Alternative Urbanities:
New Perspectives on Quezon City and an Urbanizing Asia
Organized by
the Department of History
School of Social Sciences, Ateneo de Manila University
LH 111, Ricardo and Dr Rosita Leong Hall Auditorium
Ateneo de Manila University
Quezon City
2 December 2014
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
8:00–8:30 AM
Registration
8:30–9:00 AM
Opening Ceremony
Michael D. Pante
Moderator
Philippine National Anthem
Invocation
Welcome Remarks
Filomeno V. Aguilar, Jr
Dean, School of Social Sciences
Ateneo de Manila University
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Francis A. Gealogo
Chair, Department of History
Ateneo de Manila University
9:00–9:30 AM
Keynote Presentation
Seventy-Five Years Ago
Ma. Luisa T. Camagay, Professor of History
University of the Philippines
9:30–10:00 AM
Discussion and Open Forum
10:00–10:30 AM
Morning Refreshments
10:30–12:00 PM
Panel 1: Political and Economic Perspectives
Ang NEPA at Lungsod Quezon: Proteksiyonismo at Makabansang Ekonomiya
Fernan L. Talamayan, University of the Philippines, Diliman
Booty Urbanism: The Power Struggles between the State and Private Elite
Developers in the Urbanization of Fort Bonifacio
Matthew Ordoñez, Ateneo de Manila University
The Balikbayan Economy: Filipino Americans in the Contemporary
Transformation of the Philippines
Eric J. Pido, San Francisco State University
Moderator: Neville Jay C. Manaois
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12:00–1:30 PM
Lunch (SOSS Dean’s Conference Room, LH 404)
1:30–2:50 PM
Panel 2: Urban and City Planning
From Paris and Beijing to Washington and Brasilia: The Grand Design of Capital
Cities
Yves Boquet, Université de Bourgogne
Ang Kolonyal na Impluwensiya at Kapangyarihan sa likod ng mga Plano ng
Siyudad at Lungsod: Paghahambing ng Kolonyal na Siyudad ng Maynila sa
Panahon ng mga Espanyol at ng Lungsod Quezon sa Panahon ng mga Amerikano
Gil D. Turingan, University of the Philippines, Diliman
The City Beautiful in Manila and American Colonial Governance
Ian Morley, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Moderator: Francis M. Navarro
3:00–4:20 PM
Panel 3: Culture and the Arts
Ang Sining, Ideolohiya, at Pulitika sa Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center
Danim R. Majerano, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig
The City as Psychogeographical Space—The Visions and Works of Eight Filipina
Artists
Zeny May Dy Recidoro, Ateneo Art Gallery
The City as Projection Screen: Manila in the Poems of J. Slauerhoff
Hidde van der Wall, Ateneo de Manila University
Moderator: Olivia Anne M. Habana
4:30–5:50 PM
Panel 4: The City and Knowledge Creation
New Manila and the Emergence of St. Paul University Quezon City, 1930–1993:
A Historical Perspective
Salvador M. Evardone, St. Paul University, Quezon City
The Academic Geography of Quezon City as a University City: Enabling a GISbased Map and Visualization for Its Universities
Adrian Lawrence Carvajal, St. Paul University, Quezon City
Trash, Tragedy, and Transformation: The July 2000 Payatas Trashslide Analyzed
Using Nonaka’s SECI Framework
John Lee Candelaria, University of the Philippines, Los Baños
Moderator: Francis A. Gealogo
5:50–6:30 PM
Merienda Cena, Discussion of Publication Plans, and Closing Ceremonies
(SOSS Dean’s Conference Room, LH 404)
Michael D. Pante
Conference Committee Head
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