5th Nakem Conference Parallel Sessions

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5th Nakem Conference Program

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5TH NAKEM SECRETARIAT RELEASES THIRD SET OF CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

The conference committee of the 5th Nakem Conference on "Adal ken Sirib: Education to Cultural Democracy and Linguistic Justice" releases the 3rd batch of conference papers accepted for presentation at the said conference.

Paper presenters are required to:

1. Prepare a PPT of no more than 15 slides including artworks and graphs.
2. Send these PPT slides to Dr Jun Malinnag at the address in the Nakem Websiste, cc to Dr Alegria Tan Visaya, atvisaya@yahoo.com.

Presenters are required to turn in their registration forms and fees ASAP.

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5TH NAKEM SECRETARIAT RELEASES SECOND SET OF CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

The 5th Nakem Conference Secretariat has released the second set of Abstract of Conference Papers accepted for presentation at the 5th Nakem International Conference on "Adal & Sirib: Cultural Democracy and Linguistic Justice" to be held December 16-18, 2010 in Caoayan, Ilocos Sur.

All speakers are required to email their PPT presentation by November 30, as previously intructed, to: nakem2010@gmail.com, cc to: Dr Alegria Tan Visaya, Dr Jun Malinnag, and Dr Marie Rabang (all their emails are in the Call for Papers).

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5TH NAKEM SECRETARIAT RELEASES FIRST SET OF CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

The secretariat of the 5th Nakem Conferences has released the first set of abstracts accepted for presentation at the conference on "Adal & Sirib: Education to Cultural Democracy and Linguistic Justice" to be held December 16-18, 2010 at Caoayan Heritage Resort, Caoayan, Ilocos Sur.

All speakers are required to turn in their PPT presentations by November 30 to the general email of Nakem Conference at nakem2010@gmail.com, cc to: Dr Alegria Tan Visaya, Dr Jun Malinnag, and Dr Marie Rabang (their emails are in this website).

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‘KABAMBANNUAGAN: OUR VOICES, OUR LIVES’ launched

Honolulu, HI--Timpuyog: Ilokano Student Organization, in collaboration with Nakem Youth and the UH Manoa Ilokano Language and Literature Program, launched October 29 the first-ever bilingual non-fiction narrative, Kabambannuagan: Our Voices, Our Lives.

The book is a truthful chronicle of the lives of fourteen people, all of them of Ilokano ancestry, some born in Hawai’i, and others coming to Hawai’i at a young age to live diasporic lives away from the familiar sense of home and homeland in the Philippines.

The Guild of Ilokano Writers Global Press—Timpuyog Dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano Global—in collaboration with Nakem Youth, published the book.

Kabambannuagan—the prime of youth—is a product of the Nakem Youth Writers Workshop held in conjunction with the UH Ilokano Language and Literature Program’s Community Language Project.

The Writers Workshop was facilitated by Aurelio Agcaoili, program coordinator of Ilokano and editor in chief of the Fil-Am Observer, and assisted by Jeffrey Acido, program director of Nakem Youth.

Kabambannuagan is the first attempt to provide a venue for the voices of the young Ilokanos to be heard, in the English language that they are familiar with or have forced themselves to become familiar with as part of their Americanization process.

A translation into Ilokano, done by Agcaoili, was meant to have these voices heard by the Ilokano community at large particularly that part of that community that is most at home with the Ilokano language.

Edited by Agcaoili and Acido, Kabambannuagan promises to be the first of a series of publications aimed to make known to the public the various social issues related to education, immigration, gender and sexuality, culture and heritage rights, politics and leadership, and civics and citizenship.

Kabambannuagan features the works of the following: Lourdes Acido, Sharon Agamao, Rachelle Aurellano, Brenna dela Rosa, Cindy dela Vega, Glenda Duldulao, Charissa Fabia, Janelle Funtanilla, Jaclyn Galinato, Kristine Garabiles, Walter Luares, Kathryn Parado, Izaiah Pascua, and Calvin Rilveria.

To avail of a copy, write to: nakemyouth@gmail.com or call Jeff: (808) 295-7687 or Calvin Rilveria, (808) 343-9050.

(PUBLISHED Timpuyog: Ilokano Student Organization, University of Hawaii at Manoa, November 2010) 

Congressman Magi, Dr Ricky to grace 5th Nakem Conference as plenary speakers

 Four plenary speakers are taking part in the 5^th Nakem International Conference on “Education to Cultural Democracy and Linguistic Justice” to be held December 16-18 at the Caoayan Heritage Resort in Caoayan, Ilocos Sur.

