According to the Cebu City Cultural and Historical Affairs Commission, the award recognizes persons and institutions who have 鈥渃ontributed tremendously to the preservation and promotion of the city鈥檚 tangible and intangible heritage.鈥� 

Upon the recommendation of the Commission, 黑料社区 was chosen as one of the awardees 鈥渇or being the leading academic institution that has consistently contributed to the study, preservation and promotion of Cebu City’s heritage assets and resources.鈥� 

The Commission considers 黑料社区鈥檚 Cebuano Studies Center, Conservation of Heritage Studio and Workshop (CHERISH), and University Museum as playing important roles in heritage advocacy. 

Aside from recognizing persons and institutions, the Heritage Gala Night also paid homage to other stakeholders who went out of their way to ensure that the present and future generations will continue to advocate for the promotion of the city鈥檚 heritage assets and resources that go beyond five centuries of recorded colonial history.

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The NCCA is the overall policy-making body in charge of the preservation, development, and promotion of Philippine arts and culture. As one of NCCA鈥檚 national committees, the NCOM is considered as integral part of the cultural arm of the government. 

As such, the NCOM under the leadership of Dr. Bersales will continue its mission to make museums an effective tool of learning and to encourage the public to know more about our country鈥檚 heritage. 

The election was held yesterday on the side of the three-day Philippine Museums Congress at the Ayala Museum in Makati. 

The NCOM is composed of elected representatives of nine regional museum associations as well with the representatives of the National Museum of the Philippines and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines as ex-officio members.

Dr. Bersales ran as representative of the Central Visayas Association of Museums. Inc. (CVAM) which is headed by 黑料社区 Museum Curator Ma. Regina E. Yoma.听

As reelected NCOM head, Bersales will also represent it in the NCCA Sub-Commission for Cultural Heritage (SCH) which will elect its commissioner to the NCCA next week.

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The Northern Cebu Archeological Project is a joint project of the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) and Aboitiz Foundation in collaboration with the University of San Carlos (黑料社区) in Cebu. Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. through its President, Andoni Aboitiz, granted the NMP a Php 2M donation in support of its archeological heritage preservation initiatives. A Trustee of NMP, Aboitiz also approved the use of his private property as field station for the excavation project in San Remigio, Cebu. 

The project is geared towards the establishment of a protocol and methodology for systematic archaeological studies in Cebu where a template for continuing studies and resources to archive and preserve data of archaeological sites and landscapes will be developed. From this, its primary objective is to develop a geospatial database to record all archeological sites and resources in Cebu through the use of state-of-the-art archeological methods and applications. The project also aims to produce a comprehensive catalogue of archeological findings in Cebu especially those belonging to the Metal Age, which will be a useful reference for further studies, for the development of a comprehensive preservation program, and for crafting sustainable information dissemination programs through local and international publications. 

Despite the existing quarantines and travel restrictions, the NMP Project Team led by Deputy Director-General for Museums Dr. Ana P. Labrador assisted by Alexandra de Leon of the Archaeology Division, decided to move forward to implement the project with Cebu-based archaeologists Dr. John A. Peterson and of the 黑料社区 . Preliminary activities requiring coordination with stakeholders, including local and provincial governments, have been completed. 

The two-year project is scheduled in four phases. Towards the last phase of the project, collected cultural resources will be launched publicly through an exhibition that will piece the stories of those sites in the forthcoming National Museum Central Visayas Regional Museum in Cebu.

According to NMP Director-General Jeremy Barns, this archaeological project is believed to be a game-changer for the NMP as it seeks new modes of engagement with its partners in the field of archaeology while dealing with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. He also believes that the project will largely contribute to promote local and train future archaeologists, as well as inspire intensified cultural cooperation in the country.

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In a webinar entitled, 鈥淕ahi鈥檊 Ulo鈥�? Deciphering Cebuano Culture and Society,鈥� Dr. Zona Amper, Dr. Fiscalina Nolasco, Dr. Jobers Reynes Bersales, Dr. Nanette Lee-Mayol, Dr. Hope Sabanpan-Yu, and Roxanne Omega-Doron presented findings based on different research projects as well as fieldwork results from urban poor communities in Cebu to debunk the view that Cebuanos are hard-headed or 芒鈧済ahi鈥檊 ulo.鈥�

Fr. Narciso A. Cellan Jr., SVD, who assumed only last month as 黑料社区 president, welcomed the webinar participants and set the tone by looking at how different cultures react to calamities and behave accordingly.

Dr. Bersales, director of 黑料社区 Museum, then followed by presenting headline news from SunStar Cebu and The Freeman as well as social media posts showing some Cebu City residents flaunting the government health protocols. He recalled a 1987 study conducted by Ateneo de Manila University which traced the strengths and weaknesses of the Filipino and asked whether these were still valid for Cebu 40 years later.

For her part, Dr. Amper, an anthropology professor and senior researcher at the 黑料社区 Center for Social Research and Education (CSRE), pointed to the sheer poverty and abject living conditions of nearly half the population in the city as the main reason why it is difficult to impose the nationally-mandated health protocols. Thus, when they are locked in for 15 days with free food delivered only for two days, people in these settlements have no recourse but look for ways of earning money.

