The Research and Creative Work Division of the UP Resilience Institute is organizing “Sayaw Ng Katatagan” to be held on May 24, 2024, Friday, starting from the front of Vinzons Hall to the UP Sunken Garden at 4:00 PM.
Coinciding with the theme of the Diliman Arts and Culture Festival 2024 “and Pamamahagi,” to mark the 75th anniversary of the transfer of Oblation from Manila to Diliman, the UP College of Human Kinetics in collaboration with the College of Arts and Letters, College of Music, the Research and Creative Work Division of the UP Resilience Institute aims to “ingrain” resilience – “katatagan” – into a space that is enduring of boundaries and limitations. Thus, a “pamamahagi,” a reaching out from the reactionary attitude to disasters towards resilience as a way of life; a reaching out from the confines of concepts into lived performances; a reaching out from the Diliman Community and beyond.
One of the intended projects for 2024 is a disaster preparedness campaign mobilizing different groups from the UP Diliman Community, namely: the UP Resilience Institute – Research and Creative Work (RCW) Division, the UP Pep Squad, the Dulaang UP, and the UP String Quartet from the College of Music.
In time for the Diliman Arts and Culture Festival, and in line with the aforementioned thrust, the Flash Mob for Community Preparedness will mark the opening of a curriculum-based, and community-led program for disaster preparedness: an earthquake drill that is elevated to a community performance to usher in the “gawi ng katatagan” – resilience as a habit, and not just as a reaction to sudden disasters.
The UP String Quartet will produce an arrangement of “UP Naming Mahal” intended to be popularized as an alarm for the Diliman Community during disasters. The goal is to serve as a signal to be alert and take action in a calm and collected manner, as opposed to the anxiety induced by standard emergency alarms. This arrangement will accompany the performance of the UP Pep Squad with resilient narratives brought to life with the Dulaang UP.