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Philippine native scripts as identity, promotion,
and preservation in the Filipino American
diaspora through art
Kristian Kabuay
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Tokyo, Japan	

February 28, 2014
My Story
1993

Baybayin Discovery
1995

Philippine Years
2003

Back in America
Identity Crisis
Scripts as Identity
Baybayin in America
3.4 million
Filipinos are the 2nd largest
Asian group in the US
400,000
Nearly half a million are in the
San Francisco, California area
"Ground zero of the Baybayin renaissance began in the San
Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s" 	

- Ray Haguisan

Artist

MalayaDesigns.net
The 90s Fil-Am Baybayin movement aligned with technology
advancements that allowed their voices to be heard outside the
educational systems. 	

There were Filams in the national spotlight that increased their
pride. It was perfect timing.
Maganda Magazine 1995

DJ Lapu Lapu

Joselito Sering
Why Filipinos in the diaspora?
A search for who we are
Western individualism
We can be impractical
Value
Cultural value
Social value
Philippine scripts as

Social Currency
Economic value
Identity

Promotion

K

Preservation
Typical Interest Sequence
Cosmetic

Educational

‣

Gets tattoos

‣

Buys books

‣

Buys shirts

‣

Attends lectures and
workshops

‣

Buys art
‣

Participates in
discussions

Commercial

Practitioner
‣

Writes the script
everyday

‣

Creates art

‣

Community
participation

Advocate
‣ Community leadership
‣

Conducts lectures

‣

Runs workshops

‣

Has a business

ValueWrites books
‣
Value Circle
Creating

Exchanging

Value

Delivering

Communicating
Our job as culture bearers is to
provide VALUE 

to endangered writing systems
Practitioner

Cosmetic

Value
Educational

Advocate
Value
Art as a 

Promotional Tool
Revival Issues
Cultural Business
Nationalism at the
expense of regional
culture
National
Script Act
of 2011
Bisaya

Tagalog
Ilokano

???
Kapampangan
Filipino
No Standards
Because there are no standards, it can be confusing when trying to
write, read or learn it. !
!

How do we support the spelling of foreign words?!
!

Who’s qualified to propose these standards? Is it the actual
practitioners? Academia? Do we even entertain non-Filipinos?!
!

Do we have 2 versions of our writing system?!
Teachers
Who will teach it to the students? !
Who will teach the teachers? !
Who will create the material?
Philippine Born vs Diaspora
There are some Filipinos living in the Philippines that simply don’t like FilAms, Fil-Cans, non-Filipino, etc. The feeling is that they are not “true”
Filipinos” because of language, culture and geographical location.
Economic Cost
How much will it cost to change signs, systems, create books, train…
Lack of quantifiable data
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure” - Peter Drucker, Management
Consultant.
Living Scripts
Lack of full-time advocates
Practicality
Religion
Errors
slm
Salamat

Connect with me
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Facebook.com/Baybayin

Twitter.com/Baybayin

Instagram.com/Baybayin

info@baybayin.com

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Philippine native scripts as identity, promotion, and preservation in the filipino american diaspora through art kristian kabuay