This paper is a discussion of the theoretical conceptualization of past landscapes and the limitations of archaeology in providing objectivistic interpretations. Analyzing a case study of the Dewil Valley landscape I will argue that the sciences about the past emerged based on the “Western” research paradigm. Therefore, local ontologies are often overlooked in archaeological narratives. In this article, I will present the ontologies of the indigenous Tagbanua people, contemporary beliefs related to the landscape, and theoretical approaches presented by researchers. I will argue that ontology can be complex and ambivalent, and that archaeological sources do not always indicate these dynamics.
Recent decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague about territorial dispute between Philippines and China pushes the development in the South China Sea to the next stage. In terms of international law, this decision does not have an efficiency for China because China did not accept and rejected it. But it is sufficiently strong impulse for reaction of parties involved in disputes in the SCS, for outsiders as well as for international organizations, in particular ASEAN. One of the reasons for expected reactions of actors is their growing interest in using the disputed area and adjacent waters in favor of their own regional development. The work aims to outline scenarios for the development of SCS region which are important from global perspective and therefore for the EU too.
This qualitative study examined the roles and duties of the administrators, teachers, stakeholders, and students in a conducive learning environment and how to make the learning environment conducive to the 21st century learners. Administrators, teachers, stakeholders, and learners were the participants of this study for the year 2018. Since the constructivist grounded theory method was used, data were gathered through in-depth interviews and observations. After going through initial coding, focused coding and comparative analysis, three categories emerged on what makes the environment conducive for learning: teaching efficiently, learning collaboratively, and performing responsibilities. Finally, the core category that emerged was committing to corporate social responsibility.
Cultural indifferences among students are rampant, especially in a multicultural classroom. Thus, the teachers become the front liners in addressing these differences inside the classroom. This study aimed to determine the roles of the teachers in solving cultural indifferences inside the classroom. Using the Transcendental phenomenological approach in research, the researchers explored the experiences of eight teachers in Malangas Special Education Center, Poblacion, Malangas, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. These teachers have personally experienced solving cultural indifferences inside their classroom due to having students from diverse tribes. The researchers explored their experiences through one-to-one interviews during their free time in their respective classrooms. Employing the Phenomenological data analysis of Kleiman (2004), the teachers played the roles of adviser, peacemaker, listener, and guidance counselor. These roles helped them address cultural discrimination inside the classroom and establish a peaceful learning environment to facilitate learning effectively and efficiently.
The article presents a historical-political-religious development of the Filipino society as well as State – Church relation, towards independence. First it descripted the methods of the Spanish colonisation and Christianisation (as a Catholicism or from Catholic standpoint). For almost 330 years they ruled over the islands; the Spanish colonial government was supported by loyal colonial Church (Spanish bishops and religious friars). The consequences of such colonial rule were growing national identity, nationalism, and revolution towards political and religious independence. This process was exploited by Americans who used it for them; thus, it began a new colonisation, this time an American one – till 1946. In historiography the American colonisation is known as Americanisation, which meant the introduction of religious freedom as well as pure and true Christianity, secular education and free press and Protestantization of the islands (propagating the Protestant denominations) and the separation of Church and State.
The article presents a historical-political-religious development of the Filipino society as well as State – Church relation, towards independence. It descripted first the methods of the Spanish colonisation and Christianisation (as a Catholicism or from Catholic standpoint). For almost 330 years they ruled over the islands; the Spanish colonial government was supported by loyal colonial Church (Spanish bishops and religious). The consequences of such colonial rule were growing national identity, nationalism, revolution towards political and religious independence. This process was exploited by Americans who used it for them; thus, it began a new colonisation – an American one – till 1946. In historiography the American colonisation is known as Americanisation, which meant the introduction of religious freedom as well as pure and true Christianity, secular education and free press and Protestantization of the islands (propagating the Protestant denominations) and the separation of Church and State.
