In the Philippines, the COVID-19 pandemic was not just a medical crisis but also a political one. Itexposed “the weaknesses of state institutions, the exploitation of disaster for vested interests, andimbalanced central-local relations” (Calimbahin & Agojo, 2023, p. 42). Using critical metaphoranalysis, I therefore investigate how this sentiment is instantiated through PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENTmetaphors and metonymies in Philippine Daily Inquirer editorial cartoons. I ascertain how theinteraction between metaphors and metonymies brings about the critical standpoint of the cartoon,which comments on the Philippine government and its pandemic response; it, for example, wascommonly metaphorized in a negative light through the conceptual metonymy TURTLE FOR SLOWNESS,highlighting its sluggish and slow pandemic response. I conclude that analyzing the underlyingconceptual metaphor-metonymy system used in an editorial cartoon not only surfaces the meaning-making process behind their creation, but also the ideologies and sentiments that inform them.
Isa sa mga hamong kinahaharap ng komunidad ng UP Diliman ay ang nakakalulang dami ng estudyante at empleado ng Unibersidad na may pangangailangan sa kalusugang pang-isipan. Hindi sapat ang bilang ng mga psychosocial support specialist (PSS) ng UP Diliman Psychosocial Services (UPD PsycServ) sa dami ng mga nagpapatala para sa serbisyong sikolohikal, kung kaya’t kadalasan ay inaabot ng ilang linggo o isang buwan ang paghihintay bago magkaharap at magkausap ang isang estudyante at kaniyang nakatalagang PSS. Ang pangangailangan ng suportang sikososyal ay lalo lamang napalawak at napaigting ng pandemyang COVID-19. Kasabay ng ilang dagdag na balakid ay ang sunod-sunod na lockdown at pansamantalang pagbabawal sa harapang pakikipag-ugnayan.
Batid ng aming pag-aaral ang kagyat na pangangailangan ng serbisyong evidence-based o nakaangkla sa ebidensiya upang tugunan ang mga hamon sa kalusugang pang-isipan ng Unibersidad. Bilang tugon sa pangangailangang ito ng komunidad ng UP Diliman, nagsagawa kami ng isang programang group psychotherapy na inaasahang pauna sa mga maisasagawang group psychotherapy sa kalaunan. Ang programang ito ay kilala bilang Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy o MBCT. Lumabas sa mga iba’t ibang pag-aaral na ang MBCT ay isang mabisang pamamaraan ng sikoterapi upang maiwasan ang paglala ng depresyon, pagkabalisa, at stress (MacKenzie & Kocovski, 2016; Sipe & Eisendrath, 2012). Kaya, nilayon ng aming pag-aaral na magamit ang group psychotherapy sa pamamagitan ng MBCT upang makapagbigay ng suporta at ginhawa sa mas nakararami. Magagamit din ang mga resulta ng pag-aaral sa pagbuo at pagsasagawa ng mga serbisyong sikolohikal na naaayon sa konteksto at karanasan ng indibidwal, grupo, at komunidad.
Sa kabanatang ito, ilalahad ang ilan sa mga obserbasyon at pagtatanto, maging ang mga puna at pangunahing natuklasan ng aming pag-aaral tungkol sa gamit o husay ng MBCT at kung paano napabubuti ng mga serbisyong sikolohikal ang kakayanan at kasanayan ng mga kliyenteng mag-aaral na harapin ang mga pagsubok sa buhay.
The field of historical linguistics in the Philippines has seen significant developments since its early beginnings in the 1900s, but several questions regarding the relationships among the languages remain unresolved. Current findings indicate a more complex scenario, which involves not only traditional genetic relationship, but also intense and sustained contact among the communities at different scales and time depths.
In this paper, we emphasize an integrated approach for historical linguistics, which considers small-scale contexts, layers of histories, and more fine-grained analyses of data to inform our linguistic reconstructions more fully. Case studies in Ibatan, Porohanon, and the Southwestern and Southeastern Mindanao languages are presented to illustrate how linguistic histories are inextricably tied to complex community histories.
Such a context-dependent approach yields mosaics of micro-histories that are sensitive to “complex geography, ecological disasters, history of migrations and settlement” (Klamer, 2019, p. 19), which can potentially address long overdue questions on the nature of linguistic relationships, points of dispersal of populations, the agents of change, and the spread of innovations across speakers. This pro- posed future direction for the field of historical linguistics in the Philippines is one which is approached from below—localized and richly informed by fine-grained and on-the-ground case studies led by local scholars in close collaboration with members of the communities in consideration.
