Humanities Diliman

📢 JUST RELEASED: Humanities Diliman Vol. 22 No. 2 (July-December 2025)

We are delighted to announce the release of Humanities Diliman, Vol. 22, No. 2 (July–December 2025). This issue brings together eight insightful articles that explore spirituality, art, literature, history, photography, humor, and political resistance across Philippine and transnational contexts.

Featured in this volume are studies on ecological spirituality in Glenn Bautista’s abstractions (Mark Louie L. Lugue); wartime and postwar art historiography (Gianpaolo L. Arago); photographic spectatorship (Adjani G. Arumpac); critical re-readings of the “events that did not happen” in 1872 (Emmanuel Jayson V. Bolata); Anselm Hollo’s spirituality (Sanad Singha Goswami); graffiti, vandalism, and latrinalia in Philippine literature (Harvey James G. Castillo); humor as resistance in political illustrations from the 2022 Philippine national elections (Paolo Alejandrino, Diana Marie Igual, and Karl Patrick R. Mendoza); and a critical reclamation of the counter-pusong in Dx Machina 4 (John Carlo S. Gloria).

We warmly invite readers to explore this new issue and join the vibrant conversations it opens in the humanities. Access the full issue here: https://saliksik.upd.edu.ph/journal-issue/HD-12-25-001

Humanities Diliman is a Scopus-indexed, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published semi-annually by the UP Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development.

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📢 JUST RELEASED: Humanities Diliman Vol. 22 No. 1 (January–June 2025)

We are pleased to announce the publication of Humanities Diliman Vol. 22 No. 1. This issue brings together one of the most diverse collections of research in recent years, featuring critical studies on literature, painting, music, dance, food, and jewelry-making. The works reflect thoughtful engagements with cultural practices and creative forms across the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

In Ivan Emil A. Labayne’s “Paglalagalag sa Multong-Modernidad ng Lungsod at Nayon: Tatlong Akda ni Jun Cruz Reyes bilang Paglalaboy-laboy,” the Filipino palaboy is explored as a local counterpoint to the Western flâneur in Reyes’s Martial Law-era narratives.

Vladimir B. Villejo and Leslie Anne L. Liwanag, in “‘Hiyas at Haraya’: Ang Dinamika ng Kapital Mula sa Karanasan ng mga Mag-aalahas sa Meycauayan, Bulacan,” analyze the jewelry-making industry of Meycauayan through concepts of cultural, social, and economic capital.

Faye N. Fuentes’s “Ang Pagbuot sa Buut ng mga Piling Batid sa Delikasiyang Antiqueño” explores the preparation of local delicacies as reflections of Antiqueño values and communal identity using indigenous philosophical frameworks.

In “Power Behind Powerlessness: The Myth of Konco Wingking in Javanese Culture through Damar Kurung Painting,” Aniendya Christianna, Acep Iwan Saidi, Riama Maslan Sihombing, and Nuning Yanti Damayanti examine how traditional paintings express
women’s roles and power within a patriarchal cultural structure.

Jay Israel B. De Leon, Feorillo Petronilo A. Demeterio III, and Wilma M. Cruz, in “Paggunita at Pagmamapa sa Nawawalang Obrang 500 Years of Philippine History ni Carlos ‘Botong’ Francisco,” reconstruct a lost historical mural and contextualize it within the nation-building efforts of the 1950s.

Bryan Levina Viray’s “Songs of Collective Memory: Commemorating Marinduque Battles During the Philippine-American War” analyzes how commemorative songs shape both local and national identities through heritage discourse.

In “Choreographic Flexibility in the Invention of Chinese Classical Sleeve Dance from 1949 to 2022,” Yalinzi He, Sang Woo Ha, and Kwan Yie Wong trace the evolution of sleeve dance and its reinvention in response to the changing political and cultural policies of China.

This issue also features a book review by Loren Agaloos of The Pabalat (Wrapper) Designs of San Miguel de Mayumo’s Pastillas de Leche by Shirley V. Guevarra, which highlights a fading folk art tradition in Bulacan and calls for its preservation.

Please note: The UP Diliman Journals Online (UPDJOL) website is currently under maintenance. The full issue will be uploaded once the site is back online.

For now, you may access the full issue through this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XDjZeoZPxYMGDYzf8dnfgs4JBovxhSUC?usp=sharing

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We invite you to read and share this issue widely. Its critical insights and cultural depth make it a valuable resource for scholars, artists, and cultural advocates.

Humanities Diliman is a Scopus-indexed, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published semi-annually by the UP Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development.

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We are pleased to announce the publication of Humanities Diliman Vol. 21, No. 2 (July-December 2024). This issue features a diverse collection of articles and book reviews that explore key aspects of humanities research.

Highlighted articles include Kevin Paul D. Martija's analysis of the moral controversies surrounding the music of Filipino bands Eraserheads, Yano, and Teeth, Lara Katrina T. Mendoza’s exploration of Pinoy hip-hop culture, John Adrianfer Atienza's examination of cinematic archives during the Marcos regime, and Yoseph Yapi Taum Taum's insights into the portrayal of Jesus Christ in Indonesian poetry. Additionally, John A. Amtalao discusses the academic treatment of Ifugao culture, while David Michael M. San Juan critiques Scopus-centrism in Philippine research.

The issue also includes book reviews, such as Oscar T. Serquiña, Jr.'s review of Tunogtugan, Jose Santos P. Ardivilla’s take on 1898: US Imperial Visions and Revisions, and Ewa A. Łukaszyk’s review of The Jesuit Encounters with Islam in the Asia-Pacific.

Humanities Diliman is a Scopus-indexed, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published semi-annually by the UP Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development. Access the full issue here: https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/humanitiesdiliman

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How does social media shape our understanding of history? Join the conversation, listen to the Roundtable "𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮" onsite on 14 October 2024, 9 AM, PST at the UP Asian Center! View details | Sign up: https://bit.ly/contestingmemories

This roundtable is organized by the UP Asian Center in partnership with OVCRD journals Humanities Diliman and Social Science Diliman and the UP President's Committee on Culture and the Arts as part of the commemoration of the 2024 UP Day of Remembrance.

Join us for an insightful discussion on "Contesting Memories and Narratives of Philippine History in Social Media" on Monday, October 14, 2024, from 9 AM to 12 NN.

As part of the UP Day of Remembrance 2024, the OVCRD journals Humanities Diliman and Social Science Diliman, in collaboration with the UP Asian Center and the UP President's Committee on Culture and the Arts, invite you to delve into the ways social media influences our perceptions of history.

The speakers are ORVILLE B. TATCHO, Ph.D. (UP Baguio), JAN CARLO PUNONGBAYAN, Ph.D. (UP School of Economics), MICHAEL CHARLESTON "XIAO" CHUA, Ph.D. (DLSU Manila), and KIRBY ARAULLO (Content Creator and Filipino Historian).

This hybrid forum will be held at the Seminar Room of the UP Asian Center and via Zoom. Best part? It’s free and open to everyone! Just make sure to register online ( https://bit.ly/DoRmemories )

Let’s dive into this important conversation together!

Kasama ang Opisina ng Bise-Tsanselor para sa Saliksik at Pagpapaunlad (OVCRD), sumakay tayo sa biyaheng Saliksikhay 2024, ang Diliman Research, Innovation, Development, and Extension (RIDE) festival na gaganapin mula ika-19 ng Setyembre hanggang ika-11 ng Oktubre. Alamin natin ang mga events na magtatampok ng kritikal at malikhaing pag-iisip, at paglilingkod sa bayan sa pamamagitan ng pananaliksik.


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