scholarly journals A Taste of the Sea: Artisanal Fishing Communities in the Philippines

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-22
Author(s):  
Nelson Turgo
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Maritime History ◽  
Fishing Communities ◽  
Maritime Industry ◽  
Artisanal Fishing ◽  
Major Player ◽  
Export Policies ◽  
The Many

AbstractThe Philippines remains one of the top suppliers of seafarers to the global merchant fleet. In the 2015 BIMCO Manpower Report on seafarer supply countries, the Philippines ranked first for ratings and second for officers with 363,832 Filipino seafarers deployed to ocean-going merchant vessels in 2014 and accounting for 28% of the global supply of seafarers (MARINA 2015). Seafarers are crucial in keeping the Philippine economy afloat and in 2018, Filipino seafarers sent home USD 6.14 billion (Hellenic Shipping News 2019), accounting for about a fifth of the USD 32.2 billion overseas workers sent home that year (Inquirer 2019). The Philippines has developed as a major player in the crewing sector of the global maritime industry primarily because of its maritime history (Giraldez 2015; Mercene 2007; Schurz 1939), its maritime geography and the continued centrality of the sea to many people’s lives (as attested to by the presence of the myriad fishing communities dotted around the many islands of the country) (Warren 2003, 2007), the economic liberalisation of the 1970s and the concomitant institutionalisation of the labour export policies as enacted by Philippine governments since the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos whose latter policy saw many Filipinos seeking employment overseas (Asis 2017; Kaur 2016; Wozniak 2015).

Vamping the Stage

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Women Performers ◽  
New Music ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Musical Practices ◽  
The Many ◽  
Late Modern

Vamping the Stage is the first book-length historical and comparative examination of women, modernity, and popular music in Asia. This book documents the many ways that women performers have supported, challenged, and undermined representations of existing gendered norms in the entertainment industries of China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Iran, Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The case studies in this volume address colonial, post-colonial, as well as late modern conditions of culture as they relate to women’s musical practices and their changing social and cultural identities throughout Asia. Female entertainers were artistic pioneers of new music, new cinema, new forms of dance and theater, and new behavior and morals. Their voices, mediated through new technologies of film, radio, and the phonograph, changed the soundscape of global popular music and resonate today in all spheres of modern life. These female performers were not merely symbols of times that were rapidly changing. They were active agents in the creation of local performance cultures and the rise of a region-wide and globally oriented entertainment industry. Placing women’s voices in social and historical contexts, the authors critically analyze salient discourses, representations, meanings, and politics of “voice” in Asian popular music of the 20th century to the present day.

Big Data in the philippines: How do we actually use them?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Lisa Grace S. Bersales ◽  
Josefina V. Almeda ◽  
Sabrina O. Romasoc ◽  
Marie Nadeen R. Martinez ◽  
Dannela Jann B. Galias
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
High Speed ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Complex Data ◽  
Official Statistics ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Many ◽  
Current Utilization

With the advancement of technology, digitalization, and the internet of things, large amounts of complex data are being produced daily. This vast quantity of various data produced at high speed is referred to as Big Data. The utilization of Big Data is being implemented with success in the private sector, yet the public sector seems to be falling behind despite the many potentials Big Data has already presented. In this regard, this paper explores ways in which the government can recognize the use of Big Data for official statistics. It begins by gathering and presenting Big Data-related initiatives and projects across the globe for various types and sources of Big Data implemented. Further, this paper discusses the opportunities, challenges, and risks associated with using Big Data, particularly in official statistics. This paper also aims to assess the current utilization of Big Data in the country through focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Based on desk review, discussions, and interviews, the paper then concludes with a proposed framework that provides ways in which Big Data may be utilized by the government to augment official statistics.

scholarly journals The Environmental Activism of a Filipino Catholic Faith Community: Re-Imagining Ecological Care for the Flourishing of All

Religions ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Jeane C. Peracullo ◽  
Rosa Bella M. Quindoza
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Environmental Activism ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Open Pit Mining ◽  
Catholic Faith ◽  
Catholic Organizations ◽  
Prophetic Mission ◽  
The Many ◽  
Climate Crisis

Extensive open-pit mining activities in the Philippines since the 1970s up to the present confront the meaning of the “Church of the Poor”, a description that the Catholic Church in the Philippines uses to visualize its prophetic mission. Alongside mining, many more environmentally destructive industries are present in the poorest areas in the country, even though the Philippines is disaster-prone and one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the devastating effects of the climate crisis. The environmental degradation has prompted many Filipino Catholic organizations and communities to act together through various campaigns to address the problem. The article examines a case of a faith-based community that rose to the challenge to address various environmental issues their community was and continues to experience. The community’s environmental activism presents a viable model for a re-imagined ecological care towards the “flourishing of all” as a response to Pamela McCarroll’s call to action to continue conversations on the many ways practical theology can move beyond anthropocentrism while focusing on social justice.

Conclusion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Banham
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Prisoners Of War ◽  
First Century ◽  
Cost Of War ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Cost ◽  
British People

So we decided to emigrate to Australia and I suppose we could now be called ‘Dinkum Aussies’ – after 30 years.1 By 1946 Hong Kong’s pre-war colonial society, which had celebrated its hundredth birthday just five years earlier, had gone forever. Hong Kong, to the British people who lived there between the twentieth century’s two great wars, had been perhaps the prime real estate to be had in the empire. Life there was entertaining and cheap, profits were bountiful. But then came the threat of war. Mindful of their own situation in 1939, the British government instructed the Hong Kong government to mandate evacuation of British women and children should the colony be threatened by attack. In mid-1940, as the Battle of Britain stamped an indelible, greasy smoke stain through British skies thousands of miles away, the majority of Hong Kong’s civilians prescriptively escaped the threat of Asian war. Those families split asunder would often—in the context of the more than 200 husbands killed, and the many divorces—never be reunited; the cost of war being measured in permanently broken homes. That evacuation, in stages from Hong Kong to the Philippines, from the Philippines to Australia, and from Australia to the UK, or back to Hong Kong, and—in many cases—back to Australia again, would define many lives. Looking at Australia’s population today, a surprisingly large number can—at least in part—track their heritage back to Hong Kong’s pre-war society: the garrison, the businessmen, earlier evacuees who had washed up in the colony, and local families. From the perspective of Australia’s twenty-first century population, the effects of Hong Kong’s evacuation still reverberate through tens of thousands of its people. Many of the ancestors of those Australians are buried in Hong Kong or—for those who died as prisoners of war—in Japan, or they lie lost and forgotten, skeletons in Hong Kong’s remotest ravines or at the bottom of the South China Sea....

scholarly journals Polarization Without Poles: Machiavellian Conflicts and the Philippines’ Lost Decade of Democracy, 2000–2010

2018 ◽  
Vol 681 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aries A. Arugay ◽  
Dan Slater
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Roman Catholicism ◽  
Democratic Experience ◽  
Lost Decade ◽  
Democratic Rule ◽  
Ethnic Polarization ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Many ◽  
Religious Polarization

The Philippines’ long democratic experience has been remarkably free of deeply politicized cleavages. Roman Catholicism as a hegemonic religion prevents religious polarization, ethnic identity fragmentation limits ethnic polarization, and weak parties forestall ideological or class polarization. Nevertheless, the country suffered a crisis of polarization during the short-lived Estrada presidency (1998–2001) and that of his successor, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2001–2010). The severe conflict was a product of power maneuvers by anti-Estrada forces, followed by anti-Arroyo actors returning the favor, given her gross abuses of power. Echoing Machiavelli’s famous distinction, the conflict pitted Estrada’s popoli (the many) against Arroyo’s oligarchic grandi (the few). This Machiavellian conflict ended with an oligarchic reassertion of Madisonian democratic rule through the electoral victory of Benigno Simeon Aquino III in 2010. We conclude the article by considering whether the populist challenge of current president Rodrigo Duterte (2016– ) might spark a similarly destabilizing conflict in the years to come.

Alternate Realities: The Many Ways of Seeing New Jersey Baymen

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-35
Author(s):  
Barbara Jones
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Fishing Communities ◽  
The Many

The men who work the bays and estuaries along the New Jersey coastline have historically been considered baymen. This label assumes that these "baymen" are very similar, when in fact the realities of bay life for the men who work New Jersey's bays and estuaries are very different. Not only do the groups of men operate in vastly different ecosystems, but their access to seasonal employment necessary to supplement their income varies greatly. This paper intends to investigate whether the baymen label has made it more difficult for those people who operate outside the perceived norm to find support and respect for their jobs and traditions. How has the accepted notion of what makes a baymen impacted fishing communities along the New Jersey Coast? Are the fishing communities that operate outside the accepted reality more likely to become victims of change and gentrification or have they been able to capitalize on being "baymen"?