The town is adjacent to Vigan City, a heritage city in Northern Philippines and once the bastion of the Spanish government that ruled the place—and the country—for more than 300 years.

Hon. Magtanggol Gunigundo, whose legislative initiative for Mother Language Education gained national attention and whose proposal he saw to it that it is implemented in his city’s school district, will speak on “Mother Language Education from the Perspective of Legislation and Advocacy” on December 16.

Gunigundo, currently the deputy majority floor leader of the House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines, has been in the forefront of advocacy work for MLE. He has joined forces with 170+Talaytayan MLE to pursue a nationwide campaign for the adoption of the mother language of children as life-changing approach to equipping literacy and life-skills to students.

Dr. Ricardo Nolasco, former chairperson of the Commission on the Filipino Language and president of 170+Talaytayan MLE, will speak on “Our Urgent Tasks in the Mother Language Education Movement.”

170+Talaytay MLE is a non-profit/non-government advocacy group organized to advance the cause of mother tongue-based mother language education in the Philippines. Some of those serving the board of trustees of the organization aside from Nolasco are Lino Faelnar, Arnold Azurin, Ched Arzadon, Kiko Datar, Lydia Liwanag, and Aurelio Agcaoili.  

Nakem Conferences Philippines and Nakem Conferences International, in coordination with the University of Hawai’i Ilokano Language and Literature Program, will partner with local school districts Northern Philippines in pushing for MLE.

Kabambannuagan Event Flyer

Kabambannuagan Book Launch

Kabambannuagan, a bilingual anthology of young writers of Ilokano descent, all of them tracing their roots from Kalihi, a district in Honolulu, Hawaii, will be launched at the Campus Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, on October 29, 2010, from 6 PM to 9 PM. The meditations of these young writers are a result of a series of creative writing workshops put together by Nakem Youth and directed and facilitated by Aurelio Solver Agcaoili of the UH Ilokano Program.

Kabambannuagan, originally written in English, edited by Aurelio Agcaoili and Jeffrey Tangonan Acido, and translated into Ilokano by Agcaoili, gathers the work of Lourdes Acido, Sharon Agamao, Rachelle Aurellano, Calvin C. Rilveria,  Kristine Garabiles, Cindy dela Vega, Janelle Funtanilla, Kathryn Parado, Brenna dela Rosa, Jaclyn Galinato, Izaiah Pascual, Walter Luares, Charissa Fabia, and Glenda Duldulao.

Published by Nakem Youth, in collaboration with TMI Global Press, the book will be available commercially. For information, contact Jeffrey Acido, jeffrey.acido@gmail.com or Cal Rilveria, ccrilveria@gmail.com.

Contemporary English-Ilokano Dictionary

A contemporary English-Ilokano Dictionary written by Aurelio Solver Agcaoili will be launched at the the 5th Nakem International Conference to be held on Dec. 16-18, 2010 in Caoayan, Ilocos Norte, a resort town close to the famed world heritage city of Vigan.

The dictionary, following a pre-category approach, is in support of the effort to intellectualize the Ilokano language and make it responsive to the changes of a globalized world without losing sight of the requisites of indigenousness.

Agcaoili is currently the program coordinator for Ilokano at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is one of the founding officers of 170+ Talaytayan MLE, an advocacy group dedicated to cultural democracy and linguistic justice in education.

For orders, email the author at: aurelioagcaoili@yahoo.com

Nakem Conference ID

Nakem Colleagues,
This is the lay out of the 2010 Nakem Conference ID.

LIST OF PAPER PRESENTERS FOR 2010 NAKEM CONFERENCE (1ST INSTALLMENT)

Colleagues at Nakem:

Thank you for your interest in 2010 Nakem International Conference. This is our 5^th conference and in the coming years, we hope to be able to sustain this energy we have found in the name of people.

Here is the partial list of those whose papers have been accepted for presentation by the Abstract Selection Committee.

We urge each one to confirm your attendance before October 30 so that your name will be included in the souvenir program and the conference kit.

