KEYNOTE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2025), presenter in the HDR/ECR Workshop on Southeast Asian Cultural and Media Studies, orgaised by Dr Thomas Baudinette, Dr Chavalin Svetanant and Dr Intan Paramaditha, event funded by the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA).
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2022), "Circuits of (im)mobilities: Paradoxical digitality in the migrant’s home", The 24th biennial conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, 5 -8 July 2022, Monash University, Clayton Campus. Organised by Monash University and the Herb Feith Engagement Centre.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2022), "Mediating movements and stillness: Rethinking the possibilities and politics of of a digitised post-pandemic world, speaker in the special panel "Digital Journeys: Refugees, Migration and Media" in the 12th Asian Conference on Cultural Studies (ACAS2022), Tokyo, Japan (online).Organised by the International Academic Forum (IAFOR). [Link]
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2021), "(Im)mobility in the digital age", 2nd International Conference on Media and Social Science, organised by Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, 24 - 26 August 2021. [Conference link]
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2020), "Platforms, Practices, and Politics: Interrogating intimate mobilities of Filipina-Japanese marriage on YouTube", organised by Ateneo de Manila University and the Japan Foundation, 31 January - 1 February.
THEME: DIGITAL AGEING AND MIGRATION
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B (2024), Researching the grey socio-digital divide" A critical reflexive and relarional approach", sponsored by the Centre for Refugee Studies, Global Labour Research Centre, Centre for Femnist Research, CRC in Migration Policy, Impacts and Activism Speaker Series, and the Philippine Studies Group at the York Centre for Asian Research, 6 December.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2024), Out of time, out of place?: The spatio-temporal divide in the ageing migrant's digital lifeworld, CERC in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, 21 November.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2024), Mapping Philippine Australia relations: A socio-digital perspective", Philippines Update Conference, Australian National University, 29 October to 31 November 2024.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2024), Unblackboxing the socio-digital divide through multi-sited and visual ethnography, University of the Philippines Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts, 27 September.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2023), Philippine Labor Migration: 50 years and beyond, a summit organised by the Institute for Advanced and Strategic Studies on Migration and Development (IASSMD) in the newly formed Department of Migrant Workers of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines, 3 - 5 July 2024.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2023), Using Visual Methods in Investigating Ageing Migrant's Digital Practices in the Home Setting, Digital Cultures Research Workshop, University of Sydney, 28 July.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2023), "Digital inclusion research priorities: A national approach", ADM+S and QUT’s Digital Media Research Centre, ADM+S Building, 21 July.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2023), "Older Filipina-Australians Navigating Distributed and Disrupted Care in a Digital World", Activating Social Connection Symposium: Connecting across disciplines and perspectives, Swinburne University of Technology, 7 June.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2022), "The sites, scale, and slippage of networked belongingness: The (dis)connected lives of ageing migrants during the pandemic", Institute for Culture & Society, Western Sydney University, 18 August.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2022), "Feeling close from afar: The digital repertoires of ageing migrants during the pandemic", seminar presentation in the National Ageing Research Institute, 2 August.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2022), "Locked out of a digital world? Unlocking mediated (im)mobilities in the migrant's home", Mobilities Aotearoa seminar series, Massey University, 24 August.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2022), "“It’s something that makes you feel you’re still alive”: Ageing migrants’ mobile visual-based practices during the pandemic", La Trobe Social Inquiry Seminar, La Trobe University, 27 July.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2022), "(Un)belonging in a networked world: The consumption of COVID-19 information among ageing migrants in pandemic times", invited presenter in the interdisciplinary workshop on racism, migration and COVID-19, organised by Ashleigh Haw, Karen Farquharson, and, Val Col-Peisker, University of Melbourne, 17 June 2022.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2022), "Mediating movements and stillness: Rethinking the possibilities and politics of of a digitised post-pandemic world, speaker in the special panel "Digital Journeys: Refugees, Migration and Media" in the 12th Asian Conference on Cultural Studies (ACAS2022), Tokyo, Japan (online). Organised by the International Academic Forum (IAFOR). [Link]