The resurgent interest in environmental questions in political geography has brought into focus its existing and potential intersections with related fields, including political ecology. Both fields share the core concerns of investigating state, territory, power, and political action around environmental resources; and both draw from a diversity of approaches and methods. In this chapter, I explore the convergences between political geography and political ecology through the vantage point of the urban, surveying two approaches to urban environmental change in urban political ecology and affiliated fields. The first tracks metabolic circulation, extended urbanization, and the state-resource-territory nexus through broadly neo-Marxian framings of the uneven production of urban spaces and environments. The second reviews a range of embodied and situated approaches from feminist, postcolonial, and Southern urbanist scholarship to demonstrate how diverse everyday practices reshape the politics of urban environments. I provide selected empirical examples for both approaches, including my own research on the urbanizing environments of Manila.
Mark Louie L. Lugue. 2024. “Project Planning.” In Upskilling Handbook: Workshop Proceedings and Guide to Developing Modes of Care in Curatorship, edited by Con Cabrera. Manila: Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Hydrometric data poverty compounds the challenge of accounting for uncertainties in non-stationary stage–discharge relationships. This paper builds on three methods to explore the integration of a dynamic approach to rating curve assessment and a physically based Bayesian framework for quantifying discharge amid geomorphologically induced rating shifts in a sparsely gauged alluvial river. The Modified GesDyn–FlowAM–BaRatin method entails sequentially segmenting gaugings according to residual indicators of riverbed instability and channel conveyance variability, leveraging cross-sectional surveys to augment calibration data, and eliciting hydraulic priors for probabilistic rating curve estimation. This method is applied to a Philippine watershed, where quarrying near the gauging station has ostensibly caused morphodynamic adjustments. Time-variable credible intervals for discharge are computed. The optimal estimates (RMSE = 2.96 m3/s) from maximum a posteriori rating curves outperform the hydrographer’s benchmark (RMSE = 5.00 m3/s), whose systematic errors from the gauged flows arise from lapses in shift detection.
Presentation was an abridged version of a term paper for a master's class. The paper is currently being edited for possible submission in journals.
The COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented global crisis, pushing health agencies and ministries to formulate new strategies for crisis management. One of the primary solutions to curb new infections was the COVID-19 vaccine, which became controversial due to disinformation and public hesitancy. In light of this, information campaigns were launched to promote and advertise the vaccine to the public. Campaigns like these have historically made use of persuasion tactics to deliver a message to target audiences. Using semiotics, this paper examines the application of COVID-19 vaccination campaigns launched by the Philippines’ Department of Health and Singapore’s Ministry of Health through selected digital infographics and posters. The paper utilized four (4) artifacts, two (2) from each country.
In this paper, we examine how our notion of solidarity is utilized, according to the circumstances of our communities. Through an observation of how solidarity was called forth during the Covid-19 pandemic and an analysis of how the term is used in immigrant discourse, our research will show that the definition of the term solidarity changes and that throughout the history of philosophical thought it can be understood in various ways. However, we seem to treat it as if it is based on something concrete such as national belonging, shared history, same language, and the like. While this may be true, the wielding of the concept of solidarity is so much more complex and nebulous than the ideas, with which it was built upon.
In this paper, we present how solidarity was a buzzword during the pandemic, but there are several ways with which it can be interpreted both in words and in deeds. In migration studies, solidarity undergoes alterations because of shifting spaces, loyalties, and experiences. We will use the theoretical framework of Rahel Jaeggi in her work on this theme but we will peruse the works of other philosophers as well to show solidarity is an ethical concept, not just a political one. From Durkheim to Honneth, we will show novel ways with which we can have a deeper appreciation of the term. Jaeggi herself was influenced by Durkheim as she applies the idea of solidarity in the debate on welfarism and the healthcare system. Examples of how Japan called for solidarity during the pandemic and how the Filipino concept of bayanihan is used when they move abroad grounds these discusssions.
Our usual notions of solidarity as a moral sentiment is founded on belongingness to a community is not as straightforward as we think. The phenomena of immigration and the pandemic has weakened this argument but there is a more expansive perspective which enriches the discourse on solidarity.
This paper focuses on the degradation of water quality in the Mananga River and aims to analyze spatial changes for the recommendation for rehabilitation. The use of ArcGIS and JMP software allows for the assessment of water quality and the identification of the causes of the contaminants coming from probable sources that are near the river. These activities are mainly rural areas and businesses that could have affected the degradation of the quality of the water in the river. By generating spatial distribution maps and conducting rapid profiling, this paper provides recommendations for rehabilitation. The significance of this paper lies in contributing to decision-making processes and the formulation of protective laws that can help in stop the degradation of the water quality of the river. Limitation includes the quarterly frequency of the water monitoring of the river. The results of this paper suggest that the Mananga River does not meet the requirements for DENR Administrative Order 2016-08 for type A rivers. The spatial distribution maps generated were able to visualize and identify the anthropogenic activities that may be affecting the water quality of the river. The DO showed a value from 0.0011 mg/L – 18.800 mg/L, BOD has a value ranging from 1.000 mg/L to 81.500 mg/L, 4.000 mg/L – 325.980 mg/L for TSS, and pH showed values from 7.400 to 8.800. These findings emphasize the need for government intervention and the development of automated river monitoring systems to facilitate testing and rehabilitation efforts.