The rivalry of great powers between the United States and China embraces all regions of the world, including Southeast Asia and especially the Philippines. The President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte (2016–2022) at the beginning of his presidency started to diminish the dependence of the country on former colonial power the US and to improve relations with China. Duterte hoped for the increase of economic cooperation and support of Beijing for modernization of infrastructures. Despite some successes in his policy, Duterte finally started to search again for support from the US. It was the result of extremely strong links and dependency between armed forces of Philippines and United States and generally very strong pro American filling of many Filipinos, the second reason was slowness of realization of some Chinese investments in the country, brutality and aggressiveness of Chinese coast guards towards Philippine fishers, and probably also some weakness in Chinese policy to the Philippines. Finally, Duterte obtained good results. The US confirmed readiness for military support in case of foreign aggression (especially in the South China Sea) and China was involved in political and economic cooperation with the Philippines.
There is a great amount of international attention directed towards the recruitment and involvement of children in armed conflict. In response to this, Philippine legislators have passed laws to assist and protect these children. However, most of these are not reflective of the reality of children and may even further disadvantage them. This paper explores international and national policies directed towards children in armed conflict through the perspective of children’s rights. It aims to paint a more realistic and rights-oriented approach towards the understanding of children in armed conflict. The importance of this not only rests on the growing amount of international attention directed towards this issue, but more importantly, because doing so promotes efforts in fulfilling the fundamental rights of children.
The Philippines and Iran are two important players in the geopolitical transition of Asian and the Pacific region. The geopolitical values that these two countries held over many decades exposes them to rivalries and competition among regional and international powers. In some part of history, they became a closed ally to the United States, while regime change in Iran in the late 1970s had created some sort of difficulty for both countries to improve bilateral relations amidst normalization. This paper therefore seeks to investigate existing domestic and external factors that can help explain the underdeveloped state of their bilateral relations. In doing so, the paper advances the idea that although the Philippines and Iran are sovereign and independent countries, the course and direction of their relation since the post-1979 event was heavily affected by the US policy vis-à-vis the Philippines and Iran.
This article explores caring through feeding as an important aspect of transnational family life, and analyzes the practices connected to sending food products home, supervising what the family eats, and changing consumption patterns. It focuses on Filipino migrants to the United States who maintain transnational ties with their families. With a history of colonial encounter, the United States has been a popular migration destination, and has also strongly influenced food consumption. The study shows the ways in which packages from abroad (balikbayan boxes) express love and care, and how they allow migrants to control food consumption of the family in the country of origin. By looking at the goods the immigrants put in the packages, and the way these are received, it is possible to uncover the dynamics of love, care, and intimacy in transnational families, which often translate into power, tensions, and control among family-members. The article analyses how food products sent in the packages work, bringing with them new ideas and practices, creating imaginaries of migration, and building the social prestige of the immigrant. Using the concept of “social remittances”, the article also shows the changing patterns of food consumption in the Philippines.
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Artykuł opisuje troskę na odległość poprzez karmienie jako ważny aspekt transnarodowego życia rodzinnego, a także analizuje praktykę wysyłania jedzenia do kraju pochodzenia, nadzór nad tym, co je rodzina, i jak zmieniają się wzorce konsumpcji. Bohaterami artykułu są migranci z Filipin do Stanów Zjednoczonych, którzy utrzymują silne związki transnarodowe ze swoimi rodzinami. Stany Zjednoczone, niedawny kolonizator, są jednym z najpopularniejszych krajów migracji i bardzo silnie wpływają na wzorce jedzenia na Filipinach. Poniższe studium przypadku pokazuje, jak paczki z zagranicy (balikbayan boxes) stają się wyrazem miłości i troski oraz w jaki sposób pozwalają one migrantom kontrolować konsumpcję jedzenia w rodzinie. Bliższe przyjrzenie się produktom przesyłanym z zagranicy i temu, jak są one przyjmowane, pozwala odkryć dynamikę miłości, troski i bliskości w transnarodowych rodzinach, w tym także to, jak przekładają się one na relacje władzy, napięcia i kontrolę pomiędzy członkami rodziny. Artykuł analizuje, co powoduje przesyłanie produktów z zagranicy – jakie nowe praktyki i idee produkty te ze sobą niosą, jak wytwarzają wyobrażenia o kraju migracji oraz jak budują prestiż migranta. Posługując się koncepcją „przekazów społecznych”, artykuł ten analizuje również zmieniające się wzory konsumpcji jedzenia na Filipinach.
