Balatik: A Symposium on Philippine Ethnoastronomy

Published on 07 November 2025 | UP Department of History

November 21, 2025

2:00 - 7:00 PM

Pilar Herrera Lecture Hall, UP Diliman

The UP College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) Folklore Studies Program, together with the UP Astronomical Society, UP Departamento ng Kasaysayan, and UP Department of Linguistics, warmly invites everyone to "Balatik: A Symposium on Philippine Ethnoastronomy” on 21 November 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM, at Pilar Herrera Lecture Hall, Palma Hall and the University Amphitheater, UP Diliman.

The symposium will serve as a venue to honor the legacy of Filipino historian Dante L. Ambrosio, hailed as the “father of Philippine ethnoastronomy,” as well as to encourage interdisciplinary conversations on Philippine ethnoastronomy and related fields through research presentations, roundtable discussions, and an outdoor astronomical activity.

PROGRAM:

Pagpupugay para kay Dante L. Ambrosio, Ama ng Etnoastronomiyang Pilipino
2:10 - 3:20 PM
Pilar Herrera Lecture Hall

Si Dante L. Ambrosio bilang Historyadro at Kaibigan: Isang Panayam-Talakayan
Maria Bernadette L. Abrera, Ph.D. at Francis M. Navarro, Ph.D.

Mga Bagong Pananaliksik sa Etnoastronomiyang Pilipino
3:30 - 4:50 PM
Pilar Herrera Lecture Hall

Kabitëwënan: Indigenous Astronomical Knowledge in Pangasinan Culture
Melchor E. Orpilla, Ph.D.

Nu Anni i Azza Ta Langi, Azza Gafa Ta Davvun (What is in Heaven, is also on Earth): A Preliminary Exploration of Cagayan Indigenous Astronomy
Joshua Jewel Lim Palolan

Above Us, Only Sky: A Reconstruction of Some Astronomical and Meteorological Terms in Pre-Ibaloi
Bea Rose P. Barra, Allerah Mejan C. Quinto, Mario D. Olayres, Jr.

Katutubo at Modernong Agham
4:50 - 5:50 PM
Pilar Herrera Lecture Hall

Exploring Rainbow and Culture in Physics Education
Percival F. Almoro, Ph.D.

Mga Bituing Kumukutikutitap: Etnoastronomiya sa Pananaw ng Kabataang Pilipino
UP Astronomical Society na kinakatawan ni James Oidem

Outdoor Astronomnical Activity: Stargazing*
6:00 - 7:00 PM
University Amphitheater

Sa pangunguna ng UP Astronomical Society

*Tala: Nakaayon sa panahon at kalangitan ang pagdaraos ng stargazing sa University Amphitheatre