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2021), guest of honour, 30th Anniversary of the Australian-Filipino Community Services (AFCS), 30 October 2021.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2021), "My son sets up everything. I just click, click, click, and that's all": Locating digitised care crisis provision in ageing migrants' digital lives, Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care (CoE AgeCare), University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 13 September 2021.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2021), "'Without technology we'd be very stuck': Ageing migrants' comobility capital in pandemic times", Max Planck Research Group, Germany, 27 May 2021. [Webinar link] [Recording]
THEME: MIGRATION AND (IM)MOBILITIES
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2023), "The transnational home in a digital era: Potentialities and Politics", National Chengchi University, Taiwan, 10 May.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2023), "Networked (im)mobility in the migrant's home: A new research agenda in the field of migration", Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre, 16 March, Monash Clayton, 16 March.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2023) "Distributed, Digitalised and Divided: Transnational Filipino Family in the Digital Era", Seminar Series, La Trobe University, 23 February.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2022), Thinking through (im)mobilities: A research agenda in investigating a migrant’s digital lifeworld, seminar series in the Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University, 19 April 2022. [Register]
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2021), guest presenter (with honorarium), "Locked out or locked in? Examining gendered (im)mobility in the digital age, NOISE (Network of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies in Europe) Summer School 2021, Theme: Borders, Boundaries and the Politics of Belonging. Feminist Digital Cartographies, organised by the Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies, 30 August - 3 September 2021. [More information] [Recording]
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2021), keynote speaker, "(Im)mobility in the digital age", 2nd International Conference on Media and Social Science, organised by Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, 24 - 26 August 2021. [Conference link]
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2020), presenter in an online panel on "Social media use in migration research", (Im)mobile Gaze: The governance and economies of intimate transnational ties in a digital era", organised by Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration, 10 November [Link]
THEME: DIGITAL MIGRATION BROKERING
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2024), "What's told and sold online? Rethinking migration brokerage in a digital era", part of the event " The role of social media in facilitating international student migration", Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE), United Kingdom, 14 Octobe.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B.l (2023), member of the panel 'Influencers are just vain", IERLab Groundhog Day, 11 September. [Full Program]
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2022), Presenter in the Roundtable on Television Production in the digital age, GMA-7, 28 October.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2022), Presenter in the TikTok & Asian Diaspora Roundtable, organised by the TikTok Cultures Research Network (TCRN), 17 October.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2021), "Postcolonial baiting: Extracting value through the spectacle of care in a platform society", Digital Cultures of Care Webinar, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, 12 May 2021.[Click] [Recording link]
- Soriano, C. R. and Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2021), '"Marcos Truths" on YouTube: Stories and Discursive Styles, 3rd National Conference on Democracy and Disinformation, organised by the University of the Philippine Visayas, 24 February 2021. [Curated information in the webinar]
- Cabalquinto, E.C.B. (2020), presenter (funded airfare and accommodation), "The curated life of a Filipina bride: YouTubing interracial marriages in a mobile era", Gender, Migration and Digital Networks in Asia Workshop, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 20 - 21 February.
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2020), keynote speaker, "Platforms, Practices, and Politics: Interrogating intimate mobilities of Filipina-Japanese marriage on YouTube", 18th International Conference on Japanese Studies, organised by Ateneo de Manila University and the Japan Foundation, 31 January - 1 February.
THEME: DIGITAL LITERACY IN AN EDUCATION SETTING
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2021), resource speaker on "How to be critical digital consumers and be active and engaged thinkers and creators in a digital environment", APRU Undergraduate Leaders’ Program 2021 (APRU ULP 2021) with the theme, Sahaya: Science and Arts Harnessing the Youth’s Advocacies, University of the Philippines and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) on 18 - 29 October 2021 (via Zoom). [Event link]
- Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2021), presenter, "Proximity in creative engagement: Digital literacy in a teaching and learning hub", in the webinar on "Strengthening the digital literacy of educators in the times of COVID-19", organised by the University of the Philippines and partner organisations, 16 February.
