PRESENTATIONS

INVITED TALKS (SELECTED)

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, Indonesia, 24 - 26 August 2021.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (2021), on ageing migrants and digital practices during COVID-19, Max Planck Research Group, Germany, May 2021.

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.

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.

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 2021.

Cabalquinto, E.C.B. (2020), presenter in a panel (online) "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]

Cabalquinto, E.C.B. (2020), presenter, "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", organised by Ateneo de Manila University and the Japan Foundation, 31 January - 1 February.

SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

2021

Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (forthcoming), "Enacting care in the age of digital multiplicity: Ageing migrants' digital practices during a global pandemic", part of the panel "Migrant worlds in the digital era: Te repertoires and politics of (dis)connecting" led by Charles Martin-Sheilds and Amanda Alencar, IMISCOE Annual Conference, 7 - 9 July 2021.

Cabalquinto, E.C.B., Hanckel, B., Hendry, N., and Mamalipurath, J.M. "(Un)caring infrastructures: Mapping care and support for international students during COVID-19, One-Day Conference - Coronavirus and its impact on international students: International education in the time of global disruptions, Convened by Catherine Gomes (RMIT) and Helen Forbes-Mewett (Monash University), RMIT University, 10 February 2021.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., ""Ageing on the move: Digital Media use in Later Years of Migrants from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds", “Digital repertoires in later life” thematic panel, European Sociological Association Research Network (RN01) on Ageing in Europe, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 20-22 January 2021. I am invited by the Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care at the University of Jyväskylä.

2020

Cabalquinto, E.C.B., Hanckel, B., Hendry, N., and Mamalipurath, J.M. "When the tides turn: Examining 'imaginaries of care' for international students in Australia during COVID-19", Digital Intimacies 6: Connection in Crisis, 7 - 9 December.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B. "Ageing in the age of mobile media: The case of elderly labour migrants in Melbourne, Australia", part of the panel "Older people's digital lives", Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Virtual Conference, 27 - 31 October.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B. "From #BabaeAko to #HijaAko: Filipino women's movement in the digital sphere and beyond," Asian Media and Cultural Studies Network #MeToo Series, LINK.

Uy-Tioco, C. and Cabalquinto, E.C.B., "Mobile carework: Transnational Filipino Migrants, Caregiving, and Family Intimacy," International Communication Association (ICA) Conference 2020. The presentation was delivered online.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (cancelled), “[Im]mobile Homeland: Connective practice, ambivalent affects and imagined futures in a mobile family life,” Association for Asian Studies Conference, Boston, MA, 19 – 22 March.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., "The curated life of a Filipina bride: YouTubing interracial marriages in a mobile era", paper selected for the Gender, Migration and Digital Networks in Asia Workshop, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 20 - 21 February.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B , "Platforms, Practices and Politics: Interrogating intimate mobilities of Filipina-Japanese marriage on YouTube", Japanese Studies Conference, Philippines. Expenses covered by Japanese Studies Program, Ateneo de Manila University & Japan Foundation, 31 January - 1 February.

2019

Cabalquinto, E. C. B, "Connections in a ruptured field: Negotiating a sense of home built through the infrastructures of immobility" 10th Anniversary Mobilities Research symposium, Queenstown Resort College, Queenstown, New Zealand, 1- 3 December 2019.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B. and Soriano, C. R., “Hey, I like your videos. Relate much!”: Locating sisterhood in a postcolonial public on YouTube, Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Conference, Queensland University of Technology, 3 – 5 October.

Soriano, C. and Cabalquinto, E. C. B., “Bridging, coaching and boundary spanning: Brokerage and intermediation in Philippine online platform labour economy”, Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Conference, Queensland University of Technology, 3 – 5 October.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., “The curated life of an online bride: Unpacking the paradoxical visualisation of agentic femininity on YouTube”, Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Conference, Queensland University of Technology, 3 – 5 October.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B. "The infrastructures of an [im]mobile family life", Centre for Mobilities Research (Cemore) at Lancaster University, 18 June. [Presentation link]

Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (invited), “Standby mothering: Temporalities, affects and politics of mobile caregiving”, Seminar Series, chaired by Professor Jessica Ringrose and panel responded Professor Carol Vincent, UCL Centre for Sociology of Education and Equity, 14 June.[Presentation link]

2018

Cabalquinto, E. C. B, "Visa is expensive but if it's the love of your life then it's worth it, right?" Re-examining the curation of a Filipina-Australian relationship on YouTube, Digital Intimacies 4: Porousness & Permutations, Curtin University, 5 - 7 December 2018.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (panelist), "Academic research, creative work and grassroots community engagement in Australia", International Research Forum on the Philippines 2018, 26 - 27 November 2018, La Trobe University. [Link]

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., "On diverse and structured mobilities: The im/mobile life of the Filipino adult migrant children in Melbourne, Australia", Youth futures: Connection and mobility in the Asia Pacific, Deakin University, 15 -16 November 2018.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., “Fragmented, Connected, Disrupted: Managing crisis through mobile media use among the transnational Filipino family”, Digital Transactions in Asia Conference, Manila, Philippines, 10 – 12 October 2018.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., "The infrastructures of an [Im]mobile family life at a distance", Comparative Communication Study International Symposium, Deakin University, 1 - 3 October 2018.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (participant), "Rethinking the circulation of care through mobile device in a neoliberal society: The mobile practices of left-behind mothers in the Philippines", 'Feminism after neoliberalism' round table, School of Media, Film & Journalism, Monash University, 21 July.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B. (invited), “Media effects and migration”, Media Effects Panel, Culture Media Economy (CME) Seminar, Monash University, 25 May.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., (invited), “Rethinking mediated im/mobilities: Uncovering the paradoxical consequences of mobile media use in the conduct of Filipino family life at a distance”, Asia Pacific Seminar Series, RMIT, 9 May.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Queensland University of Technology Digital Media Research Centre Summer School 2018, Brisbane, Australia, 5 – 9 February 2018.

2017

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., “Paradoxical mobilities: Rethinking the mobile lives of the transnational Filipino family in Melbourne, Australia,” AusMob Launch Symposium, The Future of Mobilities Research in Australia and Beyond, School of Geography, University of Melbourne, 7 – 8 December.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., "You really love us, my son": Rethinking intimacy at a distance by unravelling the politics of digital remittances and gift giving,” Digital Intimacies 3.0: Connections & Disconnections, RMIT, 13 - 15 November.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., “It’s different if I’m back home…”: Homeland connections through mobile caregiving among adult Filipino children in Melbourne, Australia,” Youth, Digital Participation and Citizenship in the Asia Pacific, Deakin University, 8 – 9 November 2017.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., “The politics of a mobile home: Uneven mediated mobilities and fixities in the conduct of family life at a distance,” At home with digital media, Queensland University of Technology, 2 -3 November.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., “Affective Publics and Philippine Everyday Politics,” Monash Asia Institute, Trans-Asia Workshop on the "political" potential of digital communication and social media, Monash University, 22 September.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B. and Hutchins, B., “Moving through Networks: Smartphones, Wi-Fi Networks and the Attitudes of Rail Commuters to the Monitoring of their Movement,” Australia and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA), Sydney, 4 - 7 July.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B. and Ladrido, M., On Ritualistic (Dis)Connections: Re-imagining the Homeland Through the Lens of Affective Media, Changing Ecologies of Media Industries: Technology, Business, Policy, and Culture, International Conference, Chuncheon, Korea, 23 - 25 April.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Differential Communicative Mobilities: The Case of the Transnational Filipino Family, Workshop: Multimedia, Mobility & The Digital Southeast Asian Family, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 20 -21 April.