DOWNLOAD LIST OF CONFERENCE PAPERS/1st Installment

Nakem 2010 Personal & Professional Information Sheet

 Please download and fill out the Personal & Professional Information Sheet below and email to:
Nakem 2010

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REQUIREMENTS FOR PAPER PRESENTERS

All paper presenters are required to:

1.     Fill out the registration form—uploaded in this site—and send to:

nakem2010@gmail.com, cc to the conveners: Alegria Visaya, atvisaya@yahoo.com; Jun Malinnag, atmalinnag_unp2@yahoo.com; mrabang@yahoo.com; and Aurelio Agcaoili, nakemconferences@yahoo.com.          

2.     Only proposers who have filled out the registration form and paid the

 registration fee on time will be included in the conference kit and souvenir program.

3.     Proposers are also required to prepare slides of between 10-20 slides [please, no more than 20 slides] for each presentation and saved as .ppt (the lower version).

4.     All slides will be promptly uploaded at the Nakem 2010 website: nakem2010.blogspot.com.

5.     The Conference Technical Committee will use ONLY these slides during your presentation. The idea is to centralize the work of that committee

(5.a) to save time for setting up;

(5.b) to solve and resolve computer/program compatibility issues beforehand; and

(5.c) to come up with a neat and nifty technical coordination work.

2010 NAKEM Conference Conveners’ Committee/

Coordinating Commitee

Past Nakem Conferences

Nakem Conference 2008

Nakem Conference 2007

5th Nakem International Conference

 

*updated flyer, September 30, 2010

5TH NAKEM CALL FOR PAPERS

ADVOCATES OF NAKEM CONFERENCES:

Here is the Call for Papers for the 5th NAKEM Conference.
Mahalo nui loa--mag-ankayo amin!

The Conveners Committee
5th Nakem Conferences,
in collaboration with the Nakem Conferences Philippines Directors Board

CALL FOR PAPERS

5^TH NAKEM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

ADAL KEN SIRIB:

EDUCATION TO CULTURAL DIVERSITY

& LINGUISTIC DEMOCRACY

Jointly sponsored by

NAKEM Conferences International-Philippines Chapter

NAKEM Conferences International

University of Northern Philippines

Hosted by

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN PHILIPPINES

City of Vigan, Philippines 2700

A UNESCO World Heritage Site

Venue:  Heritage Resort of Caoayan

Caoayan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines 2701

December 16-18, 2010

Convened by

Aurelio S. Agcaoili, University of Hawaii

Andres T. Malinnag, Jr., University of Northern Philippines

Marie Rose Q. Rabang, University of Northern Philippines

Alegria Tan Visaya, Mariano Marcos State University

Participating Institutions & Organizations

·      Abra State Institute of Science and Technology

·      Apayao State College

·      Cagayan State University

·      Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University

·      Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College

·      Mariano Marcos State University

·      Northern Luzon Philippines State College

·      Saint Mary’s University

·      University of Hawaii at Manoa Ilokano Language and Literature Program

·      University of Hawaii Maui College Ilokano Courses

·      University of Northern Philippines

·      University of the Philippines-Diliman & UP Baguio

·      Commission on Higher Education Region I

·      Commission on Higher Education Region II

·      Department of Education Region I

·      Department of Education Region II

·      Guild of Ilokano Writers Global/TMI Global Hawaii

·      Guild of Ilokano Writers Global Australia/TMI Global Australia

·      Guild of Ilokano Writers Philippines/TMI Filipinas

·      170+MLE Talaytayan Consortium

·      Nakem Youth (United States of America & Philippines)

Rationale

The 5^th Nakem International Conference, “Adal ken Sirib: Education to Cultural Diversity and Linguistic Democracy,” takes off from the vision and mission of Nakem Conferences International and Nakem Conferences  Philippines to evolve a culture of diversity and pluralism in and outside the classroom. 


The Nakem Conferences movement is particularly committed to the promotion, perpetuation, and production of cultural forms and expressions in the Amianan Philippines, forms and expressions that are linked up with the ideals of human and social freedom. 


The conference on “Adal and Sirib” --Education and Wisdom--is aimed to address the difficult issues of justice and democracy in education, including issues that relate to mother language education, to cultural nationalism, and to biocultural diversity. Papers and panel presentations pertaining to these topics are welcome. Proposals covering specific issues on educational equity, language access, heritage rights, and cultural plurality in any of the ethnolinguistic groups of Northern Philippines are also encouraged.