INTERVIEW FOR A CLASS
- On research methods, A7001: Master of Arts Research Training, Monash University.
- On designing a research project, APG5050: Doing media and communication research, Monash University.
- On collecting and analysing data on TikTok, for the class ATS1391: Media Analytics Lab, Monash University.
GUEST LECTURE
- On the frontlines but sidelined?: Older migrant women's leadership during a global crisis. ATS2996: Public relations and society, 13 April 2025.
- Reading, Analysing and Writing Images: A critical and reflexive approach, ATS1206: Media Challenges, 13 April 2025.
- The shade of online scamming among older migrants in Victoria, Australia: Rethinking culturally tailored initiatives in a multicultural society, ATS2996: Public relations and society, 4 April 2025.
- Tune in, tune out? Locating dis/connection through the domestication of the SMART television in the ageing migrant's personal home, ATS1304: Introduction to Television Studies, Monash University, 9 August 2024.
- Diaspora and Transnationalism. Global Language & Ethnic Relations (Course SOC1027). Global and Language Studies. School of Global, Urban and Social Studies , RMIT University, Australia, 21 April 2024.
- On intercultural and multicultural public relations, ATS1125: Public Relations Foundations, Monash University, 17 April 2024.
- A home away from home: Mobile media use in maintaining transnational family life, Western Sydney University, 5 September 2023.
- Visualising family life at a distance: Mobile photography and the digital traces of forced immobility, Hallym University, Seoul, South Korea, 19 May 2022.
- Communication at a distance via (im)mobile photography (online presentation), Glendon College - York University, Canada, 4 March 2022.
- Displaying family life at a distance: Mobile photography and the transnational Filipino family (online presentation), Glendon College - York University, Canada, 5 March 2021.
- A conversation with Professor Monika Buscher on asymmetrical mobile intimacy (Online), Lancaster University, 14 January 2021
- Examining transnational family life through digital media research methods (Online presentation), Australian National University, 3 September 2020.
- Portable Home: Transnational Family Life in a Mobile Era (video presentation), Lancaster University, UK, December 2019.
- Re-examining migration in an era of ubiquitous mobile media, New Media and Migration, Swinburne University, April 2018.
- Semiotics and media culture, ATS 1279: Media and Culture, Monash University, April 2018.
- Subcultures and media communities, ATS 1279: Media and Culture, Monash University, March 2018.
- Promotional culture and cultural studies, APG 5018: Celebrity, Fashion and Publicity, September 2017.
- The WWW and Google, ATS 2436: New Media, from the telegraph to Twitter, Monash University, May 2017.
- Television, ATS 2436: New Media, from the telegraph to Twitter, Monash University, April 2017.
- At home elsewhere: Mediated communication in transnational family life, APG 4400: Issues in International Communication, Monash University, March 2014.
- Mirror, Mirror, Who’s on the wall? Dressing up sales and capturing minds through advertising’s wardrobe, APG 5018: Celebrity, Fashion and Publicity, Monash University, September 2013.
