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2nd Podcast Season: Philippine Books
lb. Ever since it was made public that the Philippines will be Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2025, Annette Hug’s world has been spinning even faster.

On a Treasure Hunt in the ETH Picture Archive: the Albums of Arthur Ruh from the Swiss Colonies in the Philippines
(This blog entry is currently only available in German. For an automatically generated English version, click here.) sw. Im Bildarchiv der ETH Zürich finden sich drei Fotoalben von Arthur Ruh

Subversion through scandalization: Royal Scandal Cinema brings Lino Brocka’s ‘Orapronobis’ to Baden
lb. Following the 14-year long struggle and uprising against the regime under Marcos Sr., the Philippine people succeeded in overturning his dictatorship in 1986. What remains in the general collective

Slow-Food for the Transnational Soul: Poems from the 2024 Poetry Workshops
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

Remembering the Day of the Dead
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

Filipina Activist to Give Guest Lecture at University of Zurich
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

Gaining a bigger platform for our museum projects
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
