Esteemed social anthropologist Dr. Mary Racelis demonstrated what has seen her through her many years of success as a researcher and development worker when she shared her insights with participants during the 42nd UGAT Conference on November 17. In her …
He opened his presentation with the image of that ostrich sprinting comically down a residential street. But the situations that followed served to demonstrate how human behavior was often more absurd. The opening event in the 42nd Conference of UGAT—the …
Amy. Nora. Marilyn. Yvette. Through their voices, the situation of older Filipino women “in the middle” of providing care for their immediate family in their place of migration, as well as elderly family members who have been left behind, was …
Visual anthropology is the study of people and society commonly using ethnographic film and photography. In the time of COVID-19, what happens when one no longer has the option to engage in face-to-face interaction to collect audio-visual data? Suggestions and …
In an alternative world, ancestry is traced through maternal descent. And the roles men perform are merely ambiguous. While this may sound like fantasy, it is a very real and living culture that is followed by the Minangkabau, an ethnic …
After a successful run with the first three presentations in its 41st anniversary webinar series, the Social Development Research Center conducted its initial online workshop on September 11 entitled “A Guide to Qualitative and Quantitative Research.” With College of Liberal …
The Social Development Research Center has accepted an invitation to join the Dignified Pacific Initiative (DPI), whose goal is to empower communities in the Pacific region to rearticulate the role and worth of their cultural and natural resources as contributions …
The Social Development Research Center displays its range of expertise once more as it establishes a groundbreaking new program in response to the “new normal.” This term, it welcomes Dr. Kaitu’u ‘I Pangai Funaki, founder of the Dignified Pacific Initiative …
Social norms are difficult. All people do the same things, or else they face exclusion from society. This harsh but inescapable reality was tackled by Rajan Parajuli, resident representative for the Population Media Center in Nepal, in a presentation entitled …