PGS Lecture Series 2022-07: Juan Miguel Torres on photovoice

The political and social exclusion of women, children, older adults and persons with disabilities (PWDs) – especially the economically disenfranchised – has always been identified as a perennial problem in society. In the context of disaster risk reduction (DRR), the PWDs are among those crucially impacted by natural hazards and climate induced disasters. And yet their voices are excluded from DRR-related decision making and planning activities. With more hazards expected to be experienced, including the impending “Big One” or a strong earthquake set to happen anytime due to the West Valley Fault in Metro Manila and its peri-urban fringe, communities and sectors must be fully capacitated to be resilient to deal with the direct and indirect impacts of disasters as well as the aftermath. Hence, effective and participatory planning in the pre-emergency phase – with the inclusion of all sectors of society particularly the poorest of the four sectors – is crucial in securing and saving lives and in ensuring that appropriate systems are in place to help restore order, build resilience, and provide protection and basic services to citizens.

The Philippine Geographical Society (PGS) through its PGS Lecture Series invites Juan Miguel Torres of Salikhain Kolektib and who currently sits as project manager of Lahat Dapat Innovation Project will deliver a presentation entitled Using Photovoice as a Community-based Participatory Tool in Developing Inclusive Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies. It is happening on Monday, 25 July 2022 at 4:00PM.

For the presentation, two barangays in Pasig City, and one in Quezon City represented by different sectors of the community participated in a Photovoice project are to be spotlighted. In particular, the identification and categorization of their vulnerabilities and capabilities will discussed. The undertaking aims to identify gaps, and come up with strategies to make barangay disaster plans more inclusive.

To register, click the following link to participate in the lecture series. https://tinyurl.com/3vvzv2uy

The midyear edition of PGS Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the UP Department of Geography through the Geographies of Disasters and Hazards Research Cluster.

PGS Lecture Series 2022-05: Luigi Toda on vulnerabilities and resilience

Continuing with the goal of presenting applied geography undertakings in the Philippines, the Philippine Geographical Society is mounting the fifth PGS Lecture Series for the year. The talk is to be given by Luigi Toda entitled Measuring Vulnerability and Resilience. This lecture happens on Saturday, 28 May 2022 at 2:00PM.

An alumnus of the UP Department of Geography and Australian National University, Mr Toda currently sits as Program Manager of the Climate Change Resilience at Arup.

To participate for the lecture this Saturday, please click this link to register or type this link to your URL: https://tinyurl.com/326dhskh4

The PGS Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the UP Department of Geography.

PGS Lecture Series 2021-09: John Ceffrey Eligue on vulnerabilities of the fisherfolk and farmer communities in Camotes islands

Disaster studies oftentimes focus on large-scale and macro-level physical and natural hazards and how environments are impacted in the aftermath of disasters. Fewer studies spotlight on what van Voorst et al (2015) term as “everyday hazards,” where human subjects’ experience and encounter with environmental stresses are given particular focus. 

Sponsored by the Philippine Geographical Society (PGS) through the PGS Lecture Series, John Ceffrey Eligue’s talk will illustrate these “everyday hazards” and how protracted daily neglect leads to fragile livelihoods for those who are already exposed to natural hazards. Prof Eligue’s presentation entitled Purok, Pook, at Panganib: stories in times of kalisod and managing everyday risks in the Camotes Islands will showcase the use of a more place-based approach in identifying patterns of risk perception and coping strategies of people living with slow-onset hazards in an island community of Camotes. Deploying kalisod (Visayan for hardship) as an analytic, the talk gives equal importance to stories gleaned from the farmers and fisherfolk in the island using a socio-spatial approach. The study attests that vulnerability is not static and social bonding is necessary in coping during times of kalisod.

Prof Eligue is a faculty member of the Department of Community and Environmental Resource Planning, at the College of Human Ecology of the University of the Philippines Los Baños. He teaches courses on human ecology, human settlements, and planning theory. Prof Eligue served as research associate for various land and water use planning projects and foreign-assisted programs doing field works across the country prior to his employment as an assistant professor at UPLB. 

This presentation happens on 17 July (Saturday) at 2:00PM. If you wish to attend and participate, register through this link.

The UP Department of Geography is a co-sponsor of this event through the Human Geography, and Geographies of Disasters and Hazards research clusters. 

NCGS Lecture Series 2020-01 - Panel Session on the role of geography in disaster studies

2020 marks the 70th year of the Philippine Geographical Society (PGS) however with no formal face-to-face NCGS (National Conference on Geographical Studies) this year, we are inviting everyone to our NCGS Lecture Series this Saturday, 19 December 2020 at 1:00PM (GMT+8).

For this Saturday's NCGS Lecture Series entitled Geography in the Midst of Disasters, we invite two members of the Geography alumni (Hanz Alejandria and Junico Boribor) to impart their knowledge and expertise on disaster studies and mitigation as well as insights on inter-agency collaborations, and how the discipline of geography aid and assist not just in the spatial understanding of hazards and disasters but also in reflecting how multiple actants, agents, and stakeholders are complicit and interpellated in the final decisions and outcomes in the management of disasters.

The NCGS | PGS Lecture Series endeavors to bring together academics, applied geographers and practitioners, local communities, and civil society to talk, discuss, and debate upon place-based issues transecting and intersecting peoples, landscapes, situations, and practices from local to supranational scales.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://up-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpd--gqj0sHtItMJL4_Sa-xmzUFMlcM-Je 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Geography Webbynar #4 (2020-2021): Mylene de Guzman on aggression towards lesbians in precarious labor

For this semester's fourth Geography webbynar, Prof Mylene De Guzman from UPD-Geography will share her findings based on her research on labor geographies focused on lesbian work in BPOs and the everyday violence brought by micro aggressive language and behavior. 

The talk, entitled Microaggressions Toward Lesbians in Call Centers in Quezon City, Philippines, will take place on Wednesday, 25 November at 6:00PM. 

Geography Webbynar 05: Prof Mylene De Guzman

Time: Nov 25, 2020 06:00 PM Singapore

https://up-edu.zoom.us/j/88407965685

Meeting ID: 884 0796 5685

Passcode: Porpoise

Virtual Book Launch: Scent of Rain, Sun and Soil: Stories of Agroecology by Lumad Youth in the Philippines, by Sarah Wright

All are invited to attend and participate in the book launch of a picture book entitled Scent of Rain, Sun and Soil: Stories of Agroecology by Lumad Youth in the Philippines by Sarah Wright. Published by Southern Voices Press this year (2020), the book combines poetry, images, and narratives from students, volunteer teachers and staff of the Community Technical College of Southeastern Mindanao (CTCSM). 

Copies of the book can be purchased at Popular Bookstore, Southern Voices Press, and Solidaridad Bookshop. 

The book launch is happening on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 7:00PM (Manila) & 10PM (Sydney).  

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://up-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtd-mhqzIoG9TPK5y6SkbD3v54lBMScVJs 

Panelists

Sarah Wright, University of Newcastle

Miguel Dawan, CTCSM graduate 

Francis Gealogo, Ateneo de Manila University-History

Ma. Diosa Labiste, UP Diliman-Journalism

Jose Monfred Sy, UP Diliman-DFPP & Save Our Schools

Arnold Alamon, Mindanao State University-IIT-Sociology

Moderator

Joseph Palis, UP Diliman-Geography

Panel Webinar on Knowledge Production

A team of panelists from four institutions all over the globe will speak on the intellectual and progressive art of curation when producing knowledge in classrooms and in practice. Organized by Dr Myra Garces-Bacsal from the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU)-College of Education, the panelists hail from various institutional bases around the world: Dr Ruanni Tupas (University College London-Department of Culture, Communication and Media), Dr Joseph Palis (University of the Philippines Diliman-Department of Geography), and Dr Mark Baildon (Nanyang Technological University-National Institute of Education). 

The panel is entitled The Politics of Knowledge Production: Why and How Knowledge is Produced in Teaching and Research. It happens at 8:30PM (PH time), October 15, 2020.

Zoom details are found in the attached flyer. 

Geography Webbynar #2 (2020-2021): Sarah Raymundo on indigenous knowledge and sustainable futures

For the second Geography Webinar Colloquium this semester, the UP Department of Geography welcomes Prof Sarah Raymundo, director of the UP Center for International Studies. She does organizing work for the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) and BAYAN (New Patriotic Alliance), associate editor of Journal of Labor and Society, and Interface: Journal of and for Social Movements. Her talk is entitled Making Space for Indigenous Knowledge, Sustainabilities, and Futures. 

The event is happening on 14th October (Wednesday) at 7:00PM (PHT, GMT+8). 

Zoom details can be found below:

Time: Oct 14, 2020 07:00 PM Asia/Manila

https://up-edu.zoom.us/j/89298989259

Meeting ID: 892 9898 9259

Passcode: Porpoise