Bukambibig Poetry Folio of Spoken Word Philippines is now open for contributions to its first volume’s third quarterly issue themed ‘Disasters.’ The folio is looking for spoken word pieces that talk about natural disasters, climate change, global warming, affinity to urban/rural place, individualized experiences of the aftermath of disasters, etc. It seeks contributions from emerging and established Filipino poets who reside in the country or abroad. Entries should be composed of two to three poems (not more than 60 lines each) meant for performance and written in Bikol, Binisaya, English, Hiligaynon/Kiniray-a, Ilokano, Pangasinan, Tagalog, or combination of these languages. (A poem written in the local languages must have a three-sentence synopsis in English.)
About the forthcoming issue
Dissent, defiance: in Binisaya, supak, pagbikil; in Filipino, pagtutol, pagsuway (respectively). According to dictionary definitions, “dissent” as a verb means to hold or express opinions at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially express; while “defiance” is open resistance, or bold disobedience. The term is apt in articulating the responses to the turbulent events that rocked our everyday lives as residents of Northern Mindanao and the rest of the country. The ongoing extra-judicial killings, allowing a dictator’s remains to rest on the Libingan ng mga Bayani, and on the global scale, the slow but certain effects of climate change in Earth on the long-term: all these and more paint a sad portrait of our world, which make imaginings of bleak and dystopian futures.
Ano ba ang naging kalagayan ng mga mamamayan sa Panahon ng Bagong Lipunan? Ano ang naging sandigan ng sambayanan upang humugot ng lakas at pag-asa sa kabila ng kahirapan at kawalan ng katarungan?
Inihahandog ng Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society (UP Diliman Chapter) ang isang napapanahong panayam mula kay Dr. Raul Casantusan Navarro ukol sa Panahon ng Batas Militar at kung paano ginamit ang musika sa pagbuo ng diskurso ng Bagong Lipunan.
Gaganapin ang panayam sa Disyembre 8, 2016 (Huwebes) sa ika-anim ng gabi sa AVR, Juinio Hall, National Engineering Center, UP Diliman.
