Dr. Moreal Camba, Chair of the Filipino Department, participated in the recently concluded Communication Research International Conference (CRIC) 2023 with the theme “MediAgenda: The Mediatization of Communication in Asia.”

Dr. Camba presented her paper “The Filipino as Native in the Manila Carnival: 1908-1915 (Ang Filipino Bilang Katutubo sa Manila Carnival: 1908-1915).” Her paper revisited selected photographs and narratives of the Manila Carnival, as documented in various newspapers between 1908 and 1915. The paper discoursed images of Filipinos as exotic-uncivilized, pacified-disciplined, and adversaries-resisters.

CRIC 2023 was organized by the University of the Philippines Department of Communication Research at UP Cine Adarna from November 17 to 18.