by carlos.piocos | Mar 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Many challenges confront Malaysia’s fragile democracy. Of the six million newly emancipated voters – following constitutional amendments that lowered the voting age to 18 years old and automatically register eligible voters – a sizable chunk has no shared experience...
by carlos.piocos | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
What is Southeast Asian democracy? Every Southeast Asian government ostensibly commits to democracy – but they also reject it as “foreign” or “western” in its inception and practice. This project asks Southeast Asians how we conceive of and practice democracy....
by carlos.piocos | Jan 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
Oriang, named after Gregoria “Oriang” de Jesus, a key figure in the Philippine Revolution, has undertaken the creation of a 12-track album that honors contemporary Philippine heroes. The project, initially a vision of creating music among women,...
by carlos.piocos | Dec 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Ang kasaysayan ay ’di lang nasa nakaraan… Dahil ang ating storya ay ’di pa natutuldukan.”* In 1986, the Philippines was lauded worldwide for being the first country to oust a dictator without violence, in what was dubbed the Philippine People Power Revolution....
by carlos.piocos | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
Patricia Evangelista’s Some People Need Killing has been hailed as one of the 10 Best Books for 2023 by the New York Times. A feat of literary journalism, the book compellingly retells the previous Philippine President’s bloody War on Drugs campaign, interviewing...
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