Vicente Sotto Lecture 2024 August
“Creative Placemaking and Restorative Urban Narratives In the Comics of Josua Cabrera”
Dr. Shane Carreon
ABSTRACT:
The paper is a preliminary look into the visualization of Cebu City by poet and cartoonist Josua Cabrera as shown in his comic strips, Latagaw og Utok and Jimsky and his forthcoming graphic novel, Si Jimsky ug ang Tanghaga sa Balay sa Agta. Drawing from Alburo’s insights on contemporary Philippine folklore studies and from the idea of comics not only as popular literature but also what Sturken and Cartwright call “cutting-edge cultural form” in connection to the notion of creative placemaking, this paper explores Cabrera’s illustrations of Cebu City and the characters in his comics, both human and nonhuman, to potentially surface restorative urban narratives.
Date: August 30, 2024
Category: Vicente Sotto Lecture Series