SINING-BAYAN: ART OF NATION BUILDING Social Artistry Fieldbook to Promote Good Citizenship Values for Prosperity and Integrity PHILIPPINE COPYRIGHT 2009 by the United Nations Development Programme Philippines, Makati City, Philippines, UP National College of Public Administration and Governance, Quezon City and Bagong Lumad Artists Foundation, Inc. Edited by Vicente D. Mariano Editorial Assistant: Maricel T. Fernandez Border Design by Alma Quinto Project Director: Alex B. Brillantes Jr. Resident Social Artist: Joey Ayala Project Coordinator: Pauline S. Bautista Siningbayan Pilot Team: Joey Ayala, Pauline Bautista, Jaku Ayala Production Team: Joey Ayala Pauline Bautista Maricel Fernandez Jaku Ayala Ma. Cristina Aguinaldo Mercedita Miranda Vincent Silarde ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of research or review, as permitted under the copyright, this book is subject to the condition that it should not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, sold, or circulated in any form, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. The scanning, uploading and distribution of this book via the Internet or via other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by applied laws. ALL SONGS COPYRIGHT Joey Ayala PRINTED IN THE PHILIPPINES by JAPI Printzone, Corp. Text Set in Garamond ISBN 978 971 94150 1 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS i MESSAGE Mary Ann Fernandez-Mendoza Commissioner, Civil Service Commission ii FOREWORD Bro. Rolando Dizon, FSC Chair, National Congress on Good Citizenship iv PREFACE: Siningbayan: Art of Nation Building Alex B. Brillantes, Jr. Dean, UP-NCPAG vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii INTRODUCTION Joey Ayala President, Bagong Lumad Artists Foundation Inc.(BLAFI) 1 Musical Reflection: KUNG KAYA MONG ISIPIN Joey Ayala 2 SININGBAYAN Joey Ayala 5 PART I : PAGSASALOOB (CONTEMPLACY) 9 “BUILDING THE GOOD SOCIETY WE WANT” My Hope as a Teacher in Political and Governance Jose V. Abueva 19 THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUES ENSHRINED IN THE PREAMBLE OF THE 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION Josefina Atienza – Salvaña 25 Musical Reflection: BATHALA Joey Ayala 26 SOCIAL ARTISTRY: DIGNITY, DEVELOPMENT, AND GOVERNANCE Alex B. Brillantes, Jr. 38 OVERCOMING POVERTY WITH SOCIAL ARTISTRY: Art Whose Canvas Is Society Antonio Meloto 46 Musical Reflection: CLASSROOM 101 Joey Ayala 47 OVERCOMING CORRUPTION: Basic Things To Know Asia Pacific Human Development Report, EO 828, AO255, UNCAC Preamble and General Provisions 60 Musical Reflection: TINGNAN N’YO (ARKIPELAGO) Joey Ayala 56 CAN WE REALLY SOLVE CORRUPTION? Alex Brillantes, Jr., Pauline Salvaña-Bautista and Maricel Fernandez 58 HOW TO SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE CORRUPTION Teresita D. Baltazar 61 THE UNFINISHED EVOLUTION: TOWARDS A FILIPINO CONSCIOUSNESS Felipe M. de Leon, Jr. 85 Musical Reflection: PAG-IBIG SA TINUBUANG LUPA Poem by Andres Bonifacio Recording Artists: Karina David and Becky Demetillo Abraham 86 BEING AND BECOMING GOOD CITIZENS THROUGH SOCIAL ARTISTRY Mary Ann Fernandez-Mendoza 93 Musical Reflection: ULTIMOADIOS Adapted by Joey Ayala from various translations of the poem by Jose Rizal 95 Musical Reflection: TUNGO SA LIWANAG Joey Ayala 96 PART 2: PAGSALINAW (ARTICULACY) 96 PAGSALINAW (ARTICULACY) Joey Ayala 99 Musical Reflection: WALANG IBANG SADYA Joey Ayala 103 VISUAL ARTS FOR DEVELOPMENT Alma Quinto 112 Musical Reflection: MAGKAUGNAY Joey Ayala 113 CREATING DANCE STUDIES IN FIVE RELEVANT LESSONS Basilio Esteban S. Villaruz 135 Musical Reflection: AGILA Joey Ayala 137 PROMOTING GOOD CITIZENSHIP: PETA’s Creative Empowerment Through Theater Ma. Gloriosa Cabangon 153 Musical Reflection: MAGLAKAD Joey Ayala 156 KUWENTONG BAYAN (STORY TELLING) Christine S. Bellen 161 Musical Reflection: IKAW AT AKO Joey Ayala 163 ULAT: TULA Victor Emmanuel Carmelo D. Nadera, Jr. 166 Musical Reflection: AWIT NG MORTAL Joey Ayala 169 PART 3: PAGSAGANAP (OPERACY) 169 IMAGINATION: ART OF NATION-BUILDING Joey Ayala 172 SOCIAL ARTISTRY AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: BECOMING THE BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING WE ARE MEANT TO BE Mary Ann Fernandez-Mendoza 185 Musical Reflection: NARITO Joey Ayala 186 SOCIAL ARTISTRY IN CIVIC WELFARE TRAINING SERVICE Building the Self to Extend to Others Pauline S. Bautista 195 Musical Reflection: MAGKABILAAN Joey Ayala 197 SOCIAL ARTISTRY IN VOTER EDUCATION Henrietta T. de Villa 199 GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUES IN VOTER EDUCATION Good Citizenship Movement 204 PART IV: EVALUATION GUIDE Dinah Palmera S. Nadera 211 AFTERWORD Joey Ayala 212 Musical Reflection: PASASALAMAT Joey Ayala 214 CHAPTER AUTHORS MESSAGE We look forward to witnessing the benefits that will be gained from this knowledge product and the workshops that will spring