North-South-East-West at Regional Educational Learning Centre (RELC) of Cotabato City, February 2005.
The North-South-East-West Video Installation with Metis storyteller Graham Thompson was presented February 22nd 2005 in Cotabato City Philippines at the Regional Education Learning Centre. The Installation was inspired by the Anishinaabe Medicine Wheel.
The show accompanied by the Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines Peter Sutherland, was part of a 8 stop tour of the Philippines in February 2005, that included presentations at the Tamawan Village Art Gallery Baguio, Ateneo Art Gallery Manila, Darayonan Centre in Coron, Kamarikutan Gallery in Puerto Princessa, University of the Philippines Mindanao Cultural Centre Davao, Regional Education Learning Centre of Cotobato City, Lumad groups of Cotabato City and the Western Mindanao State University in Zamboanga.
The installation traveled to Taiwan in March 2005 and was exhibited at the Pingdong Aboriginal Cultural Park, Taipei National University of the Art, Taiwan Public Television System, National Donghua University, Aboriginal Art Institute, and the ShunYi Taiwan Aboriginal Museum.
The Cotabato presentation included an audience with the Teachers from the Regional Educational Learning Centre (RELC), the Canadian Embassador to the Philippines Peter Sutherland, Fatima-Ilon Adza, Al hadja Chief Administrative Officer of the Regional Educational Learning Centre.
Roundtable Discussions with Indigenous People of the Cotabato Region
Dr. Susan Y. Salivador-Anaytin – Chief Technical Management Services and Consultant for Peace of the Department of Trade and Industry of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, organized the round table discussion group where Indigenous People from the Cotabato Region voiced concerns about their culture and societies.
The Indigenous People Roundtable Dialogue at the Estosan Garden Hotel, Cotabato City of February 23, 2005 included the following list of participants: For Teduray Indigenous Peoples: Victoria Kanakan Executive Director – Office for Southern Cultural Communities (OSCC) – ARMM For Terudays and Manobos Indigenous Peoples: Ms Juanita Mamo and Rosita Bandala – Manobo IP and Kulaman Valley, South Cotabato, For Bangsamoro Group of Indigenous Peoples: Engr. Saad Yusah Director, Ms Sinaolan C. Mustapha and Hadja Bai Aleizzah Albaya-Balabaran Wampa of the Bureau of Cultural Heritage ARMM, For Manobos and other Indigenous Peoples in the Cotabato Area: Ms Felisa Rangaban and Ms. MAria Wanan for the NAtional Commission on IP, Region XII. For the Iranon Tribe: Mr Fispand Kamsa Commissioner, Mr. Mohammad Mang and Mr. Sol Kasim of the National Commissioner on Culture and Arts (NCCA).
Dr. Susana Salvador-Anayatin has been a partner with the Goldin Institute since its launch in 2002 in Chicago. She holds a doctoral degree on Peace and Development and is a part time Peace Educator in two graduate schools in Mindanao in the Southern Philippines. Aside from her work in the government and the academe, Dr. Salvador-Anayatin leads the Goldin Institute’s initiatives in the Philippines to convene grassroots movements and develop partnerships with international and local NGO’s working for peace and development. She is actively involved in the promotion of a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence with women, youth, former combatants and other vulnerable sectors of the society. She currently leads the Goldin Institute’s efforts to build a National Platform for Child Soldier Reintegration and a People’s Peace Initiative in the Southern Philippines.
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