sociology aslant
Class, a defining feature of the experience of Philippine society, is both abstract and material, acute and slippery in all the ways that Filipinos (consciously or unconsciously) understand their identity. In fact not only their identity. But their possibility.
Letters to the Writer: On Becoming Descendant
There’s a caricature of the Filipino literary scene over the last century: the dominance of academia, the culture of patronage politics, the epicenter for elitism, the binary of aesthetics versus politics . . . I ‘grew up’ in this contemporary literary culture.
Notes on Pagkamulat: Routes and Roots of Radicalism
The radical points to a desire close to Marxist and revolutionary thinking, but more rooted and filial as a Filipino through the posing of a question: Paano ka namulat?
The Necessity of Creative Inquiry in Troubled Times
When we are compelled to change our conditions, as we are called upon to do now, creativity wagers on what is possible.
Solidarity as an Alternative Story of Power
Collective solidarity gives rise to alternative modes and stories of power—in which it is shared, distributed, and kept alive in an interplay of diverse actors.
Reading as a Relational Practice
We are readers and listeners of each other, relational, constantly unfolding, re-infolding and taking shape.
