Instructor in Speech Communication
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Email: bpmeamo@up.edu.ph

Benj Meamo III is a graduate of Bachelor of Arts in Communication major in speech communication and minor in broadcast communication, Cum Laude, from the University of the Philippines Baguio. He is currently an MA Media Studies (Broadcast) student at the College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman. He has published scholarly works in peer-reviewed journals and exhibited creative works in folios and shows. He is currently interested in sound, media, space, and geography. His current work, The Baguio Soundscape Project, aims at producing a sound map and an archive of the sounds of Baguio as an urban space.

EDUCATION
MA Media Studies (Broadcast) (on-going)
BA Communication, University of the Philippines Baguio (cum laude)

COURSES TAUGHT
COMM 10: Critical Perspectives in Communication
Comm 100: Introduction to Communication
BC 100: Introduction to Broadcast Communication
BC 101: Broadcast Operations and Performance
BC 124: Educational Programs
SC 115: Bases of Speech Communication

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Media Studies
Geohumanities
Cultural Studies
Space and Spatiality
Sound Studies and Sonic Geography

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Book Chapters

  • Meamo, B.G. (2024). Space, Memory, and the Right to Be Remembered: The Case of the Heroes’ Monument of the Butbut Tribe in Kalinga Province. In J.P. Telles (Ed.), Indigenous Media and Popular Culture in the Philippines (pp. 199-221). Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9101-3_11

Journal Articles

  • Aberin, J., Dealca, P.L., Meamo, B.G.P. III, San Pascual, E., and Ventanilla, T.J.  (2022). Glocalization of Popular Culture in Selected Filipino Remakes of ‘Koreanovelas.’ Southeast Asian Media Studies Journal, Vol. 3, No. 3, 77-104. https://seamsa.org/seamsj-vol-3-no-3/

Conference Presentations

  • Meamo, B. (2024, June). Reading Sitio La Presa as Barthesian Myth [Paper presentation]. 29th Annual Philippine Studies Forum in Japan. Tsuru University, Tsuru-shi, Yamanashi-ken, Japan.
  • Meamo, B. (2023, November). 3×8 Speed: An Experimental Sound Work on Biking, Sound, Space, and the Body [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Geographical Studies 2023. (Online). University of the Philippines Diliman.
  • Meamo, B. (2023, June). Space, Memory, and the Right to be Remembered: The Case of the Anti-Chico Dam Struggle Heroes’ Monument of the Butbut Tribe in Bugnay, Tinglayan, Kalinga [Paper presentation]. Association for Asian Studies in Asia Conference. Kyungpook University, Daegu, South Korea.
  • Meamo, B. (2023, February). Reading Bongbong Marcos as a Hyperreal Image [Paper presentation]. Nuanced History of the Marcos Era Conference. (Online). Nuanced History of the Marcos Era.
  • Meamo, B. (2022, November). Reading Hangar Market as Space: Perceived, Conceived, and Lived [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Geographical Studies 2022. (Online). University of the Philippines Diliman.
  • Meamo, B. (2022, October). Televising After the Aftermath: A Brief History of Television in Baguio City After the 1990 Luzon Earthquake [Paper presentation]. 100 Years of Broadcasting in the Philippines Conference. (Online). University of the Philippines Diliman.
  • Meamo, B. (2022, October). 2022 Philippine National Elections’ Presidential Candidates Panfilo Lacson and Manny Pacquiao’s Tropes as Barthesian Myths [Paper presentation]. International Communication Conference. (Online). Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

Short Communications / Reviews

  • Meamo, B.G. P. III (2021). Duterte’s State of Health Divides Citizens, Fuels Memes. Asian Politics & Policy, 00, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.12596
  • Meamo, B. G. III. (2021). Quarantine VI: Tahanan bilang Espasyo sa Panahong Ito. Kimata Journal of Contemporary Literary and Visual Art, 45-46. https://issuu.com/kimata/docs/folio
  • Meamo, B. G. III. (2021). Eli IX: Quarantine at ang Puwang ng Pagsusulat 1 & 2. Kimata Journal of Contemporary Literary and Visual Art, 44 and 47. https://issuu.com/kimata/docs/folio
  • Eli XIV: The Voyeurs’ Notions of Space (2022), Gintong Liwayway, Anima Art Space, Quezon City, Philippines
  • Genesis I: The Evolution of Eli’s Notions of Space, Gintong Liwayway, Anima Art Space, Quezon City, Philippines
  • Hangar, A Sense of Place (2022), Solo Exhibition, University of the Philippines Baguio
  • Save Baguio Public Market (2023), Group Show at Alfredo F. Tadiar Library, San Fernando, La Union, Philippines
  • Extension of Stalls (2023), The Listening Biennial, 2023 Parola UP Fine Arts Gallery, University of the Philippines Diliman

AWARDS, CITATIONS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS

  • International Publication Award, University of the Philippines (2024)
  • Research Dissemination Grant, University of the Philippines (2023, 2024)
  • Cordillera Studies Center (CSC) Research Grant, University of the Philippines Baguio (2023-2024)
  • Faculty, Research, REPS, and Administrative Staff Development Program (FRASDP) Grant, University of the Philippines (2021-2023)

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