Ateneo Sociology and Anthropology

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Extended Deadline: January 10, 2026

We invite educators, researchers, and policymakers to share insights on teacher leadership—from classroom innovation to community engagement and policy advocacy.

S4SES 2026 National Conference
“Teacher Leadership in Action: Voices and Visions from Philippine Locales”

📅 Feb 25–26, 2026 |📍Ateneo de Manila University

Visit the Conference Website to submit and/or register: https://bit.ly/4q9eZrE

Sociological Praxis #2 is a career orientation program for Atenean students who are still wondering whether sociology (or the social sciences) is for them. This event aims to show the promise of the discipline outside academia and to highlight its practical applications across various fields. Guests include people with sociology backgrounds who are now working in media, government, the private sector, and civil society. They will discuss their experiences after graduation—such as job searching, the challenges they encountered in their chosen fields, areas where they think sociology has great potential, and their suggestions for making the discipline more adaptable to the changing terrain of work outside the university.

The public, especially students who want to know more about sociology, may join us via Zoom.
https://ateneo-edu.zoom.us/j/88335212393?pwd=mYKXwtV5UmcaxHYxXeoYaOZ5ICdxWc.1

Meeting ID: 883 3521 2393
Passcode: 562140

You may send us your questions for the speakers through this link: https://forms.gle/QVBj9dCZtUYjhbLh8

Thank you for joining the Quantitative Research and Data Analytics Colloquium 2025! 📣

We extend our gratitude to everyone who attended and supported today’s event, themed “Deepening Analytical Thinking in the Academia (DATA): Unlocking Insights Through Quantitative Research.” Your presence helped make this gathering a vibrant space for learning and exchange.

Congratulations to our undergraduate and graduate student presenters for showcasing timely, rigorous, and insightful quantitative research:

𝗧𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗶, 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼 𝘀𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗴-𝗮𝗵𝗼𝗻: 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗨𝗽𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 (𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 - 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚🏅)
Presenters: Rei Zoe Emmanuel V. Bonto, Cristina Dominique T. Claparols, Cristina Gomez Ponce, Lara Maxine C. Hiranandani, Lois Phoebe E. Matti, Miguel Octavio Mendoza, Julien Porquet, & Ricci Danelle Sy

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀: 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗱𝗮 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆–𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀’ 𝗖𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀
Presenters: Kerwin Mark D. Martinez, PhD Sociology Student & Wrendell C. Juntilla, PhD MathEd Student

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝟳 (𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 - 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚🏅)
Presenters: Kylie Chang, Ysabelle Pangilinan, & Christian Tandoy, MS Social Development

𝗔 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
Presenters: Alexandrei Joseff D. Balaga & Maria Angelica S. Aguilar, AB–MA Political Science, Global Politics

𝗨𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗮 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗯: 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗹𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗼, 𝗟𝗮𝗼𝗮𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆
Presenters: Di-an Thristan L. Bien, MA Sociology, Philippe Angelo T. Hinosa, MA Anthropology, & Emmanuel Reed Horton B. Viceral, MA Anthropology

Thank you once again to our participants, faculty mentors, and event organizers for making the colloquium a meaningful and engaging space for scholarly exchange! 📊

📣 JOIN US FOR THE QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH AND DATA ANALYTICS COLLOQUIUM 2025!

Theme: “Deepening Analytical Thinking in the Academia (DATA): Unlocking Insights Through Quantitative Research”

📅 Date: November 19, 2025
📍 Venue: Faura AVR
⏰ 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology invites students, researchers, and practitioners to a half-day colloquium hosted by SOSS graduate students that sharpens analytical thinking and showcases the power of quantitative research in understanding today’s complex social realities.

📊 See you as we explore the power of quantitative research in shaping academic insights!

