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 community, and also the students of St. Mary’s School of Sagada Mt. Province with Miss Alma Louise B. Bagano, all of this inspiring stories are intertwined.

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In 2022, MeLê Yamomo and Verne De la Pena visited various archives in Europe, within the framework of the Sonic Returns agenda. Sonic Returns draws inspiration from the UPCE’s “Recollection” project as a model for repatriating and restituting sound archives in Europe to their source communities in Southeast Asia. In this episode, Grace and Roan describe the beginnings and processes in UPCE’s “Recollection” project.

“Dari Akar ke Mekar” is a study of Filipino Traditional Music Cultures and its Inspiration Towards Filipino Contemporary Composers. This podcast series is one of Gardika Gigih’s research output during DeCoSEAS – Decolonizing Southeast Asian Sound Archives – Visiting Fellowship 2024 at the UP Center for Ethnomusicology (UPCE).