entrapment, and Globalization in Welcome to IntelStar by Sir Anril Pineda Tiatco

“…Many artists engage with the global by either collaborating with artists of different nationalities or using globalization as a central theme in their theatre works. …”
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Facing the COVID-19 pandemic – an assessment of students’ mental health and major coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic – an international study by A. A. Forma, K. H. Karakuła, R. Sitarz, D. Juchnowicz, J. Baj, J. Bogucki, J. Rog, M. L. Tee, C. A. Tee, J. T. Ly-Uson, M. S. Islam, M. T. Sikder, A. H. El-Monshed, A. Loutfy, M. F. H. Qureshi, M. Abbas, S. Taseen, M. Lakhani, C. Wang, X. Wan, Y. Tan, R. Pan, R. Ho, S. Jayakumar, S. Ilango, S. Kumar K, Á. A. Ruiz-Chow, A. Iturbide, D. D. González-Mille, L. P. Doan, H. Karakuła-Juchnowicz

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Curating the Christian arts of Asia: global art histories at the Asian civilisations museum by Meegama, Sujatha Arundathi

“…Hence, taking a thematic approach, the ACM's new galleries question how museums generally display objects along national lines or regional boundaries. This essay also brings attention to the multiple mediums and functions of Christian art from both the geographical locations that usually are associated with Asian art and also from cultures that are rarely taught or exhibited, such as TimorLeste, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. …”
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Islamic Manuscripts of Meranaw Muslims In Mindanao: An Inquiry of The Richness of The Intellectual Heritage by Labi Hadji Sarip Riwarung

“…This inquiry on the Islamic manuscripts intends to illuminate the rich artistic and intellectual writing traditions of the Meranaw Muslims in the Philippines. …”
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