Themes and topics to be accepted at the 5^th Nakem International Conference:

·      Varieties and Variations of Amianan Life, Language, and Literature

·      Ilokano Intellectual Tradition

·      Amianan Intellectual Tradition

·      Symbols, Signs and Sense: Rituals and Ceremonies of the Amianan

·      Education to Democracy: The Case of Mother Language Education in the Amianan

·      Education to Linguistic Democracy—Or Why All Amianan Languages are Important

·      The Promise of MLE for Social Equity

·      Biocultural Diversity in the Amianan

·      Philosophy and Practice of Cultural Nationalism

·      The Question of the Nation and the National in Amianan Historical Narratives

·      Countering the Hegemon, Encountering the Nation Among Nations

·      Youth Panel: Giving Witness to Cultural Democracy and Pluralism—Our Stories So Far

Proposal Requirements

Abstracts for individual paper presentations must deal with the issues stated in the rationale. These must be between 250-300 words, excluding references. Each abstract must contain a title, the author/s, institutional affiliation of author/s (if applicable), and their contact number including email address. The abstracts are blind reviewed by a committee. Notice of acceptance of abstract will be sent by email only on or before August 15, 2010.

For panel proposals, each panel shall consist of three members, all of them working on the same theme, issue or topic but each speaker must present an individual paper. Two abstracts are needed: the panel abstract and the abstract for each paper, with the same specific requirements as those in individual presentations.

Send abstracts to: nakem2010@gmail.com. Write in the subject heading: Abstract Nakem2010:[your last name] [For example: nakem2010:Visaya]

REGISTRATION DETAILS

·      Registration deadline is November 20. The registration form should be submitted and the corresponding registration fee paid through the bank or through the Board of Directors.

·       Registration fee includes conference kit and meals during the actual date of the conference and accommodation (live-in) at the venue or other hotels. The fee is set at P3000 for Philippine participants and US $100 for overseas participants.

·      Early bird registration is encouraged. Participants who  register and pay the appropriate registration fee early get  discounts. Philippine participants pay only P2800; participants overseas, $75. Remit your registration fee only through the Nakem bank account when you register on or before November 20.

• The registration fee, along with the filled out registration form, may also be handed to any of the members of the Board of Directors of Nakem Conferences Philippines including members of the 2010 Nakem Conference Steering and Working Committees. Official receipts will also be issued by these officers accordingly.

• To remit your registration fee by bank deposit, bank transfer, or bank draft, please use the following details:
• 
  

NAKEM CONFERENCES INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINES CHAPTER

        By Alegria T. Visaya and Edil Duran

Philippine National Bank Savings Account

420-621549-1

        PNB Laoag City Branch  

·      Participants are encouraged to book their accommodation early. Hotels and inns in Vigan City are fully booked during the Christmas season.

·      Only the actual dates of the conference—covering two nights and three days—are being included in the registration fee. Those arriving before and leaving after these actual dates are advised to book their hotels on their own. The 2010 Nakem Conference Secretariat and Steering and Working Committees are not in a position to do the booking for these participants except for the actual dates of the conference.

·      Not all participants will be accommodated at the conference venue, the Heritage Hotel, and hence, some of the participants will be booked in other hotels. All these details will be arranged by the Nakem Conference Secretariat, including shuttle service, at no extra cost to the participants.

·      For logistical reasons, all participants are required to submit, by mail or by email, the confirmation of their participation by filling out the registration form. Exception is given to those who have direct contact to any of the members of Nakem Conferences Philippines.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

·      For more information on the 5^th Nakem Conference, contact the convenors:

Alegria T. Visaya, atvisaya@yahoo.com;

      CP#09195024767

    Marie Rose Q. Rabang, mrabang@yahoo.com;

      CP#09178613601

Andres T. Malinnag,Jr., atmalinnag_unp2@yahoo.com;

                                      CP#09175061347

   

For overseas inquiries, please email

Aurelio S. Agcaoili, aurelioagcaoili@yahoo.com.

·      Other dedicated websites post updates about this conference: nakemconferences2010.blogspot.com.


    Websites of institutional co-sponsors also post updates on the activities of the conference.

·      Representatives from the following schools form part of the Board of Directors of Nakem Conferences Philippines: 


    Mariano Marcos State University; University of Northern Philippines; Northern Luzon Philippines State College; Apayao State College; Abra State Institute of Science and Technology; Department of Education-Region I; Saint Mary’s University; Department of Education-Ilocos Norte; Department of Education-Laoag City; Department of Education-Batac City; Cagayan State University; Isabela State University; and University of the Philippines Diliman.

·      The representatives from these schools are published in the dedicated 5^th Nakem Conference website. You can email them for more information on the conference.