IN THE MEDIA
- Commentary, Why being a celebrity isn't enough during the 2025 mid-term elections, SBS Filipino Radio, 16 May 2025. [LINK]
- Commentary, The complex reality of interracial Filipino relationships, Rolling Stone Philippines, 7 March 2025, [LINK]
- Philippine Australia Forum: Building understanding through academic research, SBS Filipino Radio, 8 March 2023. [LINK]
- Commentary, 'There's no clocking off': Why a popular TikToker says being an influencer is like owning a business, SBS Filipino Radio, 28 June 2023. [LINK]
- Commentary, Indian online groups connecting thousands, as social media helps migrants thrive in Australia, ABC News, 6 February 2023. [LINK]
- Interview on 'Apat ay Sapat': Filipino community group sets up a campaign to encourage seniors to get booster shots, SBS Filipino Radio, 28 December 2022. [LINK]
- Special Feature Interview, hosted by Violi Calvert, Radio Tagumpay, Triple H 100.1 FM. [LINK]
- Meet the Millenials: Millenial OFW, Interviewed by Professor Nicole Curato, CNN Philippines,5 November 2022. [LINK]
- Commentary, Kita sa pagiging online influencer sapat na ba para maging full time na trabaho, SBS Filipino Radio, 6 September 2022. [LINK]
- Commentary, "'It's not just luck': TikTok couple admits being influencers is hard work", SBS Filipino Radio, 31 August 2022. [LINK]
- Commentary, 'Masculinity is prized even in the LGBTQ community': Beauty influencer on life as a feminine man, SBS Filipino Radio, 14 September 2022. [LINK]
- Guest, interview on newly published book "(Im)mobile Homes: Family Life at a Distance in the Age of Mobile Media", New Books in Southeast Asian Studies Podcast, 14 November 2022. [Link]
- Guest interview with Professor Myria Georgiou, Hosted by Associate Professor Amanda Alencar, The Migration Podcast, Special Episode: Migration and Media, IMISCOE (International Migration Research Network), Listen via the Website, Soundcloud, and Spotify.
- What ever happened to the quintessential young Fil-Am icon? CNN Philippines - Life, Andrea Panalian, 5 October 2021. [LINK]
- Welcome to their channel: How pro-Marcos content creators use deep stories and lax monitoring on YouTube, quotes based on presentation with Professor Cheryll Soriano on 'Marcos Truths on YouTube: Stories and Discursive Styles, 26 February 2021. [LINK]
- Filipino seniors most affected by the Facebook news ban, interviewed by Maridel Martinez-Andar, SBS Filipino Radio, 20 February 2021. [LINK]
- What Facebook's news content ban means for Filipinos in Australia, interviewed and quoted by Camille Elemia, Rappler Philippines, 18 February 2021. [LINK]
- Breaking the silence Episode 1: 'Miguel', interviewed and quoted by Cristina Lazo of SBS Filipino in the Filipino Language Program, SBS Filipino Radio, September 2020, [LINK]
- Behind the screens: Survivor opens up about digital abuse at the hands of same-sex partner, quoted by Nikki Alfonso-Gregorio, SBS Filipino Radio, September 2020, [LINK]
- Lesson plan for digital learning, interviewed by Maridel Martinez-Andanar of SBS Melbourne (Radio) in the Filipino Language Program, SBS Filipino Radio, 29 June 2020, [LINK]
- How do Filipino migrants engage in transnational, online communications to keep in touch with families back home, interviewer by Dr. Michael Rivera, the Arch and Anth Podcast, 24 April 2020, [LINK]
- Filipinas find agency to choose [focus on problematising agency among Filipino women's use of dating applications on a transnational context], interviewed by Maridel Martinez-Andanar of SBS Melbourne (Radio) in the Filipino Language Program, SBS Filipino Radio, 12 June 2019. [LINK]
- Caring from a distance [focus on mobile device use in transnational caregiving], interviewed by Maridel Martinez-Andanar of SBS Melbourne (Radio) in the Filipino Language Program, 24 October 2018. [LINK]
- How the smartphone changed family relationships [primary focus on mobile photography], interviewed by Maridel Martinez- Andanar of SBS Melbourne (Radio) in the Filipino Language Program, SBS Filipino Radio, 27 June 2018. [LINK].
- Digital Connections, interviewed by Maridel Martinez-Andanar of SBS Melbourne (Radio) in the Filipino Language Program, SBS Filipino Radio, 9 June 2017. [LINK]
- Aldub, who are Alden and Main and what do they represent, interviewed by Maridel Martinez-Andanar of SBS Melbourne (Radio) in the Filipino Language Program, SBS Filipino Radio, 16 October 2015. [LINK]
- Technology, Connecting Families in long distance relationships, interviewed by Maridel Martinez-Andanar of SBS Melbourne (Radio) in the Filipino Language Program, SBS Filipino Radio, 22 December 2013. [LINK]