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lb. In late summer 2024, studiyo filipino held two poetry workshops with the Swiss chapter of Halo-Halo, one in Zurich and one in Vienna. The participants had the opportunity to take time to reflect on their own life stories and thus honor their experiences as people with a transnational biography, both individually and as a collective. … Read more
by Lily C. Fen With Halloween slowly taking over Zurich, in ways that hadn’t yet existed ten years ago when I first arrived here, I found myself admiring the holiday once again: plastic pumpkins and monster costumes were being sold at the supermarket, and the Quartiertreff Enge brought us a Halloween party with witches and … Read more
lb. On November 28, 2024, Philippine indigenous activist Joan Carling will give a guest lecture at the University of Zurich. She is one of this year’s recipients of the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”, for “empowering indigenous voices in the face of global ecological collapse and their leadership in defense … Read more
lb. As part of the exhibition “kolonial” at the Landesmuseum Zurich, studiyo filipino was invited to speak at the panel discussion “Kolonialismus im Depot” on October 17, 2024. The evening was organized in collaboration with ETH Zurich and dealt with the fact that the archives of numerous Swiss museums and public memory institutions contain thousands … Read more
We are pleased to announce the following lecture series over lunch organized by our member Eva Huber: “Lecture Series on Tagalog jointly organized by the University of Zurich and De La Salle University The University of Zurich (UZH) and De La Salle University (DLSU), Manila will host an online lecture series on Tagalog. Each lecture … Read more
lb. The Philippines is one of the Pavilions featured in the Venice Biennale. Curated by Carlos Quijon, Jr, this year’s representative exhibition of the Philippines at the Venice Art Biennale delves into the mystical energy of the famed Mt Banahaw and its town’s rich cultural heritage. studiyo filipino member and art consultant Lai del Rosario … Read more
lb. When art mediator Seline Fülscher first saw the images for her current project, she had to look twice. In one of the pictures, she recognized an old friend with whom she had worked in a sports shop around fifteen years ago: José Mari Urquiaga Polintan, a member of the Filipino community in Zurich, then … Read more
We are pleased to announce the following workshop in collaboration with the Swiss Chapter of Halo-Halo: Mein Leben, (m)ein Gedicht Das Leben schreibt die besten Geschichten – und wir machen daraus ein Gedicht! Dieser Tages-Workshop richtet sich besonders an Personen aus der philippinisch-schweizerischen Community, die sich lyrisch mit ihrer transnationalen Identität und Biografie auseinandersetzen möchten. Er … Read more
lb. On 24 April 2024, three members of studiyo filipino were invited to inspect the museum’s Philippine objects, of which a selection is soon to be uploaded to the platform by SOAS. The museum reports about it in their Blog (exclusively in German). “Im Rahmen des Projekts «Auf dem Prüfstand» recherchiert Silvia Greber zur Philippinen-Sammlung. Kürzlich … Read more
db. What lies behind the persistence of sexualized discourses and narratives of victimhood about Filipino and other Asian women in migration? How do we deal with this, and what are possible ways to counter it? Spurred on by a recent incident of a problematic representation of Filipino women in a photo exhibition, which studiyo filipino … Read more