Abbreviations
| acla | (American Comparative Literature Association) |
| bold | (Blood Oxygen Level-dependent) |
| bpd | (Borderline Personality Disorder) |
| camp | (Contemporary Art Museum of the Philippines) |
| cchs-csic | (Center for Human and Social Sciences—Higher Council for Scientific Research [Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas]) |
| ccp | (Cultural Center of the Philippines) |
| csa | (Central Statistical Authority) |
| daad | (German Academic Program of Exchange [Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst]) |
| dla | (Archive of German Literature [Deutsches Literatur-Archiv Marbach]) |
| dlsu | (De la Salle University) |
| dsm | (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) |
| edsa | (Epiphany of the Saints Ave [Epifanio de los Santos Avenue in the current Metro Manila map terminology]) |
| fMRI | (Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional mri) |
| fpu | (University Faculty Training program [Programa de Formación del Profesorado Universitario del Ministerio de España]) |
| gdp | (Gross Domestic Product) |
| IC | (Institutional Critique) |
| inif-ucr | (Institute of Philosophical Research—University of Costa Rica [Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Filosóficas—Universidad de Costa Rica]) |
| laws | (Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems) |
| MoMO | (Museum of Mental Objects) |
| pac | (Performance Art Consultancy) |
| rcc | (Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard) |
| rll | (Romance Languages and Literatures) |
| sgn | (Scapular Gallery Nomad) |
| tomb | (The Other Manila Biennale) |
| ucla | (The University of Los Angeles in California) |
| ucm | (Complutense University of Madrid [Universidad Complutense de Madrid]) |
| ufpe | (Federal University of Pernambuco [Universidade Federal de Pernambuco]) |
| who | (World Health Organization) |
| zktf | (Center for Culture and Technical Research [Zentrum für Kultur und Technikforschung at Stuttgart Universität]) |