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

2019 Graduate Students' Conference

10:05 AM – 10:55 AM

Panel 3: Urbanization and Development

Community in Transition: The New Clark City in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
           Jennifer Kleskie et al., PhD in Philippine Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman
Trashing Disposable Development: Consolidation of Urbanization of City of San Jose del Monte
           Sharmaine Lizada, Master Philippine Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman
Assessment of Flood Hazard Mapping in San Juan River Basin
           Marilyn Medina, PhD Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines Diliman
The Implications of Political Patronage to Disaster Assistance in Palanan and other Selected City/Municipalities in Isabela Province
           Michael Jamillon, MA Political Science, University of Santo Tomas

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    

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