UPD observes Day of Remembrance -

In honor of the people who fought the atrocities brought by the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines 52 years ago, UP Diliman (UPD) held events contributing to the university’s Day of Remembrance this year.

For the whole month of September, UPD lined up close to 20 activities comprising exhibits, forums, film screenings, radio shows, and discussions.

The activities were held by more than 10 academic units and organizations on campus. The units that held events for the Day of Remembrance were the UPD Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA), Bulwagan ng Dangal University Heritage Museum (BnD), Center for International Studies (CIS), Third World Studies Center (TWSC), UP Film Institute Film Center (UPFI Film Center), College of Architecture (CA), College of Arts and Letters (CAL), College of Fine Arts, Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas (DFPP), Departamento ng Kasaysayan (DKas), University Library (UL), and UP Theater Complex (UPTC).

Student organizations Aliguyun UP Folklorists (Aliguyon), DZUP, the School of Library and Information Studies Student Council (SLIS Student Council), and DZUP special program Serbisyong Tatak UP (STUP) also hosted activities in observance of the Day of Remembrance.

Kalahating Siglo ng Daluyong, 2022, oil on canvas, an artwork from the OICA collection given by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, exhibited at the Palma Hall lobby during the Day of Remembrance observance. Photo from the UP Diliman OICA Facebook page.

According OICA’s official roster, there were seven exhibits in observance of the Day of Remembrance: SP Lopez: The Radical President Exhibition hosted by the University Library, Kalahating Siglo ng Daluyong (OICA and the BnD), 09.21 We will never forget. (OICA and the DKas), Special night lights of ‘ARKI’ letters in red, an outdoor exhibit (CA), Black Cloth Hanging and 09.21 Projection on UP Theater, an outdoor exhibit (UPTC), Paggunita at Pagdiwang: Day of Remembrance Exhibits (UP Fine Arts Gallery) and Exposing the Private Face of Ferdinand E. Marcos: An Exhibit (TWSC).

Two forums were also held: Ang Bagong Pilipinas Hymn: Bagong Awitin, Lumang Tugtugin? Organized by the CIS, and Gunita ng Pakikipagtunggali: Mga Akda at Sinupan sa Panahon ng Diktadura by DKas.

Maritial Law-related films were screened at the UPFI Film Center: Lakad Gunita sa Pamantasang Hinirang: First Quarter Storm and Diliman Commune; and Alipato at Muog.

Over at DZUP, radio shows discussing Martial Law were aired: #NeverAgain: Anong Estado ng Pamamahayag Noong Panahong Bawal Maghayag?; #NeverAgain: Martial Law History: Paano Ipaiintindi sa mga Gen Z?; Diktadurang Marcos: Ang Katotohanan ng Batas Militar—aired in partnership with STUP; #NeverAgain: Anong Estado ng Pamamahayag Noong Panahong Bawal Maghayag? Part 2; and Kanya-kanyang Tasaday: Mito at Diskurso ng Pagkakakilanlan (Balik-tanaw sa Cultural Lore ng Batas Militar)—aired in partnership with Aliguyon and CAL.

*Publication material of a DZUP radio show featuring Elizabeth L. Enriquez, PhD, UPD professor emeritus of broadcast communication. Image from the DZUP Facebook page*

Suriin at Sariwain: Narratives of Martial Law Activists was a roundtable discussion held by the SLIS Student Council, while the DFPP held the Monico Atienza Lecture Series: Akademikong Kalayaan at mga Kilusang Panlipunan Laban sa Batas Militar and Akademikong Kalayaan at mga Kilusang Panlipunan Laban sa Batas Militar.

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