Saturday, October 19, 2002

Revisting Philippine Archaeology

Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC)
and
Ugnayang Pang-Aghamtao, Inc. (UGAT)


REVISITING PHILIPPINE ARCHEOLOGY

19 October 2002-Saturday 8am - 3pm


Program Schedule

Morning Sessions

Maria Mangahas, Ph.D., U.P Diliman/Mindanao, Forum Facilitator
Welcome and Introductions

Session 1: The National Museum and Cultural Resources Management in the Philippines
Speaker: Ms. Corazon Alvina, Director, National Museum

Session 2: The Anthropology of Archeology
Speaker: Israel Cabanilla, Dept. of Anthropology, U.P. Diliman

Session 3: Dating and Other Problems in Philippine Archeology (Tabon Finds, Banaue Rice Terraces, Calatagan Pottery, Laguna bronze plate..)
Speaker: Eusebio Dizon, Ph.D., National Museum and Archeological Studies Program, U.P. Diliman

Victor Paz, Ph.D., Archeological Studies Program, U.P. Diliman
Discussant

Open Forum

Session 4: Recent Findings in Philippine Arcehology
Speaker: Wilfredo Ronquillo, Chief, Archeology Division, National Museum and Lecturer, U.P. Diliman

Roxee Lim, U.P. Diliman
Discussant

Open Forum

Wrap up of the morning session

Afternoon Sessions

Session 5: Revisiting Caves and Petroglyphs

Panel of Speakers:

The Angono Petroglyphs
Jesus Peralta, Ph.D

Geology of the Angono Petroglyphs
Sylvio Lopez, San Miguel Corporation

The Philippine Petroglyphs
Grace Barreto, Archeological Studies Program, U.P Diliman

Eufracio Abaya, Ph.D., Dept of Anthropology, U.P. Diliman
Ambeth Ocampo, Columnist, PDI
Discussants

Session 6: The Use and Abuse of Archeology in the Philippines
Arnold Molina Azurin, Asian Public Intellectual Fellow, Nippon Foundation

Open Forum

Wrap-up of the Day Session
Maria Mangahas, Ph.D., Forum Facilitator

Wednesday, August 14, 2002

UGAT eGroups

hi guys,

tuni, i made you moderator na. tell me when i can give you the excel list. its still in the making. lapit na tapos pls. make changes na don't have time to tinker with it. am home wed. whole day

dont forget the ID pls.

IMPT.
Zands, Ai, tuni others

May binubuong publications committee. (see minutes of meeting. kung kailangan tuns paki upload na lang ok y2k)

gumagawa kami ng guidelines on work or roles of editors, choice or articles ganun
medyo di k type yung choices wholly ni maria she is editor of 2001 conference. kaya sana tulungan niyo ako. jun is making the guideliness but i want to suggest baka may good ones kayo to uplift the AGHAM TAO JOURNAL na medyo maganda at professional ang dating.

be ugat active members para matulungan nyo ako. hey! SUPER COOL na ang UGAT office, may aircon na malamig. i can work there. tuni pwede ka na mag-computer dun. dun ako nag-aaral at work. pwede mag-tambay.

anyway, thats all for now. i need your inputs. we are in the middle of making guidelines. tuni i forgot to include the ethnographic writing workshop as ASAP important. can we post this for members and others for comments? or what people want, the more the merrier, pwede kaya sa anthro groups? recruit them for members? hehehhe. eizel na lang siguro yun. but we need membership involvement para naman active ang egroups nating to start. konti konti.

email me pls.

melay

p.s. zands, just in case lets chat about this. i need to process this.

Wednesday, April 10, 2002

Anthropologists Apologize to Lumads

Mindanao Culture and Arts
Museum and Research


Anthropologists Apologize to Lumads

Carolyn O. Arguillas / MindaNews

ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL - "Patawarin n'yo kami" (Please forgive us).

A public admission of guilt and a public apology to the Lumads, delivered by no less than the president of the Ugnayang Pang-agham Tao (UGAT or Anthropological Association of the Philippines), capped the three-day 24th National Conference of anthropologists here.

"I publicly would like to apologize to the Datu," said Prof. Leonardo Estacio, UGAT president, as he called on his colleagues to do "a lot of self-reflection" on the manner by which they treat their objects of study and reminded them of their reason for being and the Code of Ethics they are supposed to observe.

Estacio was reacting to a comment by Datu Al Saliling of the Arumanen-Manobo in North Cotabato of how some researchers tend to look down on Lumads as "uneducated" when "you do not even know what is our own worldview."

"Listen to us. Find out from us," he said.

Earlier, in a speech delivered in Cebuano on the Lumads' view on the peace process in Mindanao, Datu Al said "no one and forgive me for saying this, no sector is genuinely interested in the survival of the Lumad. No one."

On Monday evening, after the launching of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism's video documentary, "Katutubo: Memory of the Dance," Beting Colmo, a Manobo from Mt. Apo, also spoke of how the ill practices of many researchers had forced them to want to be left alone.

The favorite subject of many a researcher, the indigenous peoples, whether in Mindanao or elsewhere, too often become mere objects of study, not participants, and are too often forgotten after the researcher obtains his or her masters or doctorate degree.

The researcher also too often does not return to the host community to validate the research or give them copies, in their own language, of the research findings.

Many, too, do not return documents or artifacts borrowed from communities.

"Mea culpa, kasama ako sa guilty (I am guilty, too),

Estacio said after reading in public UGAT's Code of Ethics.

The Code of Ethics, consisting of three paragraphs, is embodied in the organization's Constitution, under Article III, Section 2.

An anthropologist, the code states, "must be scientifically objective (truthful) and relevant to national and community goals; sincere to his host community and obliged to explain to them the objectives and implications of his research; to listen to criticism by his host community of the research he has conducted; and eventually to provide them a copy of his work, ideally in their language, for the host community would be the final arbiter of the validity of his research."

An anthropologist doing research, the Code adds, "has the obligation to make available the results of his research data not only to the host community and is scientific community, but also to the larger community."

The anthropologist, the Code adds, "has the right and the obligation to criticize unethical practices of fellow anthropologists and other individuals and institutions that affect the practice of anthropology."

Two other anthropologists delivered a public apology and called on their colleagues to reflect on their practices.

It was not, however, the first time anthropologists apologized to the Lumads in an UGAT conference.

An UGAT member told MindaNews that he has witnessed public apologies to indigenous peoples in several UGAT conferences, "and yet, many, unfortunately, have not learned from the mistakes."

http://www.mindanaoculture.com/research/research/2002/anthro.shtml

Tuesday, April 9, 2002

Want to appreciate Mindanao better?

Want to appreciate Mindanao better?

Codes: K3 C6
Author:
Source: Mindanao Times
Date Published: 04/08/02
Starting Page: internet edition

WANT to have a better appreciation of Mindanao in just three days? Attend the 24th National Conference of the Ugnayang Pang-Aghamtao (UGAT) or Anthropological Association of the Philippines at the Paradise Island Beach Resort from Monday to Wednesday and listen to scholars speak about the distribution of archaeological sites in Mindanao from the Paleolithic age to the present by island and provinces; the origin of Monkayo; the Higaonon decline in Northern Mindanao; the implications of the Butuan archaeological find on Asian linkages; how a T'boli epic singer and a Manila-based diva relate with Lake Sebu; a Manobo feminist practice in the oral epic Agyu; the subjectivity in the Agusan Manobo's ted-em (song).

Learn about the Tudbulul, the song of the old T'boli man; the indigenous concepts of power and the artisan's muse among the Tagabawa Bagobo in Sibulan, Davao del Sur; the bio-diversity conservation program in Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental; the shifting anchorage and violence in the lives of the Badjao; the survival of Sama-Dilaut in an urban setting; the Iranun historiograpical contours of the Subpangan principality and the Pulangui River-Illana Bay Corridor from 1515 to 1765.

Under the conference theme, "Rootwork and Network: Weaving Mindanao Anthology," four panels have been created to tackle archaeology, history,ecology; indigenous art, music and rituals; Asia-Pacific perspectives on Mindanao; and cultures of peace, violence and development.

Ever wondered how Indonesians view Mindanao and the Mindanawons? Find out from Herry Yogasawara of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Floor Quibuyen of the University of the Philippines in the Visayas will tackle wayfinding, a "disappeared" knowledge in Philippine pre-history and anthropology; Gus Miclat, executive director of the Initiatives for International Dialogue will talk on solidarity and the Mindanao struggle; while Aurora Roxas-Lim of the University of the Philippines' Asian Centerwill deliver an overview of the East Asean Growth Area. Panel 4 on the Cultures of Peace, Violence and Development will have Cynthia Neri Zayas of UP Diliman speak on "Shifting Anchorage and Violence in the lives of the Badjao;" Anthony R. Balisi also of UP Diliman will talk on "Panandayuhan at Pang-aangkop: Ang Usapi ng mga Badjao ng Mindanao;" Nimfa Bracamonte of the Mindanao State University in Iligan will tackle survival in an urban setting among the Sama Dilaut; Vel J. Suminguit, Ma. Easterluna S. Canoy and Merlyne M. Paunlagui will present a paper on creating space for local forest management; Prof. Rudy Rodil of MSU Iligan will speak

Source: http://www.afrim.org.ph/Archives/2002/MindanaoTimes/April/09/Want%20to%20appreciate%20Mindanao%20better.txt

Friday, March 15, 2002

UGAT 24th Annual Conference - Rootwork and Network

UGNAYANG PANG-AGHAMTAO, INC. (UGAT)
Anthropological Association of the Philippines

The 24th National UGAT Conference
"ROOTWORK AND NETWORK: WEAVING MINDANAO ANTHROPOLOGY"
8-10 April 2002, Island Garden City of Samal


How has Mindanao been imagined, taught, and studied?
What are the cultural dimensions of the so-called Mindanao conflict?
What indigenous energies can be tapped for peace?
How do we celebrate diversity and creativity in the face
of global economy and information technology?
What do anthropologists have to say about development,
missionary work, Islamic movements, and Lumad struggle?
And how can voices from grassroots initiatives
challenge professional practice in anthropology?


These and other questions promise to enrich our conversation on the southern Philippines. This three-day conference is designed to consolidate our insights from decades of fieldwork and archival work in Mindanao. It promises to generate new research approaches to match the urgency and complexity of Mindanao issues. Aside from commissioned papers on the past, present and prospects of anthropology in Mindanao, the conference highlights the following topics for panel discussion:

  1. Mindanao Archaeology, History, and Ecology
  2. Indigenous Art, Music and Ritual
  3. Cultures of Peace, Violence and Development
  4. Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Mindanao

Other features of the conference includes:

  1. Special recognition to eminent Mindanao scholars: Schlegel, Maceda, Solheim, Bernad, Schreurs, Madale and Nimmo
  2. Visit to Samal caves, and dinner with City officials
  3. Dialogue with grassroots anthropologists and advocates
  4. Launching of MA and PhD in Anthropology with special reference to Mindanao
  5. Showing of documentary film on indigenous peoples, produced by PCIJ
  6. Poster presentation (not limited to Mindanao issues), book sale, and book launching
The conference fee of PhP 2,500 includes kit, cultural show, and board and lodging from the evening of 7 April to the afternoon of 10 April, 2002. For cheaper accommodation, especially for students and observers, please inquire at the Secretariat.

Due to limited number of cottages, we sincerely recommend that you make your reservation through fax or email by 25 February 2002.

For more information, please contact the secretariat:

Penny Sans or Perpy Tio
Mindanawon Initiatives for Cultural Dialogue
Ateneo de Davao University, 8000 Davao City
Tel. (082) 2212411, loc. 8724, 8716
Fax (082) 2212411, loc. 8267
Email: ugat_2002@yahoo.com

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT

Convenor Albert E. Alejo, SJ (Mindanawon Initiatives for Cultural Dialogue)
Head of Secretariat Penny Sanz (ADDU Business Administration Division)

Staff:

Perpy Tio (Mindanawon Initiatives for Cultural Dialogue)
Meong Cabarde (ADDU Social Science Division)
Pam Castrillo (ADDU Humanities Division)
Bebeth (ADDU Social Research, Training & Development Office)
Paul Tuvillo (STI Computer Education)
Macky Homez, Maybelle, Melrose, Rey of IGACOS City Government Office
Documentation Mindanews writers

*In cooperation with the Mindanao Consortium for Professional Practice in Anthropology, Mindanawon Initiatives for Cultural Dialogue, Social Science and Education Division of Ateneo de Davao University, Philippine Social Science Council, and the City Government of the Island Garden City of Samal.

UGAT 24th Annual Conference - Schedule of Presentation

UGNAYANG PANG-AGHAMTAO, INC. (UGAT)
Anthropological Association of the Philippines

24th Annual Conference
"ROOTWORK AND NETWORK:WEAVING MINDANAO ANTHROPOLOGY"
8-10 April 2002, Samal Island, Davao City
Co-Sponsored by The Mindanao Consortium for Professional Practice in Anthropology and the Mindanawon Initiatives for Cultural Dialogue, Ateneo de Davao University

SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATION

Introductory Paper

Linda Burton (Xavier University)
Karl Gaspar CSsR (Mindanawon Initiatives for Cultural Dialogue)
Albert E. Alejo SJ (Ateneo de Davao University)
Mindanao anthropology: Past, present and prospects

Panel 1: Mindanao Archaeology, History and Ecology
Convenor: Linda Burton (Xavier University)

Israel Cabanilla (University of the Philippines –Diliman)
Linking with the past

Margarita Cojuangco (University of Sto. Tomas)
Iranun historiographical contours of Central Mindanao: The Subpangan principality and the Pulangi River-Illana bay corridor, 1515-1765

Manuel R. Labrador (University of Mindanao)
Mandabon and the origin of Monkayo (A historical and social anthropological perspective)

Antonio J. Montalvan II (Lyceo de Cagayan University)
An Overview of Higaonon Decline in Northern Mindanao

Aurora Roxas-Lim (University of the Philippines – Asian Center)
Analysis of the Butuan archeological finds: Implications on Asian linkages

Panel 2: Indigenous Art, Music and Ritual
Convenor: Jose Buenconsejo (University of the Philippines, Diliman)

Honey Libertine Achanzar (University of the Philippines – Manila)
Indigenous concepts of power and the artisan’s muse

Manolete Mora (University of Hong Kong)
Body and Soul: Adeptness and Musical Performance

Maria Carmen Domingo Kirk (San Francisco Unified School District)
A Manobo feminist practice in the oral epic Agyu: A tradition of healing

Virginia L. Buhisan (MSU General Santos City)
Tudbulul: Hlingon tuha logi (The Song of the old Tboli man)

Jose S. Buenconsejo (University of the Philippines, Diliman)
Subjectivity in Agusan Manobo song Ted-em

Grassroots Dialogue

Elders of the Tagbaobo community (Isama of IGACOS)
Datu Camid Lapindoy (Ata-Matigsalug from Paquibato District, Davao)
Datu Al Saliling (Aromanon from Arakan Valley, Cotabato)

Workshop on Ethnographic Writing

Maria Mangahas (University of the Philippines, Diliman)
Superimposition of power in the landscape of a new city: Current narratives of location in Samal island

Karl Gaspar, CSsR
Facilitator

Panel 3: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Mindanao
Convenor: Floro Quibuyen (University of the Philippines – Visayas)

Herry Yogaswara (Indonesian Institute of Sciences)
Constructing image: The Indonesian perspective of Mindanao

Gus Miclat (Initiatives for International Dialogue)
Solidarity and the Mindanao struggle

Floro Quibuyen (University of the Philippines – Visayas)
Wayfinding - A “Disappeared” Knowledge in the Philippine Pre-history and anthropology

Aurora Roxas-Lim (University of the Philippines - Asian Center)
An overview of growth triangle: BIMP-EAGA

Panel 4: Cultures of Peace, Violence and Development
Convenor: Albert E. Alejo, SJ

Cynthia Neri Zayas (University of the Philippines –Diliman)
Shifting anchorage and violence in the lives of the Badjao

Anthony R. Balisi (University of the Philippines – Diliman)
Panandayuhan at pag-aangkop: Ang usapin ng mga Badjao ng Mindanao

Nimfa Bracamonte (Mindanao State University – Iligan)
Survival in an urban setting: Where to, Sama Dilaut?

Vel J. Suminguit, Ma. Easterluna S. Canoy and Merlyne M. Paunlagui
Creating Space For Local Forest Management: A Case Study In Sitio Kiito

Rudy Rodil (Mindanao State University – Iligan)
Dyandi among the B’laan

Mac Tiu (Ateneo de Davao University)
‘Huwes de kutsilyo’: Kultura sa kaparotan

Ruben Martinez (Organization for Training, Research and Development Foundation)
Negotiations and compromise on Mindanao peace and development: Implication to the resolution of conflicting issue of equity, growth and ecology

Herbert Rosana (Bicol University)
Human rights education concept towards building a culture of peace:
Implications to tertiary education

Arnold Azurin (University of the Philippines – Diliman)
The dialectic of war and peace since the pre-Islamic Mindanao till the present

Tuesday, January 1, 2002

UGAT 24th Annual Conference - Rootwork and Network: Weaving Mindanao Anthropology

UGNAYANG PANG-AGHAMTAO, INC. (UGAT)
Anthropological Association of the Philippines

24th Annual Conference
"ROOTWORK AND NETWORK:WEAVING MINDANAO ANTHROPOLOGY"
8-10 April 2002, Samal Island, Davao City
Co-Sponsored by The Mindanao Consortium for Professional Practice in Anthropology and the Mindanawon Initiatives for Cultural Dialogue, Ateneo de Davao University

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

What are the cultural dimensions of the so-called Mindanao conflict? What indigenous energies can be tapped for peace? How do we deal with politicized histories and sensationalized media images? How do we celebratecultural diversity and musical creativity as we face a globalized economy and an all-pervading information technology? What have the related disciplines of archaeology, ethnomusicology, political anthropology and anthropology of religion, got to say about development plans, missionarywork, Islamic movements, and ecological advocacy? And how does an engaged cultural analysis of tri-people Mindanao challenge our professional practice of anthropology?

These and other questions promise to enrich our conversation on the southern Philippines during the 24th National UGAT Conference. This gathering ofexperience and expectation is designed to consolidate anthropological insights culled during the past decades of anthropological fieldwork in Mindanao, as well as to generate new approaches that would match the challenges of Mindanao issues and initiatives.

During the conference, veteran anthropologists Stuart Schlegel, Marcelino Maceda, Wilhelm Solheim and Harry Arlo Nimmo will be given special recognition. So graduate students of anthropology will have a chance to meet those who have paved the way toward the anthropology of Mindanao. The conference will definitely be an occasion for tracing the roots of Mindanao cultures as well as for building networks for a professional career incultural research.

A number of authors have been commissioned to speak on the past, present and prospects of anthropology in this island. Several panels, however, are still being organized. Researchers and advocates alike are invited to join any one of the following thematic groups:

1.) Mindanao archaeology, history, and ecology
Contact Linda Burton, PhD.
Director RIMCU, Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City
Email: lburton@xavier.cc.xu.edu.ph)

2.) Indigenous art, music and performance
Contact Jose Buenconsejo, PhD.
Chair, Dept. of Music Research, UP College of Music,
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
Email: buenconsejo@skyinet.net)

3.) Anthropology of Peace, Conflict and Development
Contact Sr. Pat Babiera, OND.
Notre Dame University, Cotabato City
Email: srpatgbabiera@eudoramail.com)

4.) Islam, Gender, and Globalization
Contact Rufa Guiam, PhD.
Director, Research Center Mindanao State University
General Santos City, South Cotabato
Email: rufamor@gsc.weblinq.com)

One other panel may be formed depending on the early submission of interesting papers that do not fall within these categories. Posters and video presentation are also welcome.

Deadline for the submission of abstracts: January 15, 2002. Please submit abstracts to your respective panel convenors.

Selected papers from the conference shall be published in an edited volume on Mindanao anthropology. To increase your chances of being included in this anthology (not just "proceedings"), please submit your full-length paper on or before March 22, 2002.

For other information, please contact
Albert E. Alejo, SJ, PhD,
Mindanawon Initiatives for Cultural Dialogue
Ateneo de Davao University, 8000 Davao City.
Tel. 082-2212411, loc. 8724, 8716. Fax 082-2212411, loc. 8267.
Email: paringbert@yahoo.com