Chapter 3: “Constantino revisited: The ‘miseducation’ and diplomacy of the Filipinos” authored by Erickson D. Calata In his essay ‘The Miseducation of the Filipino’, Renato Constantino argues that the American-instituted educational system is geared towards subjugating the minds of Filipinos for colonial mentality while… Continue Reading “International Studies in the Philippines (An interview with Erickson D. Calata)”
Chapter 9: “Political and economic perspectives on diversification in Philippine-South America relations” authored by Florencia Rubiolo Diversification is a foreign policy goal aimed at widening the space for maneuvering in a regional and international environment in which less-developed and small countries are subject to… Continue Reading “International Studies in the Philippines (An interview with Florencia Rubiolo)”
Chapter 13: “Sexploitative human trafficking in, out of, and beyond the Philippines” authored by Archill Niña Faller-Capistrano Understanding and addressing trafficking in persons as a glocal issue tends to highlight a state-centric worldview that entrenches the locus of danger almost exclusively upon the ‘sending’… Continue Reading “International Studies in the Philippines (An interview with Archill Niña Faller-Capistrano)”
In line with the international conference, Decolonizing Global Studies: Charting Trends, Mapping Trajectories, a four-day intensive academic workshop will be held intended for early-career academics in the Philippines engaged in research that fall within the broad themes of the conference. Organized by the UP Center for… Continue Reading “#PHISO2020 Exploratory Workshop”
How can local experiences and the social transformation generated by modernity help to enrich our understanding of the international? What might a version of the much-discussed “non-Western International Relations (IR)” look like? What continuities and discontinuities from the Philippine experience in particular can be… Continue Reading “International Studies in the Philippines: Mapping New Frontiers in Theory and Practice”