forth from it. In 2005, the UNDP published a Social Artistry Field Book written by the Anthropologist Jean Houston, well-known for the potency of her pioneering work in capacity-building. We were fortunate indeed that the UP-NCPAG was among the institutions which accepted the initiative of the Civil Service Commission to appropriate Social Artistry for “Decentralizing the Millennium Development Goals” and was represented in the Training Workshop held at the Development Academy of the Philippines, conducted by Jean Houston and her Team of Facilitators, among them an actress-poet, an educator who created beautiful concept-maps that were works of art and a psychologist. In 2007, when the UP-NCPAG, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Good Citizenship Movement (GCM) chose to focus on the process of Social Artistry in the conduct of the 2nd National Congress on Good Citizenship, UNDP was eager to see how the congress would run and the effects it would have. In 2008, responding to requests by 2007 the Congress participants, the UNDP partnered with the Congress Secretariat, the Center for Leadership, Citizenship and Democracy, to implement “ImagiNation: Art of Nation Building - Extension Training Workshops” in Davao and Bayawan and partner in Training Workshops in Cebu, Los Baños and Manila. Soon after the Extension Trainings Workshops were implemented, the 2008 Social Artistry Trainees requested for a Trainers’ Training in 2009. Siningbayan –Training Pilots with various sectors and The Siningbayan “Marketplace of Ideas”1 have been piloted with members of national government, local government and civil society with the themes Democracy and Leadership. This Field Book produced by the UP-NCPAG responds to the requests to further facilitate the institutionalization of Social Artistry, the way it is now articulated in this rich tapestry of wisdom by Filipinos engaged in reawakening the Filipinos’ capacity to overcome poverty and transform corruption. MARY ANN Z. FERNANDEZ-MENDOZA Commissioner Philippine Civil Service Commission 1 An evolved Knowledge Product that came out of the initiative of Dr. Boyie Buendia to apply Social Artistry / Siningbayan process to the 4th UNDP Partners Meeting of 2009. i FOREWORD While the most obvious signs of our national crisis are massive poverty, high unemployment, and massive immigration, an increasing awareness worldwide of the need to build the capacity of the mind and spirit as a core and a pillar of development opens up opportunities for attainable transformation. The Filipino must now “discover a consciousness that articulates its own economic, political and cultural aspirations,”1 and discover venues for expressing his “goodness and genius as a people.” (Felipe de Leon,Jr., 2nd National Congress on Good Citizenship Presentor) The crisis we face today as a nation is the cumulative loss of the fundamental values and beliefs which our forebears adhered to. We have seen how Leaders of Local Government Units, National Government Agencies, Civil Society, Non-Government Organizations, People’s Organizations and Business who make a difference in our people’s well being are known for harnessing their “initiative, innovativeness and creativity” (Alex Brillantes, National Congress on Good Citienship Congress Co-Chair) in surpassing the logistical limitations of resources in order to deliver the services rightfully due every Filipino. This is “art whose canvas is society” (Tony Meloto, 1st National Congress on Good Citizenship Keynote Speaker). It is the “reawakening of the sleeping manlilikha in each one” (Joey Ayala, 2nd National Congress on Good Citizenship Resident Social Artist). It manifests in Patriotism, Integrity and Excellence. This is art that builds society, which we may choose to call “Social Artistry.” The Filipinos’ intrinsic Social Artistry needs to be harnessed quickly to stave off further deterioration of the quality of our citizen’s life amidst persistent poverty and widespread corruption. When UNDP first introduced Social Artistry for Governance Capacity Building in 2005, UP-NCPAG was among the institutions which responded to their invitation to participate in the training workshop entitled, “Social Artistry: Decentralizing the Millennium Development Goals” facilitated by Jean Houston. As we prepared for the 2nd National Congress on Good Citizenship (NCGC), convened by the UP-NCPAG, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Good Citizenship Movement (GCM) in 2007, we chose Social Artistry to be a principal focus of the Congress. 1 Constantino, Renato. Identity & Consciousness: The Philippine Experience, Quezon City: Malaya Books, 1974. ii Entitled, “ImagiNation: Art of Nation Building- Promoting Good Citizenship Values to Overcome Poverty and Transform Corruption,” the 2nd NCGC featured plenary talks which elicited imaginings towards a poverty-and corruption- free society,