Seeks to take away what's unnecessary and leaving only what's essential
Incredibly difficult
Has made its way into being a huge part of branding and design for companies all over the world
Minimalist art
By Kris Abrigo
Found Objects
Taking something that people view as useless, and then using it in a unique way in order to make artwork
One of the most important movements in all of contemporary art currently
Found Object Art
The Iron Man by Filipino Sculptor Ram Mallari Jr.
Large-Scale Art
Creating an incredibly huge masterpiece to express diverse perspectives in artwork
One of the most important movements within contemporary art over the past forty years
Large-Scale Art
Himala sa Buhangin by Leeroy New
Famous arts and crafts in Region 1
Binatbatan
Abel Fabric
Bamboo Crafts
Burnay Pottery
Stone Art
Seashell Craft
Binatbatan
Beating of cotton balls using a bamboo sticks to separate the seeds
Festival traces its roots from the abel weaving industry of Vigan
Comes from the word batbat, a pair of bamboo stick used to separate cotton pods that come from a tall tree called kapas sanglay. The word "kapas" from kapas sanglay means "cotton" in Ilocano
Abel Fabric
Special fabric made of cotton by doing binatbatan
Abel is Ilocano for "weave," and inabel literally means "woven"
Refers to that distinctly Ilocano textile of plain or patterned woven cotton made in hardwood looms using techniques passed down through generations
Bamboo Crafts
Ingenious locally-made bamboo products such as baskets and novelty items
Attractive to tourists and visitors
Would further boost Bessang Pass, poised to be an eco-tourism hub in the Ilocos Region
Burnay Pottery
This earthenware is called burnay
The craft of making earthenware using the grade A clay that was found in plenty in the Western area of Vigan
The making of burnay is done with just the use of the potter's skillful hands and use of pottery wheel and kiln
Stone Art
Stone is a hard material found in the ground which is used for artistic purposes such as carving statues, creating jewelry, and assembling mosaics
Rock hunters and artists often collect interesting stones and rocks to cut, polish and use in their art work
Seashell Craft
Shells and corals from the seashore as raw materials for trinkets which can be done at home or at the backyard
Can also be used as decorative ornaments in flower vases, jars, photo frames, bags and many more
Global networks are a major feature of contemporary processes of globalization which are highly evident in the everyday lives of people and organizations whose area of operations go beyond a country's own borders
Global networks
Dynamic and flexible types of connection between individuals, groups, or organizations that crisscross the world
Types of global networks
Network enterprises
Electronic network technology
Network states
Network of political activists
Terror networks
Global networks
Key elements within social change, in the operation of power, and in the relationship between social structure and human agency
Global
An entity's reaches are beyond territorial borders of a particular country; thus, it destroys the cultural and economic barriers that separates regions and places
Networks
A set of units like nerves, species, individuals, institutions or states, with a particular rule which determines the degree or direction of relation or ties that exist and operate beyond territorial borders of a particular country
Characteristics of a global network
Global networks cross "borders" and connect to more than one country
Movement across a boundary is long-term
Global networks are not confined within a particular country
Two major types of global networks
Technical global networks
Interpersonal global networks
Technical global networks
A form of global network adopted from telecommunications systems that utilize a variety of satellite, cable, and wireless technologies
Interpersonal global networks
A form of global network that includes cross-border groups such as migrants, aid, or social workers involved in advocacy work and even professionals discussing and debating about new ideas and discoveries
Twelve types of global networks
Advocacy Networks
Friendship Networks
Business, trading, and commercial networks
Imperial Networks
Information Networks
Migrant Networks
Professional Networks
Policy Networks
Religious Networks
Terrorist Networks
Knowledge/Intellectual Networks
Women's Networks
Advocacy Networks
Made up of individuals called actors who share particular values, common discourse, and "dense exchanges of information and services" that work internationally on a particular issue
Business, Trading, and Commercial Networks
Include transnational economic and business networks, such as commercial networks, business networks, enterprise networks, and innovation networks
Friendship Networks
Look into social communication patterns, interpersonal bonding, and social support
Imperial Networks
Analysis of imperialempires are usually done by historians who study spatial patterns of connections that link the metropoles with the colonies
Information Networks
Where communication is the primary function, and they develop as new technologies of communication encounter a variety of functions
Knowledge/Intellectual Networks
Give importance to the transmission of knowledge and its connection with policy development
Migrant Networks
Deal with migrants who lefttheircountriesand settled in newterritories
Policy Networks
A set of relatively stable relationsthatarenonhierarchal and interdependent in nature that links a variety of actors who have common interests with regard to a particular policy, and exchange resources to pursue these shared interests
Professional Networks
Deal with the promotion of theprofessionals'mentalandacademicinterests to support sociability and friendship
Religious Networks
Most of the literature on the religious networks deal with religions practiced by immigrants and their respective networks
Terrorist Networks
Became a growing trend in global network scholarship with the aftermath of the 9-11attack on theWorldTradeCenterinNewYork City, with a focus on the structure of terrorist groupings that have parallelisms with the structure of multinational companies and organized crimes
Women's Networks
Focus on womenthemselvesorinvolvewomeninnetworks alongside men