Come join us at the Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum on February 20, 2012 at 6:30pm for the reception of the Filipino feature film, “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” (The Woman in the Septic Tank). It costs $10 to watch the film and there is an 8pm showing on the same night.

Should you not be able to attend the reception and film showing on that date, then there is another showing a few days earlier on February 17 at 6:15pm.

Also, don’t forget to check out our Event page as there are numerous happenings in the next couple of weeks in Oregon.

The host of this year’s FANHS National Conference, Rio Grande FANHS, is now accepting registration for the upcoming event on June 28-30.

Download the form here.

Mail your completed forms and checks/money orders to:

Rio Grande FANHS
PO Box 80241
Albuquerque, NM 87198

Early registration/payments must be postmarked by May 25th, 2012.  Mailed registrations will be accepted by office until June 20, 2012.  Later registrations will be on-site.  Please do not send cash.

They hope to make online registration available soon as well.

Information: http://nwfasa.com

Contacts: Athena Galdonez    athena.galdonez@gmail.com and Nino Ortiz    nino.g.ortiz87@gmail.com

This conference is a gathering of Filipino and Filipino American Student student oriented groups throughout the Pacific Northwest that come together to foster unity and pride within its attendees and surrounding community through educational, political, cultural, and social advancement.

It will be a weekend where these groups will hear keynote speakers with established backgrounds, workshops from distinguished presenters, food from local restaurants, and all the while getting to meet and greet, build your communication network, and make new friends while staying in major hotels.

SAVE THE DATE:

We’ll be updating this event periodically with new information as the time comes! Expect to see details on venues, workshops, keynote speakers, entertainment, food, registration, and much more!

ONLINE REGISTRATION:

Early Registration: January 8, 2012 – February 16, 2012
Payment: $80

Late Registration: February 17, 2012 – March 1, 2012
Payment: $90

Stephen Acabado at the Ifugao Rice Terraces (Photo lifted from www.stephen-acabado.com)

Stephen B. Acabado, a Filipino assistant professor from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Guam was invited to speak about the “Archaeological Investigations of Cultural Process and Culture History in the Ifugao Rice Terraces, Northern Philippines” on the 26th of January 2012, Thursday, from 4 to 6 pm at 204 Candon Hall at the University of Oregon in Eugene.

Abstract of topic:
The Ifugao landscape offers new anthropological perspectives on the study of agricultural intensification and the development of political economy. Most models of agrarian systems emphasize evolutionary relationship between extensive and intensive forms of production. Recent studies from Southeast Asian farming systems challenge the validity of this relationship. My case study presents initial results from research among upland Ifugao farmers (northern Philippines). Ifugao research provides alternative views of food production intensification, and further complicates the relationship between water management and sociopolitical stratification. My work also investigates the antiquity of the entire Cordillera terraced field tradition, which scholars have either explained through a ‘long history’ (that predates 16th century Spanish contact) or a revisionist ‘short history’ (that coincides with, or follows Spanish contact) to develop a more nuanced occupational history of this region.

Research sites are located in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the Ifugao Province (Cordillera, Philippines), where little previous archaeological research has been undertaken. The need for such research is particularly urgent because the area’s ancient terraces are rapidly deteriorating as increasing numbers of Ifugao farmers leave their traditional farming occupations and their rice terraces fall into disuse. Archaeological findings generated through this research are directly relevant to understanding and preserving Ifugao irrigation technology and heritage, and also expands our anthropological knowledge of water management among traditional agrarian societies.

Details for a meet-and-greet with the Filipino American community in the Northwest US is still in the works. We will update you once we have finalized a date and time for this. In the meantime, do try to drive to Eugene and learn more about his research and findings.

We have added a new event page for those who would like to discover more events in the Oregon and SW Washington area. There is also a links and location page to connect you with other Filipino American organizations and businesses in the area. Also, we are pleased to announce that our website will now contain news and other information about our community in the local, national, and international sphere.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you want your event or business added to our website.

We are constantly trying to improve and add the content of our website so we hope that you continue to check back for updates about Chapter One’s events and news!
Thank you!

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