On 27-28 June 2019 at Haus der Kunst, München, I will be speaking about the topic “Performing Epistemic Disobediences in Manila and Southeast Asia? Decolonial Possibilities in José Maceda’s Udlot-udlot and Ugnayan” at the symposium »Pathways of Performativity in Contemporary Southeast Asian Art«. You can see more information about the symposium on the Haus…
On 13-14 June, I will speak about my recent performance »Echoing Europe: Postcolonial Reverberations« at the »Embodied Histories – Entangled Communities. Southeast Asian and Western Approaches to Narratives and Performance Art« conference. You can find more information about the event on the conference website. I also include a short summary below….
I will be doing a Philippine launch of my book »Sounding Modernities: Theatre and Music in Manila and the Asia Pacific, 1869-1946« on 21 February at the University of the Philippines Diliman-College of Music! As part of the Musikolokya, I will also give a lecture on the nineteenth-century theatre and…
On 31 January 2018, I will be launching my new research project »Sonic Entanglements: Listening to Modernities in Sound Recordings of Southeast Asia, 1890-1950«. During the launch, Kati Röttger will introduce the project. I will talk about the content of the research, introduce the website, and present the trailer for…
SPIN organizes the international conference, Rethinking the Dynamics of Music and Nationalism. The conference is set on 26-29 September 2017 at De Rode Hoed, Cultureel Centrum (Amsterdam). The full program can be found here. I’ll be presenting my research on the Philippine Military Band within my proposed framework of The Anthropology of Sound. Here’s…