I. The Japan Foundation, Manila Local Grant Projects (April 2008 - September 2009)

Locally Funded Activities

• “TAMA ’08 - Tupada Action and Media Art
  The 5th International Action Art Event”
  by TUPADA
  April 25 – May 1, 2008
  Kanlungan ng Sining, Rizal Park, Manila
  Dagupan City

  A five-day art event composed of art forums, workshops, action art performances, and artists interactions. Japanese performance artists participating this year are Ms. Kana Fukushima, Mr. Tomoki Kimpara, Mr. Osamu Kuroda, Mr. Shohei Nomoto, Ms. Harumi Terao, and Mr. Seiji Shimoda, organizer of the Nippon International Performance Art Festival (NIPAF).
  

• “2nd Mangaholix Convention”
  by GROUNBREAKERS, INC.
  May 31, 2008
  SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia, Pasay City

A summer event organized by the Groundbreakers, Inc, publishers of the Mangaholix comic series, bringing together manga, anime, and gaming enthusiasts for a whole day of activities which include contests on speed and on-line drawing, an anime/ manga trivia challenge, showdown for making a 10-page manga, live performances by indie bands, and booths by indie artists, and a cosplay competition.

• “Southeast Asian Geography Association’s (SEAGA)
  International Conference”
  by PHILIPPINE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
  June 3-6, 2008
  Seameo Innotech, Commonwealth Ave., Diliman, Quezon City

The conference will bring together 150 participants and 100 paper presentations that revolve around nature and society, culture and politics, gender and migration, hazards and mitigation, development and sustainability, globalization and social movements, cities and rural transformations and geographic education.

• “KAPWA-2 Filipino Psychology and Indigenous Knowledge:
  The Relevance of Local Frameworks in the Global Age”
  by HAPI FOUNDATION, UP-Visayas, AKADEMIYA,
  PSSP, MUSEO ILOILO, NCCA, CCP
  June 27-28, 2008
  UP Visayas Campus

The conference will examine the relevance of Sikolohiyang Pilipino and the ancestral indigenous knowledge systems and practices (IKSP) in the 21st century. It will also provide a forum on intangible heritage.

• “JAPFUN: Isang buwang selebrasyon at
  eksplorasyon ng wika at kulturang Hapon”
  by UP-DILIMAN LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT
  July 2008
  Palma Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman

A month-long celebration with various activities showcasing the richness of Japan’s language and culture. The activities that would feature the uniqueness of Japan's culture and language includes exhibition of popular Japanese animations and dramas, workshops and demonstrations on ikebana, origami, kitsuke, kabuki and the dances and instruments of Japan. There will also be lectures that will draw attention to the intricacies of the Japanese language. The lectures would concentrate on the acquisition of the Japanese language by Filipino students on topics rarely discussed in language classes such as culture and everyday life in Japan.

• Japanese-Filipino Children (JFC) Forum
  "Between Two Countries, the Philippines and Japan"
  --- Language, Education and Society
  by UP-ASIAN CENTER AND MEGUMI ACADEMY, INC.,
  August 24, 2008
  Bulwagang Sala'am, Romulo Hall, Asian Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman (near Katipunan Gate)
  
  

• “4th National Children’s Competition on Dramatic Folk Expressions”
  by INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF FOLK ARTS PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION
  September 14-20, 2008
  Marikina Sports Center, Marikina City

A dance-drama competition showcasing the authentic dance steps, costumes and music indigenous to the different participating regional contestants. It is a competition open to all public elementary school children from all over the country

II. Grant Application Information