The 2nd Baguio Social Science Summit

Theme

"Transformations in the Philippine Social Landscape: the Northern Panorama"

October 17-19, 2012
RCB Dome, University of Baguio
Baguio City, 2600 Philippines

The 2BSSS is a national conference that aims to bring to Baguio City representatives from the academe, the government, the tourism sector, the youth sector, the religious sector, and civil society to engage in a scholarly exchange on the issues that currently shake the country’s social environs. It is the Summit’s intent to provide a forum where various vantage points on the current social landscape of the country and projected directions of research can be shared and scrutinized.

We therefore invite scholars to present their researches (ongoing/finished) that are related to the subthemes below.

Scholars from outside of the Philippines are also invited to attend. Interested foreign presenters may also submit the abstracts of their studies on the identified subthemes.

SUBTHEMES: 

a. modern religiosity and the Filipino public sphere
b. recent Philippine political shifts and trajectories
c. the Filipino diaspora and other mass movements
d. autonomy in the Cordillera and in Muslim Mindanao
e. studies on Philippine mountain cultures and ethnic minorities
f. displacements and forcible evictions, development projects and their impacts on local communities
g. reconstruction and conservation of tourism spaces, the social impacts of tourism
h. environmental protection and conservation
i. use of social capital and resilience of communities to disasters
j. internationalization of Philippine higher education and multicultural education
k. conditions of the LGBT community
l. online ethnography focusing on ICT and the youth  

new!! Registration rate for Students: Php1,500.oo

ABSTRACT Submission Details 

a. 400-500 words
b. Text: Times New Roman (12" font size)
c. Abstract submission should identify the subtheme it falls under and should include the full name of the author and his/her institutional affiliation. Organizers, however, have the right to redirect when needed your paper to a subtheme other than that which you have identified.
d. Submissions should be accompanied by author's academic profile (containing not more than 200 words). It should contain author's full name, contact information (email, phone/fax, office address), and academic background. The profile should also contain a photo of the author.

Abstract submissions and inquiries from interested participants may be addressed to:
Mr. Farland Valera
Department of Political Science
University of Baguio
Office Tel.: (074) 442-4915 loc. 275
Telefax: (074) 442-5367; (074) 442-8749
Email: socsummitbaguio@gmail.com; socsummitbaguio@yahoo.com; masalikot@gmail.com  

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Dr. Mark Joseph T. Calano
President, Philosophical Association of the Philippines
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University

Prof. Liezl Astudillo
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, De La Salle University-Manila

The third speaker (from Mindanao) will be announced soon.  

Important Dates...
Start of Sending Notice of Acceptance - July 23, 2012
Deadline of Abstract Submission - September 8, 2012

REGISTRATION: Opens on August 1, 2012
End of Early Registration is on September 18, 2012
Early Bird Registration Rate - Php 2,000.oo
Early Bird Registration Rate (Foreign Participants) - USD 65.oo

Regular/On-Site Registration - Php 2,500.oo

We'll post an update regarding the Registration Procedure this July. Stay tuned! 

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The 2BSSS is jointly organized by:

The Department of Social Sciences and Humanities 

The Department of Philosophy 

The Department of Political Science 

University of Baguio, Philippines

Korean Concert at SM City Baguio: A Showcase of Musicality and Youthfulness

Right after I dismissed my class at 5:30PM last friday (November 27, 2009), one of my Korean students approached me. He showed me a text message from their Korean classmate who was absent (for the 1st time) that day. The text was asking him to tell me that the texter is absent because he had a concert at 7PM that night at SM City Baguio. He was asking me to have him be excused and that he will present his excuse letter the following meeting. The last part of the message was an invitation for me to go and watch him perform in the concert.

After my last class (5:30-6:30PM), i went to the faculty room to ready my things and go. With a co-teacher, I headed to the bundy area to punch out.

We walked to SM through Assumption Road and then up along Session Road. We arrived early at the venue; to let time pass, we watched the fashion show for a while and then we went to the activity area and sat down...

After a short while, i saw approaching my classmate in the graduate school... He is the owner of Remnant International School, Campt 7, Baguio City. He sat on the chair beside me and we had a lively chat about the concert that is about to begin.

Then four Korean guys came out and took the stage quietly... I can barely recognize their faces... But when the spotlight was lit, it came clear... One of them was my student in the College of Dentistry, and another one is my student this semester. They are going to play the piano and the saxophone respectively.

I thought... "Wow, these guys must be musically gifted!" The first piece was like a birthday gift for me! It was my birthday on the 22nd of november, hehehehe... "Seng il chuk ha hamnida.... Seng il chuk ha hamnida..." (played on piano by Kim Kwang Rok).

Then "Kenny G" played his sax in a way that made the audience feel that they are in a fine dining environment.. Even my co-teacher said... "Sana may mga pagkain na dito." We could not but exclaim, "Ang galing naman ng mga ito."

The music was really great... It was soothing for a tired body; rejuvenating for a weary heart; inspiring for fallen soldier; comforting to a distressed soul. Especially the saxophone sound... Produced by the able and dexterous young musician, Kim Jiwon.

As I was listening to the smooth decibel from the instruments, i could not help but think... "Once in a while, man needs to immerse himself into the world of art... into music.. into the appreciation of aesthetics..." This would enable him to appreciate life more... This would allow him to find an additional dimension of existence... This would lead him to utter words of praise to the Great I AM... This would put him into an environment of calm and peace...peace both with himself, and with his God.

GLOWING LOLLIPOP IN SESSION ROAD

Trendy? or Just fad....
"IN"? or baka "jologs" naman! :)

While walking down session road in Baguio City last weekend after watching the UC-BCF marching band concert at SM, one item of merchandise caught my attention instantly. Though my ears were absorbing what companion was telling me (it was about what she has watched just minutes ago), my eyes were magneted to the sort of a glow-in-the-dark thing being paraded by young (mga bata talaga sila) vendors. Echoing in the noisy sidewalk were their calls for passersby to stop shortly and have a look at their items on sale. "Lolipap! Sampu langggg!!! Bili na po kayo!"

I inspected closely (with my eyeglasses on) lollipop met gayam, hehehehe! My companion wanted to buy but she felt awkward to get one. I had the same feeling too, hehehehe..