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Prof. Bengan lecture at ANWW18

Written by Rene Estremera. Posted in News

Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practices posted a video to playlist Ateneo National Writers Workshop 18 (ANWW18) Lecture Series on June 19 at 10:00 AM.

The third interview for #ANWW18, with Prof. John Bengan, featuring his interview titled ′′ Hustle in the South: Violence in Selected Writings from Davao."

John Bengan is a writer, translator, and professor at the Department of Humanities, University of the Philippines - Mindanao. Some of his authors appeared in Creation 6, Criticism Culture, Words Without Borders, and Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. He is also one of the editors of Ulirat: Best Contemporary Stories in Translation from the Philippines.

View the video here: https://www.facebook.com/ailapofficial/videos/3760713987373696

Fact-checking in the time of coronavirus

Written by Rene Estremera. Posted in News

moveph-webinar-june11-sq How can netizens help separate fact from fiction in the time of coronavirus? To provide solutions to this question, the University of the Philippines Mindanao College of Humanities and Social Sciences is co-presenting the webinar, "MovePH webinar: Fact-checking in the time of coronavirus" on 11 June 2021. [corrected date]

The webinar is open to the public free of charge. Interested persons may register here: https://bit.ly/3vVsX3N.

MovePH, Rappler’s civic engagement arm has been leading a series of fact-checking webinars in the time of coronavirus aimed at training participants to spot disinformation online and combat it. During the webinar, Ms. Raisa Serafica, Rappler’s head of civic engagement, will discuss the internet environment during the pandemic and Ms. Vernise Tantuco, Rappler’s researcher/writer, will discuss the fact-checking methodology. There will also be a Q&A session and a spot-check exercise.

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