{"id":2639,"date":"2026-01-12T09:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smc.org.ph\/?post_type=event&#038;p=2639"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:36:40","slug":"migration-conversations-with-mr-jay-mar-albaos","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/smc.org.ph\/index.php\/event\/migration-conversations-with-mr-jay-mar-albaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration Conversations with Mr. Jay Mar Albaos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 18 November 2025, the Scalabrini Migration Center (SMC) hosted Mr. Jay Mar Albaos for a Migration Conversations session sharing his work as an anthropologist and <a><\/a>artistic researcher in Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jay\u2019s presentation, entitled \u201cA Personal Attempt to Note Down Migrant Precarity in Flemish Belgium: The Other is (Always) Angry,\u201d is based on his recently published article bearing the same title (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/16094069251392416?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExS1MzSVJOYldDNDJ3c0RiUnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6zcS81yGABQ3Ze953dfY_zTkpOF-lEY0rz2wSVPw1gUA9eW7bhufWAzoutpA_aem_kcCm1iYpj5FUlj7lSY3gDw\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/16094069251392416<\/a>), exploring migrant precarity through autoethnography and artistic immersion. He is a PhD candidate at the LUCA School of Arts (Gent) \/ KU Leuven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presentation was attended by colleagues from the government and the academe, spurring reflections on advocacy, cultural diversity, and exchanges on how the findings can translate into policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is part of the AspirE project\u2019s activities. For more information about AspirE, see <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faspire.ulb.be%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExS1MzSVJOYldDNDJ3c0RiUnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4KmVFh7J2PAdHA8Dej-ZcvAblAWn2OSHpYwzyCioVZ2wrG3tIcpm6lWOsXNA_aem_35Ysf0i56bNT7PzLSxJvhg&amp;h=AT0xjZN5-qaGZySMIzq3pz1Gyajc8q2G5xF4TsqGtbj2uiF1b-mdzQ8mRQ0eM2u4l62s6e0PIPadDq9loZ3N97J4W0tF37vz_TtLvounis2XtGewf44OfyROa8lm4BXx5T50n--GYLlubA&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c[0]=AT18YLFArAT_pgPA2F6WRVxCp2gUKte7eW4DzrJq0LiFaAKZMVngBMH3XUYtuKb3U15BxnwKw_Q8Hnc77P10SmdzTv5Vw3DPwzQ9eVaOHykrSBV0bp9WTKn8F_Oh6OKi-56t27llauluycgjIj956Fo_akm5kek5hKG2M_dvY1uaWDPRIMQdAVg2G8K6_3NDfGyr6KPG3CFqoGD-TuXskP1M\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/aspire.ulb.be.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img 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