TRANSLOCALITY IN KEY IDEOLOGICAL

AND THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF

THE CENTER FOR KAPAMPANGAN STUDIESRandy T. Nobleza

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INTRODUCTION There is yet a written history of the Center for

Kapampangan Studies since its inception in 2001 at the Holy Angel University.

Thus this paper, an attempt to document the ambivalence of local and national discourse in knowledge production within the purview of Philippine Studies.

INTRODUCTION From its impetus of establishment of a research

center, HAU added pretty much its own leanings and assumptions what a research should be.

As compared to other local studies which is mainly comprised of shelves, tables and researchers, CKS attempted to come up with something else.

From a spark to flicker then a wildfire, a steady flame to permeate the foundation of CKS.

RELATIONS, CONNECTIONS AND DIVERGENCE

Apart from the prodding from Batiuan Foundation and the startup, CKS organized a gathering of Kapampangan Studies scholars within and without Pampanga.

RELATIONS, CONNECTIONS AND DIVERGENCE

The First International Conference on Kapampangan Studies was unprecedented collaboration

National Historical Institute, Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas

(Department of Filipino Language and Philippine Literature), University of the Philippines Diliman College of Arts and Letters and

Batiauan Foundation.

CURATORIAL AND ARCHIVAL PRACTICES OF CKS

CKS museum, library and publication

Selected Publications from Alaya Research Journal and Singsing

Magazine CKS produces a couple of regular publications with

consistency and diversity of topics. Alaya: Kapampangan Research Journal is published by the Juan D. Nepomuceno Center for Kapampangan Studies, Holy Angel University.

Documentation of Practices

CKS archives contain materials on Pampanga and about Kapampangan Studies.

Moreover, the Center also boasts of the Ambeth Ocampo Filipiniana Collection

the CKS library and archives also houses the Luther Parker Collection on Pampanga.

Apart from tactile media, the CKS library and archives also has personal collections of poets, scholars and historical figures along with digital file of old photographs, video footage, audio recording.

SOME THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Interface and Platforms

CKS on Language: C,K and Kulitan CKS on local heroes, saints, families and

history What is so translocal about this perspective is the

call for a Cultural Autonomy. For the CKS as manifested in their publications, knowledge production and use of different media, there is no Filipino culture yet and there’s no Filipino nation yet.