フィリピンの著述家・アーティストのVirgilio
Almario（RioAlma)氏が来日されるに際し、下記の通り講演会を開催いたします。オープンな講演会ですのでぜひご自由にご参加ください。

日時：1月31日（木）15：00－17：00

場所：京都大学稲盛財団記念館３階大会議室

講演者：Virgilio S. Almario(Chairman of the National Commission for Culture
and the Arts (NCCA), head of the Komisyon Sa Wikang Filipino (KWF))

講演タイトル：Reconstructing the National Memory Towards Nation-Building
（使用言語：英語）

講演アブストラクト：
Like all civilized countries in the world, the Philippines regards the
protection and preservation of cultural heritage as a national
responsibility. It was mandated as a mission of the National Commission
for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) when it was established in 1992.
However, government efforts have mainly focused on tangible cultural
heritage, in particular, our Spanish colonial period churches and
structures. The preservation of intangible cultural heritage (ICH)
remains an undertaking of individual scholars and a few research centers
in the academe.
This situation calls for a redirection of efforts and resources. The
NCCA recently initiated activities towards the development of a
nationwide and systematic research program for intangible cultural
heritage. First, it has strengthened its own ICH Committee to gather all
available information on aspects of traditional literatures. At the same
time, it has engaged a number of scholars and academicians to
participate in a series of fora and roundtable discussions with the end
goal of organizing a medium term research agenda on ICH.
This research agenda will serve as guide in identifying gaps and areas
which need more research, encourage the generation of more scholarly
proposals, and support the more productive allocation of resources by
expanding financing to more research areas while preventing the
duplication of projects. It will include activities to create greater
national awareness on the value of ICH, inspire the creation of
contemporary works based on ICH, and ultimately use the rich and diverse
national memory in the preserved ICH as an instrument for nation-building.

略歴：
Virgilio S. Almario holds a distinctive and prominent position in
Filipino literature and arts. He is an authoritative figure and advocate
of the national language and language nationalism. He was proclaimed
National Artist for Literature in 2003. Within and outside academe, in
journalism, publishing and cultural management, Almario exerted
leadership and influence. His literary vision manifested not just in his
own writing but extended to his other vocations – mentoring, spotting
the rough literary talent and helping to polish it by critical
motivation and encouragement, publishing and general advocacy for
culture. Currently, he is the Chairman of the National Commission for
Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the official arts council of the
Philippines and takes initiatives on safeguarding intangible cultural
heritage. He also leads the Komisyon Sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), which is
the sole constitutional authority under the office of the President
charged with developing and promoting the national language and
overseeing its enrichment through research, publication and its
continuous development.

共催：
アジア太平洋無形文化遺産研究センター（Invitation Program for Outstanding
Artists and Cultural Property Specialists)
京都大学東南アジア地域研究研究所