Dr. Rosita G. Leong School of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, invites you to the public Final Oral Defense of the Master's thesis entitled:

"Butil, Galawan, at Kargahan: The Language of Experiential Realities in a Community Living with Drugs"

By: Mr. Yuan Gabriel R. Reyes
Master of Arts in Anthropology Candidate

Venue, Date, and Time:
2F Old Communications Building, November 14, 2025, Friday, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Adviser:
Jose Jowel P. Canuaday, PhD

Panelists:
Eufracio Abaya, PhD
Ateneo de Manila University
John Martin Gappy, PhD
Ateneo de Manila University

ABSTRACT:
This work examines how language mediates the lived realities of a community living with drugs in a barangay in Metro Manila. It approaches speech, lexicon, and everyday discourse as sites where ambivalence takes material and linguistic form. Drawing on the concepts of ambivalent materiality, argot, and the drug dispositif, the study explores how prohibitive institutions and local vocabularies interact to shape how drugs, users, and moralities are understood. Through co-creative ethnographic methods that combine fieldwork, photovoice, and cultural animation, the research listens to people whose voices are often excluded from policy and academic discourse, framing them as experts of their own lived experience. Findings reveal that within an expanding prohibitive drug dispositif, language functions both as an apparatus of restriction and a resource of defiance. Words such as adik (addict), masamang adik (bad addict), butil (grain), galawan (movement), kargahan (planting of evidence), and sumisistema (participation in the system) articulate alternative moral logics, relational responsibilities, and strategies for navigating precarity amid surveillance and criminalization. Ultimately, the study argues that ambivalence is not simply indecision but a way of living and speaking through contradiction—where danger and necessity, prohibition and participation, coexist and are continuously negotiated in everyday life. By attending to these linguistic negotiations, the thesis offers an account of how people sustain life, meaning, and relation within and against the apparatuses that seek to define them.

Join us via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/ReyesDefense

📢DSA COURSE OFFERINGS FOR SECOND SEMESTER, A.Y. 25-26

The Ateneo Department of Sociology and Anthropology invites students to explore its lineup of select course offerings for the Second Semester, A.Y. 2025–2026.

📌For further details on course offerings, visit class schedules on AISIS.

In partnership with the Ministry of Social Services and Development of the BARMM government, The Asia Foundation (TAF), and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of the Australian government, the Tagpuan Ateneo Center for Dialogue, Research, and Collaboration delivered before the Second Congressional Commission on Education of the Philippine Congress (EDCOM 2) a strategic governance policy reform paper addressing the deepening crisis of Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

Dr Jose Jowel Canuday (Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ateneo) led the study with co-investigators comprising of Dr Kartini R Tahir (Islamic Education Psychology and Childhood Development, MSU Tawi-Tawi), Dr Melissa Quetolio-Navarra (Sociology and Governance, ADMU), Mr Joselito T Sescon (Economics, Ateneo), Ms Roselle Trishia Reyes-Carbaja (Social Development, Ateneo), and Ms Luisa Cecilia G dela Cruz (Medical Anthropology and Sociology, Ateneo).

In the study, Tagpuan Ateneo underscored four key issues driving the crisis in childcare and development of Bangsamoro children within the ages of zero to ten years old as follows:

- The lingering impact of the long-running armed conflict on children malnutrition, education, and welfare
- Continuing episodes of civilian displacement driven by frequent community-level armed conflicts and the complicating factor of climate change-induced flooding and drought
-Fragmented, uneven, and underinvestment on childcare
-Disjunctions in early childcare, education, and social services delivery among BARMM, the national government, and local government duty bearers

Final report can be downloaded from the link found in the attached article.

Tagpuan Ateneo delivers strategic early childcare governance recommendation to the Second Congressional Commission on Education | News | Ateneo de Manila University The Tagpuan Ateneo Center for Dialogue, Research, and Collaboration delivered before the Second Congressional Commission on Education of the Philippine Congress (EDCOM 2) a strategic governance policy reform paper addressing the deepening crisis of Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) in the....

