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Com Arts lecturer presents project on cable TV

Guest lecturer Collis Davis of the Communication Arts Department recently graced the KMTP TV 32’s Filipino American Report for a 5-part interview series about his work-in-progress video documentary on Native American anthropologist William Jones (1871-1909).

The interviews were aired during the week of March 25th. Excerpts from his demo tape and recent footage were intercut with the 60-minute interview footage videotaped in Metro Manila on February 28th and aired in San Francisco, California.

“Headhunting Willam Jones” tells the story of the extraordinary odyssey of an Oklahoman Fox native from Indian Territory to the Harvard Club to the wilds of headhunting country of Northern Luzon, Philippines.

DLWF strengthens linkages with local and international academia

At the home front, Departamento ng Literatura at Wikang Filipino Vice Chaiperson Dr. Janet Tauro gave a lecture with Dr. Teresita Fortunato and Dr. Magdalena Sayas at the University of the Philippines’ Pambansang Seminar Workshap sa Wika, with the theme “Pamamahala, Usapin, Nilalaman at Pamamaraan ng/sa Filipino” from January 30 to February 1.

On the other hand, Sayas and Dr. Imelda de Castro presented papers to an international crowd of lexicographers in Hong Kong last February. Held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the event was a conference on lexicography and bilingual dictionaries. De Castro also went to Spain for a series of lectures.

DLWF Chairperson Dr. Oscar Campomanes conducted his AUN Distinguished Professorial Lecture in Vietnam during his working visit from September to October of last year, while Tauro presented a paper titled “Translation Imperative: Synchronize Discipline and Technique” during an international conference on Dubbing and Subtitling. The event was held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in October, 2001.