Przyjmując założenie, że rewolucja jest wydarzeniem apokaliptycznym, czyli świeckim wariantem religijnego mesjanizmu (Leszek Kołakowski), autor przygląda się obrazowi antykolonialnego buntu w filmie Lava Diaza Kołysanka do bolesnej tajemnicy (Hele sa hiwagang hapis, 2016). Punktem wyjścia jest tu hipoteza o pokrewieństwie mesjanizmu z radykalnymi ruchami społecznymi w krajach zależnych (Vittorio Lanternari, Eric J. Hobsbawm) oraz koncepcja historii w ujęciu Reynalda C. Ileta, który w książce Pasyon and Revolution zwrócił uwagę na konieczność namysłu nad materiałami pomijanymi w oficjalnej narracji – jak wiersze, pieśni, powieści, listy, podania ludowe – ponieważ pozwalają one na zrozumienie zdarzeń politycznych. Głównym pojęciem operacyjnym w analizie filmu Diaza jest kategoria czasu mesjańskiego, czyli rozszczepionego, który rozbija linearność i przyczynowość, zakłada współistnienie przeszłości niekoniecznie prawdziwych (Gilles Deleuze) oraz sprawia, że nie sposób odróżnić tego, co realne, od tego, co wyobrażone.
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Assuming that the revolution is an apocalyptic event, a secular variant of religious messianism (Leszek Kołakowski), the author of the article looks at the image of anti-colonial rebellion in Lav Diaz’s Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis, 2016). The starting point is the hypothesis of the links between messianism and radical social movements in subaltern countries (Vittorio Lanternari, Eric J. Hobsbawm) and the concept of history as presented by Reynald C. Ileto, who, in his book Pasyon and Revolution, emphasized the need for considering materials omitted in the official narrative, such as poems, songs, novels, letters, and folk tales because they allow us to gain a better comprehension of political events. The central operational concept in the analysis of Diaz’s film is the category of ‘messianic’ or split time, which breaks linearity and causality by assuming the coexistence of pasts that are not necessarily true (Gilles Deleuze) and making it impossible to distinguish what is real from what is imagined.
The article examines Spanish components in the toponymy of the Republic of the Philippines, regarded as a kind of “cartographic” form of the Spanish language present in this area. Through the language contacts prism between Spanish and Filipino and other languages, primarily English, the authors systematise the structure and pragmatics of the Spanish components in the toponymy of the Philippines, consider their current state by means of onomastic methods and linguocultural research. The article shows that the main thematic groups of motivating attributes in Philippine toponyms of Spanish origin are: 1) religious units with a widely ramified system of symbols and associations, including personalized, 2) motivating anthropotoponyms, i.e. protagonists known in the history of Spain and the Philippines, 3) migrant toponyms, 4) descriptive toponyms. The language status of Spanish lexemes in the Philippine toponymic framework reveals both their complete assimilation and likening to the norms of the receptor language. Spanish components in the toponymy of the Philippines are represented in macro- and microtoponyms, reflecting various aspects of interaction at the level of onomastic vocabulary of Spanish and Philippine ethnoses in the polyethnic Republic of the Philippines.
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Článek se zabývá španělskými komponenty v toponymii Filipínské republiky, které lze považovat za určitou „kartografickou“ podobu španělského jazyka v této oblasti. Z pohledu jazykových kontaktů mezi španělštinou, filipínštinou a dalšími jazyky, především angličtinou, podávají autoři systematický přehled struktury a pragmatiky španělských komponentů v toponymii Filipín a pomocí onomastických metod a lingvokulturního výzkumu se zabývají jejich moderním stavem. Příspěvek ukazuje, že hlavní tematické skupiny motivující atributy filipínských toponym španělského původu jsou: 1) náboženské jednotky s bohatě rozvětveným systémem symbolů a asociací, včetně personalizace, 2) antroponyma historických osobností známých z dějin Španělska a Filipín, 3) migrující toponyma, 4) popisná toponyma. Jazykový status španělských lexémů ve filipínském toponymickém systému poukazuje jednak na jejich kompletní asimilaci, jednak na připodobnění k normám cílového jazyka. Španělské komponenty se v toponymii Filipín vyskytují jak v makro-, tak v mikrotoponymech, což odráží různé aspekty interakce na úrovni onymické slovní zásoby španělského a filipínského etnika v multikulturní Filipínské republice.
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