ABOUT

Clod Marlan Krister V. Yambao  is an Assistant Professor of Art Studies in the  College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines, Diliman.   He finished  his  BA Art Studies  ( Interdisciplinary:  Political Science and  Psychology concentration)  and  MA in Art Studies (Art History) at the University of the Philippines. He was a recipient of the  2016  IMPAKT ASIA Mobility research grant where he delivered lectures on cultural politics, aesthetic statism and time at the  Department of Conflict and Development Studies, Faculty of Political and Social  Science  in the University of Ghent,  Belgium. He was also awarded the same research grant in 2018. In addition, he also taught and  delivered  lectures and seminars on conflict and political theory at the Department of Conflict and Development Studies in 2018 and 2019.

He is currently taking his Ph.D. in Political Science  under  the Conflict Research Group, Department of Conflict and Development Studies, Faculty of Political and Social Science and the Doctoral School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium.

He is a  night owl.

GENERAL ACADEMIC   INTERESTS
Aesthetics and Art Theory,   Mass and Popular Culture, Politics, Cultural Studies, Contemporary Art, Philippine Art History (Marcos Regime [1969-1986] and Installation art [1969- present]), Avant- Garde,  Globalization and Modernity Studies,  Performance Studies,  Affect Studies, Postcolonialism,  Time, and  Critical Theories of class,  gender, quotidian and subjectivity.

TEACHING STATEMENT

My teaching pedagogy focuses on the inter- and transdisciplinal cultivation of knowledge in the field of Arts and  Humanities. I am interested in the uses of Art Studies in making and shaping the critical imaginations of the students as committed citizens of the nation and the planet. In my classes, I foster these interests by encouraging them to critically formulate relevant problematiques  and creative actions,   by nurturing their cultural intelligence and inquiries, and by setting healthy discussions and dialogues. My classes seek to pursue these approaches by examining a variety of topics such as aesthetics, art theory, critical theory,  contemporary art and cultures, quotidian studies, and criticism.