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WRITINGS

2024

Cabalfin, E., "Postcolonial Entanglements at the Philippine Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair", part of "Roundtable on Asian American and Pacific Islander Architects and Designers", edited by Alice Tseng, Gail Dubrow, and Sean McPherson, Journal of Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 83, No. 1, (March 2024), (Berkeley, CA: SAH and University of California Press)

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2024

Cabalfin, E. "Archival Notes: Part 1 - Historical Context" and "Archival Notes: Part 2 - Contemporary Responses"  in "Tripa de Gallina: Guts of Estuary" Catalogue of the Philippine Pavilion at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale 2023. edited by Sam Domingo and Choie Funk, (Manila/Venice: National Commission for Culture and the Arts)

2024

Cabalfin, E. Shifting Sands: Visions, Propositions, Reimaginations (Mandaluyong City: Barchan + Architecture)

2024

Cabalfin, E. "Neoliberalism and Architecture in Metro Manila" in Manila Architecture Guide, edited by Bianca Martin  (Berlin: DOM Publishers)

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2024

Cabalfin, E. "The Platform City: Skywalking in Metro Manila", in  Interior Urbanism Theory Reader, edited by Gregory Marinic (London: Routledge)

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2024

Cabalfin, E., Altenmuller-Lewis, U., Comazzi, J., Hamel, C., Resnick, N., Robinson, P., Nicholson, K., Zaretsky, M., “Framework for Expanding K-12 Engagement”, (Washington D.C., Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture - ACSA)

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2023

Cabalfin, E. "Appropriating the Native: Shifting Definitions of the Vernacular in Twentieth Century Philippine Architecture", in  Design and the Vernacular: Interpretations for Contemporary Architecture Practice and Theory, edited by Paul Memmott, John Ting, Tim O' Rourke, and Marcel Vellinga (London: Bloomsbury)

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2023

Cabalfin, E., Nicholson, K., Parr, A., Ng, A., Daniels, K., Lopez-Dinardi, M., Resnick, N., "Fellowships in Architectural Education", Report of the ACSA Leadership Committee 2022-2023, (Washington D.C.: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture)

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2023

Cabalfin, E. "Towards Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Tulane School of Architecture", in The ReView: How and What For, edited by Andrea Bardon deTena (Barcelona: Actar/Tulane School of Architecture)

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2022

Cabalfin, E. What Kids Should Know About Filipino Architecture, Second Edition (Manila: Adarna Books)

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2022

Cabalfin, E. “Filipino-American Architects and Designers in the Twentieth Century”, part of In Search of Asian American Pacific Islander Architects and Designers Final Report, Sean McPherson and Gail Dubrow (PI), sponsored by the Society of Architectural Historians and Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.

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​2020

Cabalfin, E. "Kawilihan: Constructing a Fascination" in The Vargas Collection: Art and Filipiniana, edited by Patrick Flores (Quezon City: U.P. Vargas Museum), pp. 58-95

2020

Cabalfin, E. (Zikang Zhang, trans.), “Posuto-koroniaru jidai no aidentiti -poritikusu to bankokuhakurankai ni okeru firipin-kan 1958-1992” (Postcolonial Identity Politics and Philippine Pavilions in International Expositions, 1958–1992), in Mayuko Sano, ed., Banpaku-gaku: Bankokuhakurankai to iu sekai o haaku suru hoho (Expo-logy: Expos as a Method of Grasping the World), Kyoto: Shibunkaku shuppan, 2020, pp. 225-239. 

2020

Cabalfin, E. "Book Review - Deco Filipino: Art Deco Heritage in the Philippines", Spirit of Progress: Journal of Art Deco and Modernism Society of Australia, Spring 2020, 21(4): 32-33

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2020

Cabalfin, E. "Bahay Kubo as Iconography: Representing the Vernacular in Postwar Architecture in the Philippines" in Fabrications: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians - Australia and New Zealand, 30(1) (London: Taylor and Francis)

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2018

Cabalfin, E., ed. The City Who Had Two Navels: Catalogue of the Philippine Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale, (Manila/Venice: National Commission for Culture and the Arts)

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2018

Cabalfin, E., “The City Who Had Two Navels: Philippine Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale”, Domus Magazine, Special Section “Architecture in the Philippines” (Milan, Italy, December 2018)

2017

Cabalfin, E., “Postcolonial Identity Politics and Philippine Pavilions in International Expositions, 1958-1992” in Asia, Expos and Human History, edited by Mayuko Sano (Kyoto, Japan: International Research Center for Japanese Studies), pp. 109-125.

