BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ned LEGASPI | Author • Educator • Speaker - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Ned LEGASPI | Author • Educator • Speaker X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://nedlegaspi.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ned LEGASPI | Author • Educator • Speaker REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Manila BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20240101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Manila:20260429T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Manila:20260429T170000 DTSTAMP:20260720T162659Z CREATED:20260719T162120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260720T162659Z UID:38112-1777449600-1777482000@nedlegaspi.com SUMMARY:Patok na Patok! A Conference on Popular Culture and Media Studies DESCRIPTION:Past Event\n\n Conference Paper Presentation \n\n \n Translating Culture Across Screens at MARAAS 2025\n \n\n \n Ned Legaspi presented a paper on culturally intelligent storytelling\n at the 53rd Annual Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies\n Conference\, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh.\n \n\n \n The presentation placed Southeast Asian storytelling within a wider\n scholarly conversation on transnational movement\, translation\,\n technology\, and cultural meaning.\n \n \n\n \n \n Date\n Saturday\, November 15\, 2025\n \n\n \n Time\n 8:15 to 9:45 a.m.\n Eastern Standard Time\n \n\n \n Venue\n Wesley W. Posvar Hall\, Room 3610\n \n University of Pittsburgh\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\n \n \n\n \n Role\n Conference Paper Presenter\n \n\n \n Panel\n A3: Transnational and Translation\n Moving Meaning\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Conference \n\n \n Asian Networks: Transnationalism\, Technology\, and Equity\n \n\n \n \n The 2025 MARAAS Conference examined how movement\, connectivity\,\n technology\, and transnational networks shape Asia and the wider\n world. It brought together scholars working across the humanities\,\n social sciences\, cultural studies\, education\, media\, and related\n fields.\n \n\n \n Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Asian Studies Center\, the\n conference returned to Pittsburgh after ten years. Its program\n reflected regional\, transnational\, and interdisciplinary approaches\n to understanding Asia as part of an interconnected world.\n \n\n \n Ned's paper contributed a Southeast Asian media and storytelling\n perspective to this wider academic exchange.\n \n \n\n \n \n Official Conference Page\n \n\n \n Visit MARAAS\n \n \n \n\n \n Conference Scale \n\n \n 53rd\n \n Annual Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference\n \n \n\n \n 250+\n \n Proposals submitted for consideration\n \n \n\n \n 156\n \n Accepted presentations\n \n \n\n \n 35\n \n Academic panels across the conference\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Paper \n\n \n Translating Culture Across Screens: Culturally Intelligent\n Storytelling as Narrative Infrastructure in Southeast Asia\n \n\n \n The paper examined culturally intelligent storytelling as more than a\n creative technique. It proposed it as a form of narrative\n infrastructure that can help stories move across media\, markets\, and\n cultural contexts without becoming detached from their roots.\n \n\n \n \n Presenter\n Ned Legaspi\n \n\n \n Program Listing\n Edgar Legaspi\n \n\n \n Institution\n University of the Philippines\n \n \n \n\n \n \n 01\n Cultural Grounding\n \n Stories begin within specific histories\, identities\, values\, and\n communities. Translation should not erase those foundations.\n \n \n\n \n 02\n Movement Across Screens\n \n Narratives change as they move across platforms\, industries\,\n languages\, and audiences. Each movement requires cultural judgment.\n \n \n\n \n 03\n Narrative Infrastructure\n \n Frameworks can help creators make consistent and responsible\n decisions as stories travel through complex cultural systems.\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Panel A3 \n\n \n Transnational and Translation: Moving Meaning\n \n\n \n Chaired by Yuping Zhang\, the panel brought together research on music\,\n dance\, public discourse\, translation\, and storytelling across borders.\n \n\n \n \n \n Listening Across Borders: Ghazals\, Cultural Memory\, and Digital Audiences\n \n Ali Hassan\n \n A study of cultural memory and digital listening across borders.\n \n \n\n \n \n Queerness as Epiphytism: The Transnational Movement of Gay Dance “Waacking”\n \n Raymond Kyooyung Ra\n \n An examination of how a dance form traveled from the United States\n to South Korea.\n \n \n\n \n \n Constructing a Straits Chinese Public Discourse\n \n Zhinan Ji\n \n Research on writing\, translation\, and public discourse in the\n Straits Chinese Magazine.\n \n \n\n \n \n Translating Culture Across Screens\n \n Ned Legaspi\n \n A Southeast Asian framework for culturally grounded storytelling\n across media and cultural contexts.