‘Intramuros: A Living City’ — 3rd Annual Intramuros Young Scholars Conference

The Intramuros Administration will hold the third Annual Intramuros Young Scholars Conference, titled “Intramuros: A Living City,” Friday, Dec. 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Zoom.

“Intramuros’ place in history is cemented by its heritage as one of the world’s first globalized cities in the Modern Era. However, beyond the pomp and grandeur is a city with ordinary people. While literature on the sublimity of Intramuros is countless, not much narrative about the everyday lives of its people exists,” the organization wrote in a Facebook post.

The said conference will feature six research papers, which are as follows:

• “Ciudad Murada and the Bagong Lipunan: Intramuros Under State Patronage, 1972-1986” by Nicolas Matitu, Rafael Pamplona and Gabrielle Akeem Precia
• “Tahanang Bayan: The Bahay na Bato as Filipino” by Sophia Elise Arguson
• “Pamanahon: The Intramuros Tourist Hub and Experiential Museum & Exhibition Center (Proposed)” by Prince Wico
• “Binding Walls: The Plaza Roma in Intramuros as a Study into Spatial Communication” by Ann Clariz Yap
• “Tour de Intramuros: The Kutsero Community in the Walled City” by Ameerah de los Santos, April Tornea and Xyrelle Ymasa
• “If Walls Could Talk: Contemporary Media’s Perception of Fort Santiago Through Selected Video References” by Christian Paul Agapito, Jenine Joyce Pingol and Jasmin Louise Rollan.

The Intramuros Administration also said that the conference will serve as a “venue where emerging professionals with interest on cultural heritage can share their studies on Intramuros and its heritage as a living city.”

Interested participants should register on this link to join.

The Intramuros Young Scholars Conference was first held in 2019 as an in-person event.

For more information, visit the organization’s Facebook page.