The Philippine Embassy in Mexico, in partnership with the University of the Philippines-Diliman, El Colegio de San Luis, and the Philippine-Mexico Studies Program, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM), invites you to the ninth episode of “LA HISTORIA OLVIDADA: FILIPINAS-MEXICO 2025,” a virtual colloquium series on Philippine-Mexico relations, to be held via Zoom on 24 October 2025 at 6:30-8:00 P.M., Mexico City time (25 October 2025 at 8:30-10:00 A.M., Philippine time).

The resource speaker, Dr. Fernando N. Zialcita, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ateneo de Manila University will discuss the “Mixed Unions during the Spanish Period: Facts and Fictions” in English.

This colloquium series, which will be streamed live via Post’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com//streams), aims to highlight pivotal events and contexts that have shaped the engagements between the Philippines and Mexico, spanning from the sixteenth century to the contemporary period.

Interested participants may register using the QR code on the attached poster or through this link: bit.ly/Historia-OlvidadaPHMX. Certificates of Participation may be issued to interested participants. We look forward to seeing you there.

CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION

S4SES 2026 National Conference
“Teacher Leadership in Action: Voices and Visions from Philippine Locales”

📅 Feb 25–26, 2026 |📍Ateneo de Manila University

We invite educators, researchers, and policymakers to share insights on teacher leadership—from classroom innovation to community engagement and policy advocacy.

SEE POSTER FOR ABSTRACT DETAILS

Submit here: https://bit.ly/s4sesAbstractSubmission

Conference Website: https://bit.ly/4q9eZrE

Let’s spotlight how Filipino educators lead, inspire, and transform education!

CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION
Submission Deadline: December 5, 2025

S4SES 2026 National Conference
“Teacher Leadership in Action: Voices and Visions from Philippine Locales”

📅 Feb 25–26, 2026 |📍Ateneo de Manila University

We invite educators, researchers, and policymakers to share insights on teacher leadership—from classroom innovation to community engagement and policy advocacy.

SEE POSTER FOR ABSTRACT DETAILS

Submit here: https://bit.ly/s4sesAbstractSubmission

Conference Website: https://bit.ly/4q9eZrE

Let’s spotlight how Filipino educators lead, inspire, and transform education!

📣Faculty of the Ateneo Department of Sociology and Anthropology Receives Publication Award📣

The DSA congratulates faculty member, John Abletis, for receiving a Publication Award this S.Y. 2025-2026 for his work titled "Possibilities and Challenges in Teaching Democratic Values" published in Alipato, A Journal of Basic Education, Volume 15 (2024).

The full article is available at https://www.journals.upd.edu.ph

JSP Week 2025: Kakehashi 架け橋 'Bridging Cultural Divides' presents

KONO BASHO FILM SCREENING AND TALKBACK SESSION WITH CINEMALAYA XX 2024'S BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTRESS, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, AND BEST PRODUCTION DESIGNER

LOCATION: ESCALER HALL
DATE: OCTOBER 22 (WEDNESDAY)
TIME: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (SCREENING + TALKBACK SESSION)

For JSP Week 2025: Kakehashi 架け橋 'Bridging Cultural Divides', the Japanese Studies Program of Dr. Rosita G. Leong Hall School of Sciences presents multi-award-winning film, Kono Basho, followed by a talkback session with the Cinemalaya XX 2024 awardees for Best Director, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design.

Join Jaime Pacena II (Director), Gabby Padilla (Actress), Dan Villegas (Cinematographer), and Eero Francisco (Production Designer) for some insightful conversations on co-productions, collaboration, and cooperation in film production and culture!

Film Synopsis, Director's Statement, and Registration Link Here: https://forms.gle/4cJBZJqQSJF7HEqcA

In the upcoming session, ASHI will present practical, participative approaches that demonstrate how empowered, community-led solutions emerge when research responds to the Nanays’ own aspirations. For ASHI, empowerment means treating women as co-knowledge producers, able to influence decisions that shape their lives and their families’ futures.

Get to know the speakers and their backgrounds.