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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.
The mayumi myth – or what it’s like to be a Filipino woman in Switzerland
«Filipina Beauty» by Lenny Bugayong & Cécile Bünter Discaimer: This text is currently only available in German. You can read an automatically generated (albeit flawed) translation by Google. Als die
“Kultursensibel oder doch Ube-Bashing?” – Ube in Swiss media
(This blog entry is currently only available in German. For an automatically generated English version, click here.) Seit dem globalen Hype um die violette Yams-Wurzel, ist der Ube-Trend unlängst
“Our Bodies Remember: From Display to Dignity” – By BIBAK Group
At the Spring Rumble on 14 March 2026, our friends from BIBAK Switzerland took the stage in the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich. The following contribution is from Lorena
Welcome to Our Residency at V?MZ: “Rumble in the Archive”
lb. In 2014, when a student of mine first pointed out to me that there were objects from the Philippines kept at the Ethnographic Museum University of Zurich (V?MZ*), my curiosity
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
