I’m a Filipino anthropologist and a member of the Dominican Order. I’m affiliated with the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Santo Tomas, Manila and the Department of Anthropology, University of the Philippines Diliman. I hold master’s degrees in theology and anthropology, and doctorate in anthropology. I teach anthropology and phenomenology of religion, area studies-Southeast Asia, world ethnography, psychological anthropology, village community, and anthropological fieldwork methodologies.
A recent academic engagement (out in 2024) is a plenary address to the Conference Mondiale des Institutions Universitaires Catholiques de Philosophie (COMIUCAP). In describing Southeast Asian context through Malay metaphors, the worldview of social movements often occluded by colonial historiography, neocolonial institutions and statecraft, finds ethnographic voice.
Current fieldwork engagements study collective memory through songs during the period of World War II in Cebu, Central Visayas, and among first-generation descendants of Indonesian migrants in Mindanao, southern Philippines.
Research Topic: ‘SIMBAHAYAN’ in the dunia Melayu: an Ethnographic Context for Intercultural Conviviality
Host University: University of St. Joseph, Macao
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