Symposium:
Living Traditions Exploring the Arts and Culture of Mindanao and the issues affecting them

Introduction
11:00am - 11:30am

Steven De Castro, Esq., member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Asian American Bar Association of New York, Moderator

"Why The Philippines Was Left Out of Art History"
Lawrence Waldron, Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, LaGuardia, Symposium Coordinator

Philippine Weaving:
The Textile Arts of Mindanao, Past, Present and Future
11:30am - 12:30pm

Keynote Address
Nagasura Madale, Ph.D./Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro, Vice President for Research and Extension, Keynote Speaker

"Bagobo and B’laan Textiles of Mindanao"
Cherubim Quizon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Seton Hall University

Oral Tradition:
Oral history and Folklore in the Lives of Indigenous People
12:30pm - 1:30pm

"Textiles and Myth Making"
Nagasura Madale, Ph.D./Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro, Vice President for Research and Extension

"Gender and the Function of Textiles"
Dance demonstration
Potri Ranka Manis, Founder of Kinding Sindaw, Maranao

Lunch Break 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Renaissance and Reclamation: Indigenous Tradition as Identity, Empowerment and Resistance
2:30pm - 3:45pm

" The Current Situation of Indigenous People in Mindanao"
Nonilon Queano, Ph.D., Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and Creative Writing, Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City

"War on Terror or War of Terror?: The Pattern of United States-Philippine Repression in the Southern Philippines"
Kenneth Bauzon, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, St. Joseph University

Nagasura Madale, Ph.D./Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro, Vice President for Research and Extension

Discussion with panelists

Indigenous Diaspora:
The Indigenous Arts in the Preservation of Filipino Identity Outside the Philippines
3:45pm - 5:00pm

"Performance as Preservation: the conservation of indigenous Philippine culture outside the Philippines"
Nonilon Queano, Ph.D., Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and Creative Writing, Department of English and Comparative Literature, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City

"Syncretic Traditions: Kinding Sindaw and the Performance of Authenticity"
Dan Bacalzo, Ph.D., Professor of Performance Studies, New York

"Performances of Identity: The Politics of Representation and Resistance in Staging Indigenous Aesthetics"
Andrea Assaf, Artistic Director, New WORLD Theater, University of Massachusetts

Conclusion
5:00pm - 6:00pm

Questions and discussion with audience