\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Stories do not simply cross borders. They pass through systems of\n interpretation\, power\, memory\, and cultural expectation.\n Presentation premise\n \n\n \n Why It Mattered \n\n \n Bringing Storytelling Practice into Asian Studies\n \n\n \n \n The presentation created a bridge between professional storytelling\n practice and academic inquiry. It drew from three decades of work\n with global Filipino audiences while engaging questions of\n translation\, transnational movement\, identity\, and cultural power.\n \n\n \n It also extended the CIS Bamboo Framework beyond a book or creative\n methodology. Within the conference\, the framework became a way of\n thinking about the systems that enable stories to circulate and\n acquire meaning across different contexts.\n \n\n \n For Ned\, the paper was part of a continuing effort to connect media\n practice\, Philippine Studies\, communication\, and cultural\n intelligence.\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Continue Exploring \n\n \n From Conference Paper to Framework and Practice\n \n\n \n \n C3 Bamboo Framework\n \n Explore the broader framework connecting Culture\, Communication\,\n and Connection across Stories\, People\, and Nations.\n \n \n Explore the Framework\n \n \n\n \n Culturally Intelligent Storytelling\n \n Learn about the book and the CIS Bamboo Framework developed for\n Southeast Asian creators.\n \n \n Explore the Book\n \n \n\n \n Speaking\n \n View speaking themes and engagement areas involving culture\,\n communication\, storytelling\, and connection.\n \n \n View Speaking Topics\n \n \n\n \n Events Archive\n \n Browse past and upcoming talks\, conferences\, masterclasses\, book\n launches\, and institutional programs.\n \n \n View All Events URL:https://nedlegaspi.com/event/patok-na-patok-a-conference-on-popular-culture-and-media-studies/ CATEGORIES:Conferences & Forums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nedlegaspi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/patok-na-patok-conference-popular-culture-media-studies-ateneo-2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Manila:20251115T081500 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Manila:20251115T094500 DTSTAMP:20260720T173810Z CREATED:20260720T173302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260720T173810Z UID:38213-1763194500-1763199900@nedlegaspi.com SUMMARY:Translating Culture Across Screens at MARAAS 2025 DESCRIPTION:Past Event\n\n Conference Paper Presentation \n\n \n Translating Culture Across Screens at MARAAS 2025\n \n\n \n Ned Legaspi presented a paper on culturally intelligent storytelling\n at the 53rd Annual Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies\n Conference\, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh.\n \n\n \n The presentation placed Southeast Asian storytelling within a wider\n scholarly conversation on transnational movement\, translation\,\n technology\, and cultural meaning.\n \n \n\n \n \n Date\n Saturday\, November 15\, 2025\n \n\n \n Time\n 8:15 to 9:45 a.m.\n Eastern Standard Time\n \n\n \n Venue\n Wesley W. Posvar Hall\, Room 3610\n \n University of Pittsburgh\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\n \n \n\n \n Role\n Conference Paper Presenter\n \n\n \n Panel\n A3: Transnational and Translation\n Moving Meaning\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Conference \n\n \n Asian Networks: Transnationalism\, Technology\, and Equity\n \n\n \n \n The 2025 MARAAS Conference examined how movement\, connectivity\,\n technology\, and transnational networks shape Asia and the wider\n world. It brought together scholars working across the humanities\,\n social sciences\, cultural studies\, education\, media\, and related\n fields.\n \n\n \n Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Asian Studies Center\, the\n conference returned to Pittsburgh after ten years. Its program\n reflected regional\, transnational\, and interdisciplinary approaches\n to understanding Asia as part of an interconnected world.\n \n\n \n Ned's paper contributed a Southeast Asian media and storytelling\n perspective to this wider academic exchange.\n \n \n\n \n \n Official Conference Page\n \n\n \n Visit MARAAS\n \n \n \n\n \n Conference Scale \n\n \n 53rd\n \n Annual Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference\n \n \n\n \n 250+\n \n Proposals submitted for consideration\n \n \n\n \n 156\n \n Accepted presentations\n \n \n\n \n 35\n \n Academic panels across the conference\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Paper \n\n \n Translating Culture Across Screens: Culturally Intelligent\n Storytelling as Narrative Infrastructure in Southeast Asia\n \n\n \n The paper examined culturally intelligent storytelling as more than a\n creative technique. It proposed it as a form of narrative\n infrastructure that can help stories move across media\, markets\, and\n cultural contexts without becoming detached from their roots.\n \n\n \n \n Presenter\n Ned Legaspi\n \n\n \n Program Listing\n Edgar Legaspi\n \n\n \n Institution\n University of the Philippines\n \n \n \n\n \n \n 01\n Cultural Grounding\n \n Stories begin within specific histories\, identities\, values\, and\n communities. Translation should not erase those foundations.