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