Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

Panel 1: Migration and Globalization

8:10 AM – 9:00 AM

Panel 1: Migration and Globalization

 Virtual Homes Away from Home: A Self-Reflexive Case Study on the Use of Online Communication Applications by Overseas Filipino Workers
     Jacelle Bonus, MA Media Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman
Surge of Indians for Medical Education in the Philippines and Mediation of Identities in Post-Colonial Manila as Diasporic Ethnic Group: An Ethnographic Study
     Santosh Digal, PhD Media Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman
 Filipinos in Western Video Games: Race and Capitalism in the Advent of Glocalization
    Thea Pamela Pauline A. Javier, PhD Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman