[ISEA2023] Institutional Presentation: Diego Maranan, Pieter Steyaert, Lucky Vengua, Franchesca Casauay, Jerome Suplemento, Mona Nasser, Ann Peeters, Robert Figueroa, Ulrike Kuchner, Amy Holt, Pim Tournaye, Yvette Gonzalez & Angelo Vermeulen — The BUKAS Lab: Opening artscience exploration and futures literacy in the Global South

Institutional Presentation Statement

Keywords: Global South, sustainable development, open and distance learning, international collaborations, postcolonial partnerships, creative industries.

BUKAS is a physical space and collaboration platform for pluridisciplinary and intersectoral initiatives in art, design, technology, and futures literacy centered around the context of the sustainable development and socioeconomic justice in the context of the Philippines in particular and the Global South in general. In this institutional presentation, we describe the constitution of BUKAS and a sampling of its current and past projects and initiatives.
https://bukas.upou.edu.ph

  • Diego Maranan, University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines, Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS), Belgium, and MetaFuturism Lab, UK,
  • Pieter Steyaert, Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS), Belgium and MetaFuturism Lab, UK
  • Lucky Vengua, University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines, and Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS), Belgium
  • Franchesca Casauay, Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS), Belgium
  • Jerome Suplemento, University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines
  • Mona Nasser, Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS), Belgium, aqnd MetaFuturism Lab, UK
  • Ann Peeters, Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS), Belgium
  • Robert Figueroa, University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines, and Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS), Belgium
  • Ulrike Kuchner, Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS), Belgium, and University of Nottingham, UK
  • Amy Holt, Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS), Belgium
  • Pim Tournaye, Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS), Belgium, and MetaFuturism Lab, UK
  • Yvette Gonzalez, Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS), Belgium, and MetaFuturism Lab, UK
  • Angelo Vermeulen, Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS), Belgium and Delft University of Technology, Netherlands