Marinduque Studies/Info Shop Marinduque

1. My long term goal is to put up a local studies center in Marinduque. It would be both a gallery and library, in other words an offline and online resource center. It would become a hub which would interest artists, researchers, cultural workers and development-oriented groups. From ASEAN 2015 integration up to the year 2020, Marinduque would be celebrating its centennial of becoming autonomous from other provinces like Mindoro, Batangas and Quezon.

2. I am keen on obtaining a higher degree to broaden and deepen my knowledge with grounded practice of cultural education management centered on Marinduque. But it is not limited to the island-province only. I am optimistic that the Marindukanon Studies Center/ Info Shop Marinduque. Could reach and aggregate with other island provinces in the country along with other ASEAN member countries.

3. With the MSC/ ISM already emplaced, as a direct and grounded application of local/ periphery studies it would also activate and establish creative and solidarity economics. Enabling culture and ecology vis-à-vis economic development is a virtual potentiality.  This is not a remote possibility by having the island province of Marinduque as a test case, a scale model and simulation of creative commons.

4. I think I have the track record and consistency to coordinate, organize and create tools for conviviality. With proper training and funding opportunities, I could make a dent in Marindukanon Studies likewise in Filipinology.

5. If I would get accepted in the PHARFIL program, I would initiate Marindukanon Studies Center and Info Shop Marinduque. First by establishing a mechanism for a research fellowship, coordinating with funding institutions and supporting local researches along with cultural activities. I would be coordinating with existing local cultural groups like Sining at Kulturang Mogpogeño and the Gasan Culture and Arts Foundation Inc.  The other component, apart from research, there would be mentoring and generating of local content to be exhibited or shown in other parts of the country or even globally. Like for example, the 11^th Sunrise festival in Calbayog City, Samar could be a working model of a roving festival of research and artistic output in Marinduque.