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

9:00 AM–9:50 AM

Panel 2: Politics, Culture, and Labor

Cognitive Map of 20th-Century Workers’ Imagination in the Philippines From 1900s–1930s
          Christian Lemuel Magaling, MA Asian Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman 

Vaporwave, or The Vaporization of Philippine Cultures: Prospects On Living Through The Age of Extremes
          Allen Casey Gumiran, MA Philippine Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman 

The Sidewalk Vendor: It's Socio-Economic Cohesion in the Formal Economy as Part of the 4th Industrial Revolution
          Manolo Labor, MA Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman

Collaborative Economy in Developing Countries: Perspectives from the Philippines
          Ivy Jessen Galvan, Master Asian Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman