Noreen H. Sapalo

• Master of Arts
• Assistant Professor at University of the Philippines System

This is a re-reading of Linda Tuhiwai-Smith's Decolonizing Methodologies (1999) in the context of Philippine anthropology and its realities.

Si Charles Wright Mills (1916-1962) ay isang sosyologo at propesor ng Sosyolohiya sa Columbia University. Pinakakilala siya dahil sa librong The Sociological Imagination (Ang Sosyohikal na Imahinasyon) (1959), isang klasikong akda na naglalaman ng konseptuwal na balangkas sa pagsusuri ng lipunan, ng metodolohiya o paraan upang maintindihan at mapag...

In the face of mounting dilemmas and precarities—poverty, eviction, displacement, and disasters, how do urban poor relocatees construct and negotiate their notions of home? This research gathered narratives focused on the notions and aspirations of home of members of San Isidro Kasiglahan, Kapatiran, at Damayan para sa Kabuhayan, Katarungan, at Kap...

Referred to as digital mourning (Babis, 2020), the use of social networking sites to mourn seems to have become more prevalent amid the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, causing observers to describe their Facebook timelines as resembling “virtual obituaries” (Cruz, 2021, para. 3). Using digital ethnography and computer-mediated discourse anal...

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic claimed thousands of lives in the Philippines in 2020. Due to the extended lockdowns, COVID-19 health protocols, and social restrictions, Filipinos were prevented from engaging in prepandemic mourning practices and rituals, leading to the disenfranchisment and compounding of their grief. This paper examin...

This study investigates gray areas of contemporary political campaigning from a political economy perspective. Using qualitative field and digital methods, computational methods, and economic modeling, it analyzes the scope, scale, and cost of commissioning social media influencers in the 2022 Philippine Elections across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube,...

The discussion will focus on a preliminary social-media investigation and analysis of one of the more well-known “myths” which captured the public imagination during the 2022 Philippine presidential election. According to this story, the Marcos family allegedly owns hundreds of thousands of tons if not a million tons of gold which they will selfles...

How can critical geographers and anthropologists work together with and for communities at the periphery? This paper (a short article originally uploaded by Global Ethnographic) teases out the ways through a reflexive recounting of fieldwork and counter-mapping experience in New Clark City, a 9,500-hectare state-led project lauded as the first “sma...

Mabigat ang bagahe ng agham-tao. Hindi kaila sa lahat na magkatambal na namayagpag ang antropolohiya at ang mga kolonyal na ekspedisyon. Saksi ang nakaraang mga siglo kung paano kinasangkapan ng kolonisasyon ang disiplina at/o metodo ng antropolohiya; mula sa marahas na pananakop, asimilasyon, at hanggang sa yugto ng integrasyon. Nang napormalisa...

This study aims to give an ethnographic account of the religious beliefs and practices of the T’boli during Semana Santa / Holy Week in the Philippines. It provides a baseline understanding of how T’boli indigenous beliefs are negotiated and reconciled with Catholic faith. Participant observation, key informant interviews, and a desk review of rele...