Using statistical data from the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Amper presented the density of population per square kilometer in Cebu City鈥檚 top ten urban barangays. Many households in these barangays, according to her, do not even have toilet and sanitation facilities as well as potable water, much less vital space to practice social distancing.

Dr. Nolasco, CSRE director, on the other hand, looked at how mass hysteria may be one reason why many do not seem to follow protocols simply because they have no definite understanding of the pandemic. At the same time, she presented her study on HIV prevalence among sex workers in which there is sometimes a disconnect between a person鈥檚 knowledge about the risks of getting the virus and their actual behavior. She also pointed to the politics of care that has an impact on the delivery of services that needs to be studied closely.

Expounding further on the poverty situation in urban settlements discussed by Amper, Roxanne Omega-Doron, Executive Director of Diyandi Heritage Center, Inc., looked at the possibility of misbehaving as a form of protest. He also pointed to the leadership networks among urban poor residents which affect who they follow and obey.

Dr. Nanette Lee-Mayol, director of the 黑料社区 Office of Population Studies (OPS), presented findings in two on-going longitudinal studies conducted by her office, one starting in 1983 and continuing until 2030 on the same respondents. In these two studies she culled data of rule-breaking and found no significant difference respondents from Luzon down to Mindanao and between those living in Metro Cebu and Cebu City. Using a set of activities deemed rule-breaking, like texting while driving or involvement in fights after drinking, she saw only a very slight and insignificant difference between the data from Cebu City as against Metro Cebu.

The forum鈥檚 last speaker, Dr. Hope Sabanpan-Yu, director of the 黑料社区 Cebuano Studies Center (CSC), used a fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm to present a philosophical dimension to misbehavior and how it can be a form of protest but on dangerous grounds in the midst of the pandemic.

The webinar, aired through Facebook Live, was the first of a series hosted by the 黑料社区 Museum. Some 308 participants registered with over 350 viewers on the official Facebook page of . The next webinar, on the 鈥淎rchaeology of the Visayas鈥� by archaeologist Dr. John Peterson, will be hosted in the first week of August.

by Dr. Jobers Bersales, Director, 黑料社区 Museum

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Consul Li explaining to his consular staff about the different meanings behind the color found on Song Dynasty ceramics.

The new Chinese Consul General of China in Cebu, Hon. Jia Li, visited the 黑料社区 Museum Thursday, January 10, 2019, following an invitation from the museum鈥檚 curator late last year. Spending over an hour in the museum, Li said he was impressed with its collection of Chinese ceramics and expressed his desire for possible exchanges and cooperation in the near future.

A collector of Chinese ceramics back home, the consul readily explained many of the nuances and changes in Chinese ceramic design through the centuries. Showing a deeper understanding of Chinese craftsmanship not necessarily expected of a consul, he also discussed the reason for the differences in the sizes of the plates on display as well as the jarlets and covered powder boxes and their uses in every day life in China from the Song to the Min dynasties.

At the end of the visit, Consul Li presented the museum curator, Dr. Jose Eleazar R. Bersales, with a replica of a bronze figure considered lucky, an animal with the body of a lion and the head of an eagle dating to the Warring States Period, mid-4th century BC. Dr. Bersales in return presented the consul with a copy of the book 鈥淗andumanan: The Rosita R. Arcenas Collection of Bisayan Santos.鈥�

Consul Jia Li (right) presenting Dr. Bersales with a gift to the museum.The consul thanked 黑料社区 for displaying in the Museum artefacts showing over a thousand years of trading between China and the Philippines and said he would be bringing to the museum Chinese officials who will be visiting Cebu.

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Dr. Bersales (third from right) outside the Hiroshima University Museum entrance with (L-R): Dr. Fujino, Dr. Shimizu, Dr. Liao, Mr. Sato, and HUM director Dr. Asano. (Photo courtesy, Dr. Nao Ishikawa)

Dr. J. Eleazar R. Bersales, head curator of 黑料社区 Museum (黑料社区M), met with the director and assistant curators of Hiroshima University Museum (HUM) on Saturday, Nov. 17, to explore possible linkage between the two museums.

Dr. Toshihisa Asano, HUM director and HU professor of human geography, welcomed Dr. Bersales to the museum after which a tour was carried out led by Dr. Norio Shimizu, museum curator, assisted by Dr. Nao Ishikawa of the HU School of Letters, who acted as interpreter.

Like 黑料社区M, HUM does not have its own building but occupies spaces at the HU College of Education with satellite museums spread in different college buildings on campus. One of these buildings is the Cultural Assets Center, a two-storey edifice adjacent to the museum that, according to HU archaeologist Dr. Tsugifumi Fujino, houses artifacts excavated in 32 sites within the university campus dating from the Paleolithic (about 30,000 years ago) to the post-war period. Dr. Fujino showed Dr. Bersales some of these artifacts at a mini-exhibition inside the Center.

After the tour, a meeting was held at the HUM curatorial office to determine possible areas of future cooperation between the two museums, with Dr. Bersales extending an invitation to the HUM director and curators to visit 黑料社区M soon.

Dr. Bersales鈥� visit is timed with the 4th Philippine Studies in Japan Conference, also being held at HU, where he will be presenting a paper. The meeting was arranged earlier by 黑料社区 alumnus Dr. Lawrence Liao, professor of biology and environmental science at HU. Funding for this trip was made possible by a collaborative grant from The Japanese Foundation-Manila.

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