\n \n \n\n \n 02\n Movement Across Screens\n \n Narratives change as they move across platforms\, industries\,\n languages\, and audiences. Each movement requires cultural judgment.\n \n \n\n \n 03\n Narrative Infrastructure\n \n Frameworks can help creators make consistent and responsible\n decisions as stories travel through complex cultural systems.\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Panel A3 \n\n \n Transnational and Translation: Moving Meaning\n \n\n \n Chaired by Yuping Zhang\, the panel brought together research on music\,\n dance\, public discourse\, translation\, and storytelling across borders.\n \n\n \n \n \n Listening Across Borders: Ghazals\, Cultural Memory\, and Digital Audiences\n \n Ali Hassan\n \n A study of cultural memory and digital listening across borders.\n \n \n\n \n \n Queerness as Epiphytism: The Transnational Movement of Gay Dance “Waacking”\n \n Raymond Kyooyung Ra\n \n An examination of how a dance form traveled from the United States\n to South Korea.\n \n \n\n \n \n Constructing a Straits Chinese Public Discourse\n \n Zhinan Ji\n \n Research on writing\, translation\, and public discourse in the\n Straits Chinese Magazine.\n \n \n\n \n \n Translating Culture Across Screens\n \n Ned Legaspi\n \n A Southeast Asian framework for culturally grounded storytelling\n across media and cultural contexts.\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Stories do not simply cross borders. They pass through systems of\n interpretation\, power\, memory\, and cultural expectation.\n Presentation premise\n \n\n \n Why It Mattered \n\n \n Bringing Storytelling Practice into Asian Studies\n \n\n \n \n The presentation created a bridge between professional storytelling\n practice and academic inquiry. It drew from three decades of work\n with global Filipino audiences while engaging questions of\n translation\, transnational movement\, identity\, and cultural power.\n \n\n \n It also extended the CIS Bamboo Framework beyond a book or creative\n methodology. Within the conference\, the framework became a way of\n thinking about the systems that enable stories to circulate and\n acquire meaning across different contexts.\n \n\n \n For Ned\, the paper was part of a continuing effort to connect media\n practice\, Philippine Studies\, communication\, and cultural\n intelligence.\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Continue Exploring \n\n \n From Conference Paper to Framework and Practice\n \n\n \n \n C3 Bamboo Framework\n \n Explore the broader framework connecting Culture\, Communication\,\n and Connection across Stories\, People\, and Nations.\n \n \n Explore the Framework\n \n \n\n \n Culturally Intelligent Storytelling\n \n Learn about the book and the CIS Bamboo Framework developed for\n Southeast Asian creators.\n \n \n Explore the Book\n \n \n\n \n Speaking\n \n View speaking themes and engagement areas involving culture\,\n communication\, storytelling\, and connection.\n \n \n View Speaking Topics\n \n \n\n \n Events Archive\n \n Browse past and upcoming talks\, conferences\, masterclasses\, book\n launches\, and institutional programs.\n \n \n View All Events URL:https://nedlegaspi.com/event/translating-culture-across-screens-at-maraas-2025/ CATEGORIES:Conferences & Forums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nedlegaspi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/asian-networks-conference-university-of-pittsburgh.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Manila:20250709T153000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Manila:20250709T170000 DTSTAMP:20260720T163746Z CREATED:20260719T233335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260720T163746Z UID:38144-1752075000-1752080400@nedlegaspi.com SUMMARY:Culturally Intelligent Storytelling at the 15th Biennial ACFEA Conference DESCRIPTION:Past Event\n\n Conference Paper Presentation \n\n \n Translating Culture Across Screens at MARAAS 2025\n \n\n \n Ned Legaspi presented a paper on culturally intelligent storytelling\n at the 53rd Annual Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies\n Conference\, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh.\n \n\n \n The presentation placed Southeast Asian storytelling within a wider\n scholarly conversation on transnational movement\, translation\,\n technology\, and cultural meaning.\n \n \n\n \n \n Date\n Saturday\, November 15\, 2025\n \n\n \n Time\n 8:15 to 9:45 a.m.\n Eastern Standard Time\n \n\n \n Venue\n Wesley W. Posvar Hall\, Room 3610\n \n University of Pittsburgh\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\n \n \n\n \n Role\n Conference Paper Presenter\n \n\n \n Panel\n A3: Transnational and Translation\n Moving Meaning\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Conference \n\n \n Asian Networks: Transnationalism\, Technology\, and Equity\n \n\n \n \n The 2025 MARAAS Conference examined how movement\, connectivity\,\n technology\, and transnational networks shape Asia and the wider\n world. It brought together scholars working across the humanities\,\n social sciences\, cultural studies\, education\, media\, and related\n fields.