This article aims to develop a model of the therapeutic alliance for psychotherapy guided by the concepts of Loob, Pakikibahagi ng Loob, and the framework offered by the Shared Reality Model. The conceptualization is anchored on data from a qualitative survey with 15 Filipino client-therapist dyads living in the Philippines. In the proposed model, client-therapist dynamics are viewed under two levels of analyses: (a) intrapersonal level (inner world or katangiang panloob) – that includes clients’ and therapists’ personality, values, and beliefs; (b) interpersonal level (relational world or ugnayang panloob) – that encapsulates the client-therapist relationship known as the therapeutic alliance. The model hypothesizes that a shared reality (pakikibahagi) in the form of shared inner world (pakikibahagi ng katangiang panloob) and shared relational world (pakikibahagi ng ugnayang panloob) contribute to psychological well-being. Implications for clinical practice, Sikolohiyang Pilipino theorizing, and directions for further research are explored in this paper.
The literature on Political Science education has already established the use of popular culture in teaching International Relations (IR) theories. However, the same recognition does not extend to anime despite its documented potential as an educational tool in the literature. This paper argues that anime contributes to IR and Political Science literature both as an object of study and as a tool in teaching and understanding major IR theories. Using the case of How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom (Realist Hero), this paper demonstrates how major IR theories can also be illustrated through this series. Though earlier analyses of the series focused on realism, this paper builds on those analyses and, at the same time, utilizes other major theories, such as liberalism and constructivism. These three major IR theories were then used to analyze the international politics of the Realist Hero series by focusing on the significant events that transpired in the two-season anime series by J.C. Staff, Co., Ltd., as well as the continuation of its story in the light novel format, written by Dojyamaru.
The Mananga River in the Philippines has been classified as a Class A river in 1997. Since then, the river has significantly deteriorated due to pollution, especially in the downstream area around Talisay in the Cebu region. In this study, the water quality parameters – namely, dissolved oxygen (DO), biological oxygen demand (BOD), and total suspended solids (TSS) were assessed using principal component analysis (PCA). Water quality data were obtained from the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources–Environmental Management Bureau Region 7. The water samples were collected on a quarterly basis from 2016–2019. The effect of weather conditions on water quality and significant relationships between the water quality parameters were determined. In addition, the comparison of water quality in each sampling station was investigated. Results show that about 84.3% of the total variance in water quality can be attributed to two significant principal component scores. Evident correlations were observed such as DO and BOD are negatively correlated, whereas a positive correlation exists between DO to RH and wind speed, BOD to temperature, and TSS to wind speed. Furthermore, negative correlations are observed between DO to temperature and wind direction, BOD to rainfall, and TSS to wind direction and rainfall. In the overall analysis of the results, the heavier the influence of a variable, the more likely it is to contribute to affecting the water quality. Therefore, this can alter the overall distribution within the plots and the correlations among the variables. The findings are a predictive measure of future changes and trends in the Mananga River. Therefore, the results of the present work will be used in environmental monitoring, environmental management, and assistance for the rehabilitation of the Mananga River using PCA.
Jose Wendell P. Capili. 2024. “When My Father Passed Away.” Slaughterhouse Poems, in Philippine Graphic Reader, 3, 10, Pp. 26.
A contraction of two words: monologue and vlog, the monoVlog is a hybrid performance genre developed during the Covid-19 pandemic. While the monoVlog is similar to vlogging and to the performance of a monologue, the monoVlog differs from vlogging because a vlog has not always been live. Several vloggers produce content by recording themselves prior to its online premiere. On the other hand, the monoVlog has a shorter duration compared to most monologues performed on stage. This article is an interview-essay regarding the monoVlog. The aim of the paper is to document the form and to produce a preliminary speculation regarding the future direction of the form. At the same time, it is intended to transfer the ideas of Layeta Bucoy, the figure behind the performance form, to academic writing. Finally, the paper aims to include the monoVlog in the archive of performance practices of the Philippines. The archiving of the form is intended for the future generation of performance artists and scholars and for them to understand that despite crisis such as the Covid-19, the resiliency and creativity of the Filipino artists continue to persist. The final section of the article is the play JonaLive, two short monoVlogs combined as a one-act play by Bucoy. An example is provided to understand the dramatic aspect of the form and at the same time, its vlog aspect.
