Acts of Dialogue: Introducing Ub Ubbo

An intrinsic sense of community and working together for the common good. This embodies the concept of ub ubbo, the Kankanaey word for Bayanihan in Tagalog. A seven part series, Acts of Dialogue investigates the complexity of cultural exchanges between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians and Indigenous and non-Indigenous Filipinos. Image: Ub Ubbo Exchange founding members (L-R) Lope Bosaing, Pablo Capati and Sean James Cassidy (Ub Ubbo Exchange)

Ub Ubbo Exchange founding members (L-R) Lope Bosaing, Pablo Capati and Sean James Cassidy Source: Ub Ubbo Exchange

Since 2008, the Ub Ubbo Exchange arts collective has been holding cultural exchanges between regional Philippines and Australia. In a world where rapid change and the challenging of the status quo divides communities on the opposite ends of the social and political spectrum, I have been interested in finding out what the role of art is in engaging in dialogue among artists from diverse backgrounds.

Musician/Group: Dusty Yellow Sunbeams

Song: Birds Flying at the Headlights

Produced by: Sunfield Records