\n \n\n \n Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Asian Studies Center\, the\n conference returned to Pittsburgh after ten years. Its program\n reflected regional\, transnational\, and interdisciplinary approaches\n to understanding Asia as part of an interconnected world.\n \n\n \n Ned's paper contributed a Southeast Asian media and storytelling\n perspective to this wider academic exchange.\n \n \n\n \n \n Official Conference Page\n \n\n \n Visit MARAAS\n \n \n \n\n \n Conference Scale \n\n \n 53rd\n \n Annual Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference\n \n \n\n \n 250+\n \n Proposals submitted for consideration\n \n \n\n \n 156\n \n Accepted presentations\n \n \n\n \n 35\n \n Academic panels across the conference\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Paper \n\n \n Translating Culture Across Screens: Culturally Intelligent\n Storytelling as Narrative Infrastructure in Southeast Asia\n \n\n \n The paper examined culturally intelligent storytelling as more than a\n creative technique. It proposed it as a form of narrative\n infrastructure that can help stories move across media\, markets\, and\n cultural contexts without becoming detached from their roots.\n \n\n \n \n Presenter\n Ned Legaspi\n \n\n \n Program Listing\n Edgar Legaspi\n \n\n \n Institution\n University of the Philippines\n \n \n \n\n \n \n 01\n Cultural Grounding\n \n Stories begin within specific histories\, identities\, values\, and\n communities. Translation should not erase those foundations.\n \n \n\n \n 02\n Movement Across Screens\n \n Narratives change as they move across platforms\, industries\,\n languages\, and audiences. Each movement requires cultural judgment.\n \n \n\n \n 03\n Narrative Infrastructure\n \n Frameworks can help creators make consistent and responsible\n decisions as stories travel through complex cultural systems.\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Panel A3 \n\n \n Transnational and Translation: Moving Meaning\n \n\n \n Chaired by Yuping Zhang\, the panel brought together research on music\,\n dance\, public discourse\, translation\, and storytelling across borders.\n \n\n \n \n \n Listening Across Borders: Ghazals\, Cultural Memory\, and Digital Audiences\n \n Ali Hassan\n \n A study of cultural memory and digital listening across borders.\n \n \n\n \n \n Queerness as Epiphytism: The Transnational Movement of Gay Dance “Waacking”\n \n Raymond Kyooyung Ra\n \n An examination of how a dance form traveled from the United States\n to South Korea.\n \n \n\n \n \n Constructing a Straits Chinese Public Discourse\n \n Zhinan Ji\n \n Research on writing\, translation\, and public discourse in the\n Straits Chinese Magazine.\n \n \n\n \n \n Translating Culture Across Screens\n \n Ned Legaspi\n \n A Southeast Asian framework for culturally grounded storytelling\n across media and cultural contexts.\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Stories do not simply cross borders. They pass through systems of\n interpretation\, power\, memory\, and cultural expectation.\n Presentation premise\n \n\n \n Why It Mattered \n\n \n Bringing Storytelling Practice into Asian Studies\n \n\n \n \n The presentation created a bridge between professional storytelling\n practice and academic inquiry. It drew from three decades of work\n with global Filipino audiences while engaging questions of\n translation\, transnational movement\, identity\, and cultural power.\n \n\n \n It also extended the CIS Bamboo Framework beyond a book or creative\n methodology. Within the conference\, the framework became a way of\n thinking about the systems that enable stories to circulate and\n acquire meaning across different contexts.\n \n\n \n For Ned\, the paper was part of a continuing effort to connect media\n practice\, Philippine Studies\, communication\, and cultural\n intelligence.\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Continue Exploring \n\n \n From Conference Paper to Framework and Practice\n \n\n \n \n C3 Bamboo Framework\n \n Explore the broader framework connecting Culture\, Communication\,\n and Connection across Stories\, People\, and Nations.\n \n \n Explore the Framework\n \n \n\n \n Culturally Intelligent Storytelling\n \n Learn about the book and the CIS Bamboo Framework developed for\n Southeast Asian creators.\n \n \n Explore the Book\n \n \n\n \n Speaking\n \n View speaking themes and engagement areas involving culture\,\n communication\, storytelling\, and connection.\n \n \n View Speaking Topics\n \n \n\n \n Events Archive\n \n Browse past and upcoming talks\, conferences\, masterclasses\, book\n launches\, and institutional programs.\n \n \n View All Events URL:https://nedlegaspi.com/event/culturally-intelligent-storytelling-at-the-15th-biennial-acfea-conference/ CATEGORIES:Conferences & Forums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nedlegaspi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/acfea-15th-biennial-conference-hanoi-vietnam-2025.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR