BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250210T123235 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250319T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250319T140000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Book Launch: Halo-Halo Ecologies: The Emergent Environments Behind Filipino Food DESCRIPTION:Join Alyssa Paredes (Assistant Professor\, University of Michigan) and Marvin Montefrio (Associate Professor\, Yale-NUS College) for the release of their upcoming edited collection: Halo-Halo Ecologies: The Emergent Environments behind Filipino Food (https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/halo-halo-ecologies-the-emergent-environments-behind-filipino-food/) is a recipe for a new storytelling tradition that combines critical studies of Filipino food and of the environment.\n \n Contributors\n Anacorita O. Abasolo\n Inigo Acosta\n Maria Carinnes Alejandria\n Tami Alvarez\n Mary Jill Ira Banta\n Jose Kervin C.B. Calabias\n Dana M. Collins\n Adrian De Leon\n Katrina Beatrice David Jacinto\n Nicolo Paolo P. Ludovice\n Orven Mallari\n Anthony D. Medrano\n Marvin Joseph F. Montefrio\n Alyssa Paredes\n Cla Ruzol\n Joshua Ezekiel C. Sales\n Thea Kersti Tandog\n Jessie Varquez\n \n It takes as its starting point the metaphor of halo-halo\, the iconic dessert of crushed ice\, jellies\, fruit slices\, and ube jam. Food writers and social historians alike frequently describe this summertime treat as a symbol of Filipino cultural identity for the ways it mixes local and foreign ingredients into a concoction now readily recognized as typically “Pinoy.” But halo-halo is also a product of Philippine ecosystems—that is to say\, it represents an eclectic blend of environmental tales in an ever evolving and highly politicized foodscape. The first of its kind\, Halo-Halo Ecologies brings together a transnational community of food enthusiasts\, engaged scholars\, and social and environmental activists to set the table for a new canon in Philippine and Filipino/Filipinx studies\, and in food studies more broadly. In twelve chapters\, the contributors complicate cultural icons\, like Jollibee Chickenjoy and the sari-sari store\, and bring these into conversation with the scavenging practices of informal settlements in Manila and the agroecological practices of Indigenous Lumad schools. They reveal new challenges in landscapes spanning the mountainous frontiers of Northern Luzon\, the carceral spaces of urban Manila\; the disaster-prone coastal communities of the Visayas\; the hunger-stricken plantation zones of Mindanao\, the ever-changing tides of the archipelago’s waterways\, and the invisibilized ecologies of the diaspora. These are the emergent environments behind Filipino food\, and they compel us to reimagine what\, how\, and why we eat.\n \n Conversation moderated by Deirdre de la Cruz\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:132583-21871307@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132583 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Philippines,Asia,Food LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240130T121551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250319T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250319T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism DESCRIPTION:Organized as a response to the Museum’s recent acquisition of Titus Kaphar’s Flay (James Madison)\, this upcoming reinstallation of one of our most prominent gallery spaces forces us to grapple with our collection of European and American art\, 1650-1850.\n \nIn recent times\, growing public awareness of the continued reverberations of the legacy of slavery and colonization has challenged museums to examine the uncomfortable histories contained in our collections\, and challenged the public to probe the choices we make about those stories. Choices about which artists you see in our galleries\, choices about what relevant facts we share about the works\, and choices about what - out of an infinite number of options - we don’t say about them.\n \nPieces in this exhibition were made at a time when the world came to be shaped by the ideologies of colonial expansion and Western domination. And yet\, that history and the stories of those marginalized do not readily appear in the still lives and portraits on display here. By grappling with what is visible and what remains hidden\, we are forced to examine whose stories and histories are prioritized and why.  \n \nIn this online exhibition\, you can explore our efforts to deeply question the Museum’s collection and our own past complicity in favoring colonial voices. In the Museum gallery\, which will open in early 2021\, you’ll be able to experience the changes we’re making to the physical space to highlight a more honest version of European and American history. \n \nBy challenging our own practice\, and continuing to add to what we know and what we write about the works we display\, UMMA tells a more complex and more complete story of this nation - one that unsettles\, and fails to settle for\, simple narratives. \n \n“Invisible things are not necessarily ‘not there’.... Certain absences are so stressed\, so ornate\, so planned\, they call attention to themselves\; arrest us with intentionality and purpose\, like neighborhoods that are defined by the population held away from them.” \n \n— Toni Morrison\n\nLead support for Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the U-M Arts Initiative\, and the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund.\n  UID:84303-21621547@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/84303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,UMMA,Art,History,Exhibition,European LOCATION:Museum of Art - European and American Decorative Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR