The Biocultural Trauma Feedback Loop,
2020
Humboldt State University
The Biocultural Trauma Feedback Loop, Michelle Irvine
IdeaFest: Interdisciplinary Journal of Creative Works and Research from Cal Poly Humboldt
It is widely known that trauma is repeated throughout a victim’s life, but the biological mechanisms of its recurrence (revictimization), even though understood biologically, are not accepted or discussed in all disciplines. A combination of socio-cultural and biological perspectives is needed to understand this cycle of revictimization and to offer help for sufferers and public health agencies. In order to better understand these issues, I conducted a synthesis of existing scientific research regarding the discrepancies between biological and sociological studies on revictimization. Within my review of sociological research it was revealed that initial trauma and revictimization are clearly understood as …
Preparedness, Agility, And The Philippine Response To The Covid-19 Pandemic: The Early Phase In Comparative Southeast Asian Perspective,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Preparedness, Agility, And The Philippine Response To The Covid-19 Pandemic: The Early Phase In Comparative Southeast Asian Perspective, Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr.
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
Was the Philippines prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic? Did the government take early and effective action that can be characterized as strategically agile? Thisarticle answers these questions by reconstructing the chronology of the Philippine government’s response to the pandemic during the early phase. It focuses on three issues: virus importation (specifically the first Covid-19 case), testing, and contact tracing. The Philippine response is contrasted with those of Thailand and Vietnam, which, unlike the Philippines, have succeeded in lowering per capita mortality rate. Deficient in strategic agility, the Philippines failed to consider early on a scenario of extreme disease outbreak. KEYWORDS: …
Duterte’S Disciplinary Quarantine: How A Moral Dichotomy Was Constructed And Undermined,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Duterte’S Disciplinary Quarantine: How A Moral Dichotomy Was Constructed And Undermined, Wataru Kusaka
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
Thisarticle explores the characteristics of what I call Duterte’s “disciplinary quarantine,” which is premised on a moral dichotomy between “good citizens,” who abide by strict regulations, and undisciplined “evil others” (pasaway), who endanger the nation. Based on my family’s participant observation in Bohol, thisarticle also describes how Boholanos have undermined the moral dichotomy by embracing minor violations to endure the government’s protracted and rigid quarantine rules. I suggest that ideas about appropriate behaviors created through people’s mutuality and everyday trials and errors are more reliable than top-down “discipline” for a continual struggle against the pandemic. KEYWORDS: DISCIPLINE • MORAL DICHOTOMY …
Gilda Cordero-Fernando, 1932–2020,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Gilda Cordero-Fernando, 1932–2020, Fernando N.; Zialcita
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
No abstract provided.
The Penalty Of Mobility In Manila During Periods Of Public Health Crises,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
The Penalty Of Mobility In Manila During Periods Of Public Health Crises, Michael D. Pante
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
Mobility seems to impose a paradoxical penalty on individuals based in Metro Manila. Looking at the experiences of public health crises during the American colonial period and the present-day Covid-19 pandemic, this essay focuses on the inordinate restrictions on and blame assigned to the least mobile segments of the population despite the fact that such crises are aided by heightened mobility. Past and present disease outbreaks force us to acknowledge that our cities contain groups of people with varying levels of mobility, another form of social inequality that badly needs to be addressed. KEYWORDS: TRANSPORTATION • URBANIZATION • CITIES • …
Covidscapes: The Pandemic In The Philippines,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Covidscapes: The Pandemic In The Philippines, Filomeno V.; Aguilar Jr.
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
This introductory essay develops the notion of Covidscapes, taking a cue from Arjun Appadurai. Despite mutations, a single type of coronavirus has gone around the world causing the Covid-19 disease. Yet experiences with the pandemic have varied widely across and even within countries for reasons that go beyond the pathogen. The concept of Covidscapes captures the simultaneous sharing of a global phenomenon along with diversity and difference. Covidscapes are profoundly perspectival and disjunctive. State–societal factors suggest countries can have their own Covidscapes. The contributions in this issue shed light on the peculiar dynamics and contradictions of the Philippine Covidscape. KEYWORDS: …
Beyond The Pathogen: Cultural Influences On The Impact Of Epidemics Viewed From History,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Beyond The Pathogen: Cultural Influences On The Impact Of Epidemics Viewed From History, Linda A. Newson
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
The paper reflects on the historical experience of epidemics in Latin America and the Philippines. It shows how cultural factors can affect the ability of societies to develop immunity and recover. It also shows how leadership can influence the way in which an epidemic and the health crisis is managed. As such, it argues that the impact of a single epidemic is unlikely to be the same throughout the world or even within one country. KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF EPIDEMICS • CULTURE AND DEMOGRAPHY • LEADERSHIP • LATIN AMERICA • PHILIPPINES
Parish Records And The History Of Philippine Epidemics,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Parish Records And The History Of Philippine Epidemics, Peter Xenos
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
The Philippine epidemic experience suggests a research perspective that is attentive to local spatial variation and also recognizes connections across long periods of time, particularly across the Spanish and American colonial eras and the epidemic experience then and since. Among historical materials that need to be incorporated into the discourse and connected with evidence from modern, spatially disaggregated data systems are parish archival records of births, deaths, and marriages; households; and population changes. This research note outlines the Philippine parish records and presents illustrative results from twenty-eight parishes. Those records include local time series of deaths from which mortality crises, …
The Philippine Covidscape: Colonial Public Health Redux?,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
The Philippine Covidscape: Colonial Public Health Redux?, Warwick Anderson
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
Comparing historical perceptions of three epidemics in the Philippines and the responses they elicited allows us to see how these disease outbreaks were conceived in terms of configuration, whether ecological or sociological, and contamination. Cholera in 1902, influenza in 1918–1919, and Covid-19 in 2020 each open up revealing cross sections through Philippine social life, culture, and governance. Furthermore, simplistic assumptions of contamination or pollution—in contrast to more complexly structured configurational models—are correlated with coercive or militaristic reactions to pandemics, including social distancing, lockdowns, curfews, and suppression of dissent. KEYWORDS: MEDICINE • SCIENCE • HISTORY • CHOLERA • INFLUENZA • COVID-19
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) Outbreak In The Philippines In 2003,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) Outbreak In The Philippines In 2003, Gideon Lasco
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
The global outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) dominated public discourse in the Philippines from March to May 2003. But, given the scale of its impact and the range of responses it elicited, it largely escaped documentation, likely owing to its abbreviated timeframe and the overall lack of scholarly attention to contemporary medical crises. Thisarticle reconstructs the “outbreak narrative” of SARS and the perceptions and practices that surrounded it. It discusses points of comparison between SARS and the Covid-19 pandemic, underscoring that many practices seen in both events are familiar, not exceptional, responses to health crises in the country. …
Care And Solidarity In The Time Of Covid-19: The Pandemic Experiences Of Filipinos In The Uk,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Care And Solidarity In The Time Of Covid-19: The Pandemic Experiences Of Filipinos In The Uk, Roderick Galam
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
Thisarticle provides a preliminary account of how the lives of UK-based Filipinos have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic using care and solidarity as lenses to make sense of their experiences. By undertaking an intersectional analysis, it demonstrates how Filipinos’ experiences have been significantly shaped by the fact of their being migrants, which folds racism into their experiences. Alongside race/ethnicity and citizenship/migration status, their relationship with or location in the labor market has also shaped the impact of the pandemic on their lives. It concludes with a reflection on the duty of states to care for migrants. KEYWORDS: COVID-19 PANDEMIC …
Old Ways And New Fears: Bayanihan And Covid-19,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Old Ways And New Fears: Bayanihan And Covid-19, Greg Bankoff
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
In times of trouble, Filipinos traditionally turn to one another for help. This form of community assistance is popularly known as bayanihan. Historically, Filipinos have met the challenges of life in their perilous homeland, whether it be from natural or human causation, by working together. Except, apparently, it no longer does, and Filipinos are now told that the same properties that made their communities so resilient in the past have been transformed by the Covid-19 pandemic into their greatest vulnerability. Even the term bayanihan has been overtly redefined through legislation and government programs to reflect entirely different purposes. KEYWORDS: BAYANIHAN …
Science And Public Service During A Pandemic: Reflections From The Scientists Of The Philippine Government’S Covid-19 Surveillance Platform,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Science And Public Service During A Pandemic: Reflections From The Scientists Of The Philippine Government’S Covid-19 Surveillance Platform, Maria Regina Estuar, Joshua Uyheng, Marlene De Leon, Daniel Joseph Benito, Elvira De Lara-Tuprio, Carlo Estadilla, Timothy Teng
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
During the Covid-19 pandemic, science plays an important role in understanding and intervening in local outbreaks. Conducting scientific operations for pandemic response also takes on unique human and social dimensions. Reflexivity is often a key to understanding the perspectives that scientists take in applying theory to practice. In this essay we share that reflexivity by detailing personal reflections as scientists of FASSSTER, an integrated platform providing scientific intelligence to the Philippine government for monitoring and responding to the Covid-19 outbreak in the country. KEYWORDS: COVID-19 • SCIENCE–POLICY INTERACTIONS •DISEASE SURVEILLANCE • BOUNDARY WORK • ACTION RESEARCH
Nicole Cuunjieng Aboitiz’S Asian Place, Filipino Nation: A Global Intellectual History Of The Philippine Revolution, 1887–1912,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Nicole Cuunjieng Aboitiz’S Asian Place, Filipino Nation: A Global Intellectual History Of The Philippine Revolution, 1887–1912, Review Author: Matthiessen
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
No abstract provided.
Lisandro E. Claudio’S Jose Rizal: Liberalism And The Paradox Of Coloniality,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Lisandro E. Claudio’S Jose Rizal: Liberalism And The Paradox Of Coloniality, Review Author: Thomas
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
No abstract provided.
Stephanie Coo’S Clothing The Colony: Nineteenth-Century Philippine Sartorial Culture, 1820–1896,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Stephanie Coo’S Clothing The Colony: Nineteenth-Century Philippine Sartorial Culture, 1820–1896, Review Author: Camacho
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
No abstract provided.
Ronald K. Edgerton’S American Datu: John J. Pershing And Counterinsurgency Warfare In The Muslim Philippines, 1899–1913,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Ronald K. Edgerton’S American Datu: John J. Pershing And Counterinsurgency Warfare In The Muslim Philippines, 1899–1913, Review Author: Hawkins
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
No abstract provided.
Michael D. Pante’S A Capital City At The Margins: Quezon City And Urbanization In The Twentieth-Century Philippines,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Michael D. Pante’S A Capital City At The Margins: Quezon City And Urbanization In The Twentieth-Century Philippines, Review Author: Gomez Jr.
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
No abstract provided.
Takamichi Serizawa’S Writing History In America’S Shadow: Japan, The Philippines, And The Question Of Pan-Asianism,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Takamichi Serizawa’S Writing History In America’S Shadow: Japan, The Philippines, And The Question Of Pan-Asianism, Review Author: Redison
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
No abstract provided.
Damon L. Woods’S The Myth Of The Barangay And Other Silenced Histories,
2020
Ateneo de Manila University
Damon L. Woods’S The Myth Of The Barangay And Other Silenced Histories, Review Author: Nery
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
No abstract provided.
