My relationship with my father was never an easy one. He was a military man—disciplined, authoritative, steeped in the structures and hierarchies of the Philippine Constabulary. I, on the other hand, grew into a queer life he did not know how to recognize, a political consciousness he did not know… Continue reading
2025.09.05 Good afternoon, and thank you for being here. Twelve years ago, in 2013, I entered the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv in Dahlem for the first time. I could not have imagined then that this archive would shape my life for more than a decade, or that I would one day stand… Continue reading
Jay Afrisando and meLê yamomo: “Excuse us! May we enter the space?“ 21.06.2025 / 16:00 – 17:30 | daadgalerie berlin What does it mean to listen ethically? How do Southeast Asian epistemologies of care, access, and presence challenge dominant frameworks of sound and aesthetics rooted in Western philosophical traditions? Drawing… Continue reading
In Sonic Entanglements Podcast 2.5, Gardika Gigih speaks with Roan May and Grace Buenaventura from the University of the Philippines Center for Ethnomusicology. They discuss cultural bearer residencies, community archives, and how communities take the lead in preserving and valuing their own cultural memory. With Datu Waway Saway from Talaandig… Continue reading
Knowledge is never innocent. At the heart of the current planetary crisis lays an order of viewing, thinking, and knowing the world as to consume. As this entanglement becomes more and more apparent today, an urge for ‘other epistemologies’ can be observed, especially in the humanities and the arts: ways… Continue reading