Anticipation over SDRC’s first webinar for 2021 began when its director announced the Center had generated the highest number of registrants for the event since the series began. Shortly after the schedule was released, there were already more participants than …
“For the results of a statistical test you have four possibilities…For a Type II error, you have a false negative. Parang na-test ka ng COVID.” Making abstract concepts come alive through very familiar examples is a skill the Social Development …
It promised to be a rich conversation, based on the number of questions that begged to be addressed: What exactly is Indigenous Peoples’ studies? Should it be conceptualized for IPs, or for non-IPs? What would make such a program authentic? …
“Before the islands were bought, we were the ones guarding the place. But now that the islands have been sold, [the harvest] is prohibited there…” This retelling of the sad history of livelihood among the Tagbanua and Cuyunon indigenous groups …
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 …