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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ง๐š๐ฒ, ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐œ๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐๐• ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐”๐ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ.

Aodh Joash Alegoro

Project Teams from Aklan State University, Capiz State University, Iloilo Science and Technology University, Iloilo State University of Fisheries Science Technology, Guimaras State University, University of Antique, West Visayas State University, and the Department of Education Region VI attended the event, which concluded the engagements of these institutions for the inventory of cultural heritage of Western Visayas. This priority initiative of the Office of Sen. Loren B. Legarda was implemented by UP Visayas starting in 2023 in collaboration with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and supported by various government agencies. The final output of this project is …
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Student Interns Assist Cultural Mapping Conference

Kaangtanan Conference

Aodh Joash Alegoro

Students from various universities including UP Visayas, West Visayas State University, University of San Agustin, and John B. Lacson Maritime Foundation University were given a chance to be interns for the Kaangtanan: Cultural Mapping of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental Province (CMPG) 1st Conference held in Grand Xing Imperial Hotel, Iloilo City on October 23-25, 2024. This enabled students who were enrolled in various fields to have a chance to experience cultural and heritage work. Calls for interns were promoted via social media and interested applicants were asked to submit their applications to CMPGs official email. More than 50 interested …
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๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š: ๐†๐’๐”, ๐”๐๐• ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฌ

Validation

Aodh Joash Alegoro

Following a series of mapping activities carried out in the Province of Guimaras, accomplished outputs from Guimaras State University (GSU) underwent community validation spearheaded by the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Cultural Mapping Team on 15 November 2024 at the UPV-GCEB Training Room, Iloilo City. Community members and representatives of the municipalities of Buenavista, Jordan, Nueva Valencia, San Lorenzo, and Sibunag attended the event as external validators who assessed and validated the cultural heritage assets mapped in their communities. Participants included Mark D. Delotindo, Lorena G. Amigable, Hon. Jomel E. Galvez, Marilou M. Nieles, Julina Segovia, Mikee Esmeralda, Aljun …
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๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š: ๐Ÿ‘-๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ

Validation

Aodh Joash Alegoro

Together with its partner state university and college Iloilo State University of Fisheries Science and Technology (ISUFST), the University of the Philippines Visayas Cultural Mapping Team organized a three-day community validation for the cultural mapping of the fourth and fifth districts of Iloilo (Carles, Estancia, Balasan, Conception, Sara, San Dionisio, Batad, Ajuy, Lemery, San Rafael, Passi City, Dueรฑas, Barotac Nuevo, Dumangas, Anilao, Banate, and Dingle) on 11-13 November 2024 at the UPV Little Theater. Representatives from the Department of Tourism Region 6 (DOT R6) and external validators from the two districts mentioned were invited to the event to assess and …
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๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Validation

Aodh Joash Alegoro

A community validation for the cultural mapping of several municipalities from the first and second districts of Iloilo (Alimodian, Igbaras, Leon, Miagao, Pavia, Tigbauan, and Tubungan) was led by the University of the Philippines Visayas Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras Team (UPV CMPG), together with its partner state university and college, Iloilo Science and Technology University (ISAT-U) on 7-8 November 2024 at the UPV Little Theater. External validators participating in the event included representatives from the Department of Tourism Region 6 (DOT R6) and the local government units of the first and second districts of Iloilo. They were Mary …
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๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž-๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

Validation

Aodh Joash Alegoro

The University of the Philippines Visayas Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras Team (UPV CMPG), West Visayas State University (WVSU) Cultural Mapping Team, and external validators coming from the Department of Tourism Region 6 (DOT R6) and the communities and local government units of Iloilo City and the third district of Iloilo (Cabatuan, Maasin, Janiuay, Bingawan, Calinog, Lambunao, Mina, Pototan, and Badiangan) gathered on 4-6 November 2024 at the UPV Little Theater for a community validation on the results of the mapping activities conducted by WVSU research assistants, study leaders, and mappers. The aim for the 3-day event is to …
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Celebrating Culture and Identity: Highlights from the Kaangtanan Conference

Kaangtanan Conference

Aodh Joash Alegoro

The Cultural Mapping of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental Project (CMPG) kicked off its first regional conference with insightful discussions and vibrant cultural showcases at the Grand Xing Imperial Hotel last October 23-25, 2024. Being characterized by innumerable nodes of interactions, sharing, and interconnections, the region of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental can be encapsulated in the bisayan term kaangtanan. Thus, the theme for the first regional conference of CMPG: โ€œKaangtanan: Celebrating Intersections across Western Visayas.โ€ Presentations delving into various nodes of interactions from CMPG members, as well as non-affiliated researchers and scholars were the main highlight of the conference. …
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UPV Hosts 3-Day Cultural Mapping Coordination Meetings with NCCA and Partners SUCs and LGUs

Announcements, Recent News

CMPG

The Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras (CMPG) Project team organized a coordination meeting together with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), partner state universities and colleges (SUCs), and local government units (LGUs) from Panay and Guimaras at the Performing Arts Hall of the University of the Philippines Visayas Iloilo City campus on January 10-12, 2024. NCCA Commissioner Dr. Arvin Manuel Villalon and NCCA Program Manager Ms. Gladys Argonza were the resource persons during the 3-day meeting. Dr. Villalon presented a lecture on the cultural mapping program, including the objectives, framework, techniques, and procedures. It was attended …
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GSU and Guimaras LGUs Participate in CMPG Writing Workshop Led by UPV Team

Announcements, Recent News

CMPG

The Guimaras State University (GSU) CMPG Team together with representatives from the Provincial Government of Guimaras and its five (5) municipalitiesโ€”Buenavista, Jordan, Nueva Valencia, San Lorenzo and Sibunagโ€”took part in the Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras (CMPG) writing workshop in Fatima Farms Resort, San Lorenzo, Guimaras on 20 September 2024. Spearheading this endeavor was the UPV CMPG Core Team. They have organized a full day of activities, including writing exercises for research assistants, presentations of their accomplished mapping forms, and critiquing and evaluations from the UPV team. During the event, the CMPG Video Documentary Team, under the direction of …
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From Traditions to Landmarks: ASU and UPV Team Up for Cultural Mapping Workshop in Aklan

Recent News

CMPG

Viva, Aklan! From traditions to landmarks โ€” In line with Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras, Aklan State University (ASU) undergone writing workshop with the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Cultural Mapping team at the Royal Suites Hotel – Penthouse Hall, Kalibo, Aklan this September 12, 2024. Through presentations, critiques, and hands-on revisions, the cultural mappers delved into the rich cultural heritage of Aklan which aimed to strengthen cultural mapping skills. Thus, to further uncover and preserve the unique stories and traditions that define communities. The Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras Project fulfills the mandates of the Republic …
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