Strengthening Filipino Migrants’ Faith through Popular Religiosity

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 352-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norlan Julia
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Voluntary Work ◽  
Popular Piety ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Catholic Faith ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Filipino Migrants ◽  
Popular Religiosity ◽  
The Many

The introduction of popular religious practices traditionally held during major liturgical feasts in the Philippines has gathered Filipino migrants in Norwich, United Kingdom, into a dynamic ecclesial community. It has sustained their faith even as they struggle to face the many challenges of living and working abroad and keeping the faith without the comforts and certainties provided by a predominantly Catholic culture at home. They draw courage and consolation from participating in the year-round activities in their Filipino chaplaincies. The author’s pastoral voluntary work in the United Kingdom has been an experience of building an ecclesial community of Filipinos in diaspora, of providing means of support amidst crisis, and of accompanying them in their journey towards a better life and a more meaningful relationship with God. The paper proceeds in three steps. First, it enumerates the challenges faced by Filipino migrants in the practice of their Catholic faith. Second, it illustrates how these challenges were met through the introduction of religious traditions commonly practiced in the Philippines. Third, it offers some theological insights on the power of popular piety to nourish the faith of Filipino migrants and to form them to become dynamic agents of evangelization. References are made to some points raised by Pope Francis on popular piety in his recent apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. 在菲律宾主要的礼拜仪式的宴餐节日期间，传统上盛行的宗教操练会集了在挪威和英国的菲律宾移民，他们成为了生机勃勃的教会团体。即使他们面对在国外生活和工作的种种挑战，以及在没有国内那种天主教文化的舒适和把握的情况下，依然保持信仰的挑战，这种教会团体帮助维持了他们的信仰。他们在参与菲律宾的宗教年度活动中找到了勇气和安慰。本文作者在英国的志愿牧养工作就是在移民中建立菲律宾教会群体，在危机中提供支援，并伴随他们的旅途，走向更好的生活及与上帝建立更有意义的关系。 本文有三步。第一，列举菲律宾移民在操练天主教信仰上面对的挑战； 第二，说明这些挑战是怎样透过介绍菲律宾普遍操练的宗教传统而得到解决的；第三，提供一些神学见解，这些见解就是关于普遍虔诚的能力可以来培养菲律宾移民的信仰，以及栽培他们成为福音使者。也会参考教皇弗朗西斯一世最近的使徒劝勉 Evangelii Gaudium 中提及的关于普遍虔诚的某些观点。 El introducir prácticas religiosas populares tradicionalmente realizadas durante las principales fiestas litúrgicas en las Filipinas ha posibilitado la formación de una comunidad eclesiástica dinámica entre los migrantes filipinos de Norwich en el Reino Unido, Ha fortalecido su fe, aún en medio de los numerosos desafíos que enfrentan al vivir y trabajar en el extranjero; y les ha ayudado a mantener su fe sin las comodidades y seguridades proporcionadas por una cultura predominantemente católica en su país de origen. Se fortalecen y reciben consuelo al participar de las actividades realizadas durante todo el año en sus capillas filipinas. El trabajo pastoral voluntario del autor en el Reino Unido ha sido el de construir una comunidad eclesial de filipinos en la diáspora, de dar apoyo en medio de crisis, y de acompañarles en su caminar hacia una vida mejor y a tener una relación más profunda con Dios. Este artículo se divide en tres secciones. En primer lugar, se enumeran los desafíos que los migrantes Filipinos han enfrentado en la práctica de su fe católica. En segundo lugar, se explica cómo se enfrentaron estos desafíos al introducir prácticas religiosas comúnmente practicadas en las Filipinas. En tercer lugar, ofrece algunas reflexiones teológicas sobre el poder de la piedad popular para nutrir la fe de los migrantes filipinos y para formarlos como agentes dinámicos de evangelización. Se hace referencia a algunas cuestiones planteadas por Francisco sobre la piedad popular en su reciente exhortación apostólica Evangelii Gaudium. This article is in English.

Sources on Pre-1800 Asian History in Portugal and Spain

Itinerario ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-160
Author(s):  
R. J. Barendse
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Asian History ◽  
The Many

Let me start these notes with two caveats. First, apart from the many un-published sources on the Iberian involvement in Asia there is also a great number of published sources available. This is in itself a considerable repository of knowledge on Asia. Most of these source publications, though, have appeared in journals that are often riot available outside the Iberian peninsula. Though H. Scholberg, Bibliography of Goa and the Portuguese in India (New Delhi 1982) provides a considerable service to the researcher, a bibliography of Portuguese source-publications is still in urgent need. Second, I should emphasize that for this report I have not been able to look at the Spanish records on the Philippines.

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