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​2016

Cabalfin, E., “Conquest and Resistance: Intersections of Colonialism and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Philippine Architectures” in Journal of Southeast Asian Architecture, No. 13 (Singapore: National University of Singapore): 62-73.

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2015

Cabalfin, E., “Condensing the Country: Identity Politics in the Design of the Nayong Pilipino (Philippine Village) and the1998 Expo Pilipino” in Espasyo: Journal of Philippine Architecture and Allied Arts, Vol. 1, No. 6 (Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts): 26-39.

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2015

Cabalfin, E., “Nasyonalismo at Arkitekturang Filipino (Nationalism and Filipino Architecture)” in Kritikal na Espasyo sa Kulturang Popular (Critical Spaces in Popular Culture), edited by Roland Tolentino and Gary Deviles (Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press)

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2015

Cabalfin, E., “Rampa: Dynamics of Queer Space and Sex Work at Quezon Memorial Circle, Philippines” in Ways of Queering, Ways of Seeing, edited by Jillian Cox and Jo Grez (Oxford, UK: Inter-disciplinary Press)

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2015

Cabalfin, E., “Paradigm Shift: A Manifesto Towards Architecture that is Inclusive, Humane and Empowering” in BluPrint Magazine: Architecture and Design Sourcebook, Special Issue (Manila, July 2015)

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2014

Cabalfin, E., “The Politics of Nation in the Urban Form of Informal Settlements in Quezon City, Philippines” in Reading the Architecture of Underprivileged Classes, edited by Nnamdi Elleh, (London: Ashgate Press)

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2013

Cabalfin, E., “World Meets Pinoy: Cadiz International, Filipino Creativity Abroad” in BluPrint Magazine: Architecture and Design Sourcebook, Volume 6 (Manila, December 2013)

2013

Cabalfin, E., “Rampa: Sex, Surveillance and Spectacle at the Quezon Memorial Circle, Philippines” in Queer Sexualities: Diversifying Queer, Queer Diversity (ebook), edited by Vikki Fraser (Oxford, UK: Inter-disciplinary Press)

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2009

Cabalfin, E., “The Other’s Other: Self-Exoticism and National Identity in Postcolonial Philippine Architectures, 1946-1998” in Espasyo: Journal of Philippine Architecture and Allied Arts, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2009): 4-9

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2009

Cabalfin, E., “Narratives of Filipino Space: Book Review of Arkitekturang Filipino – A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Philippines” Espasyo: Journal of Philippine Architecture and Allied Arts, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2009)

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2008

Cabalfin, E., “Nation as Spectacle: Identity Politics of Philippine Pavilions at International Expositions, 1958-1992” and “Modernizing the Native: The Vernacular and the Nation in Philippine Modern Architectures” in Building Modernity: A Century of Philippine Architecture and Allied Arts, CD-ROM Edition, Edson Cabalfin, editor (Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2008)

2008

Cabalfin, E., “Drama Unfolding: The CSB-SDA Building” in Tsuper Magazine, Vol. 1 (Manila: October 80 Publications, December 2008)

2006

Cabalfin, E., “Modernizing the Native: The Vernacular and the Nation in Philippine Modern Architectures” in DOCOMOMO Journal, No. 43, (Paris, France: DOCOMOMO – International Working Party on the Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighborhoods of the Modern Movement, March 2006): 34-41

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2003

Cabalfin, E., “Mala-Baklang Espasyo sa Arkitekturang Filipino: Estetika, Morpolohiya, Konteksto (Bakla-like Spaces in Filipino Architecture: Aesthetics, Morphology, Context)” in Tabi-Tabi sa Pagsasantanbi: Critical Notes by Lesbians and Gays on the Arts, Culture and Language, edited by Eugene Evasco, Roselle Pineda and Rommel Rodriguez (Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press)

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2003

Cabalfin, E., “Intersections, Representations and Exoticism: Reconfiguring the Historiography of Philippine Art Deco Architecture” in Bulawan: Journal on Philippine Culture and the Arts, No. 8 (Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts): 26-39

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2002

Cabalfin, E., “Contextualizing Culture and Identity in Architecture: The Postcolonial Development of Filipino Architecture” in Arkitekturang Filipino: Spaces and Places in History (The Multimedia CD-ROM Edition), edited by Gerard Lico, (Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts)

2001

Cabalfin, E., “Pagbalangkas ng Arkitekturang Filipino: Alternatibong Kritikal na Kategorya sa Filipinong Historyograpiyang Arkitektural (Reframing Filipino Architecture: Alternative Critical Categories in Filipino Architectural Historiography)” in Humanities Diliman: Journal of the University of the Philippines – Diliman, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Quezon City: Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research Coordination, University of the Philippines – Diliman): 31-55

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