2016

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Researching Mediated and Mobile Lives: A Visual Approach, 5th Inter-Asia Pop Music Conference - PhD Pre-Conference Workshop, The Asian Cultural and Media Studies (ACMS) Research Cluster and Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, 9 December.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., An (Im)mobile Life: Mythic Mobilities in Selected Advertisements of Globe Telecom, National Conference on Philippine Popular Culture, Ateneo de Manila University, 6-7 October.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Traces of (Dis)comfort: Caring at a distance through mobile device among the transnational Filipino family, part of the panel ‘Digital Communications, Politics and Society in Asia’, Asian Studies Association of Australia Conference, Australian National University, 5 -7 July.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Promise and Paradox: Mobile media use and the complexity of Filipino family life at a distance, part of the panel ‘On connectivity and complexity: Investigating mobile and social media in Asia’, Asian Cultural and Media Studies (ACMS) Research Cluster Post-graduate event, Monash University, 13 May.

2015

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Ambivalent mediated mobilities: Negotiating co-presence and gendered practices among the transnational Filipino family, Minor Culture, Conference for the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia, University of Melbourne, 1- 3 December.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Ambivalent intimacies: The mediated mobile lives of the transnational Filipino family, Digital intimate publics: Identities, relationships and value in social media cultures, The University of Queensland, 19- 20 November.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., “I wish you’re here!”: Mobility-based ambivalences and the transnational Filipino family, Workshop on Mobiles and Social Media in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, The University of Sydney, 12-13 November.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., On Comparisons and Contrasts: Investigating communicative practices among transnational Filipino families in the age of mobilities (paper submission only), The 1st Monash University Philippine Studies Roundtable: Researching Philippine Humanities and Social Sciences in Australia, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, 17 September.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Ambivalent intimacies: Mobile media and relationship management among the transnational Filipino family, The Asian Cultural and Media Studies Research Cluster, Monash University, 27 May.

2014

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Of being here and there: Appropriation of network capital in mobilising transnational Filipino family life, Australia and New Zealand Communication Association Inc. (ANZCA) Conference, Swinburne University, 8-11 July.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., A portrait of the transnational Filipino family: Camera phone practices and intimacy at a distance, Philippine Studies: Australia and beyond, La Trobe University, 15-16 September.

2013

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Blogging away from home: Blogs as discursive platform of empowerment among OFW Bloggers, All-Filipino Research Forum, La Trobe University, 1 June.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Revisiting the “Tayo” and “Kami” (We) Discourse in Philippine research: “Pantayong Pananaw” (From-us-for-us perspective) as a critical viewpoint in a globalised research landscape, Specter of Comparisons: A Global-Local Dynamic in Doing Philippine Research in Melbourne, Cultural Typhoon Melbourne Seminar #4, University of Melbourne, 20 June.

2012

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Blogging away from home: Blogs as discursive platforms of empowerment among Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) bloggers, Investigator/Narrator: Uncovering Narrative in Critical Inquiry, 2012 ECPS Postgraduate Colloqium, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Australia, 28 - 29 November.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Blogging away from home: Blogs as discursive platforms of empowerment among Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) bloggers, International Conference on Media and Market Language, Asian Congress for Media and Communication, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 25-27 October.

Cabalquinto, E. C. B., Blogging away from home: Blogs as discursive platforms of empowerment among Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) bloggers, Creatively Rediscovering Media and Communication, National Communication Research Conference, University of the Philippines, 13 – 14 January.

PEER REVIEWER

Media International Australia; Mobile Media and Communication; Asian Studies Review; Cultural Sociology; New Media and Society; Emotion, Space and Society; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine; International Journal of Cultural Studies; Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration; Journal of Family Studies; Human Technology: An interdisciplinary journal on humans in ICT environments; Philippine Journal of Development Communication, and; Plaridel: A Philippine journal of communication, media and society.

GUEST LECTURE

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

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 of 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, September 2020, [LINK]

Behind the screens: Survivor opens up about digital abuse at the hands of same-sex partner, quoted by Nikki Alfonso-Gregorio, September 2020, [LINK]

Lesson plan for digital learning, interviewed by Maridel Martinez-Andanar of SBS Melbourne (Radio) in the Filipino Language Program, 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, 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, 27 June 2018. [LINK].

Digital Connections, interviewed by Maridel Martinez-Andanar of SBS Melbourne (Radio) in the Filipino Language Program, 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, 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, 22 December 2013. [LINK]