Anthropos Core Group

Malaking pagpupugay para sa ating mga Anthro majors sa pagtatapos muli ng isang semestre! ✨ 🏅 Gusto mo bang ma-feature uli ang iyong achievement nitong nagdaang term? Kung oo, inaanyayahan namin kayong sagutan ang mga form sa ibaba hanggang June 25, 2026.

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Pagbati sa inyo, Anthro majors!

| CSSP Deliberations for the 43rd Student Regent Selection

As we take a step closer to the 43rd UP Student Regent Selection for the 61st General Assembly of Student Councils (GASC), the CSSP Student Council invites all CSSP students and organizations to take part in the college-wide deliberation for SR Nominee Ehlon Macabontoc.

🗓 June 22, 2026 (Monday)
🕓 5:00 - 7:00 PM
📍 Online via Zoom, through the CSSP SC’s page livestream

📌 Submit your questions for the open forum here: bit.ly/SR43CSSP

The Student Regent (SR) is the sole student voice in the UP Board of Regents (BOR), the highest governing body in the entire UP System. The SR is tasked to represent student interests, lead advocacies, and safeguard student rights and welfare in the UP BOR.

This college-wide deliberation is the first phase of the three-part selection process, followed by university-wide deliberations and later on the system-wide deliberation. Note that ONLY those endorsed at the unit level will move forward to the final stage: the General Assembly of Student Councils (GASC), where the official ranking of nominees will be finalized.

You may read the full memorandum and the updated Codified Rules for Student Regent Selection (CRSRS) through the following links:

📌 OSR Memo: https://tinyurl.com/SR43-Memo

📌 CRSRS (2026 Edition): https://tinyurl.com/UPCRSRSv26

The UP Department of Anthropology warmly congratulates Prof. Soledad Natalia M. Dalisay and Prof. Carlos P. Tatel, Jr. on their appointment as UP Social Scientists under the UP Social Sciences and Philosophy Productivity System.

This recognition reflects their academic excellence, scholarly contributions, and steadfast commitment both to the discipline of anthropology and the broader academic community.

Pagbati, Dr. Dalisay at Dr. Tatel!

The UP Department of Anthropology warmly congratulates Assoc. Prof. Efenita May M. Taqueban on her election as the new Chairperson of the Department for the next triennium. She succeeds Asst. Prof. Felipe P. Jocano, Jr., whose dedicated leadership has guided the Department over the past three years.

A lawyer and anthropologist, Dr. Taqueban’s work engages with a broad range of issues that touch on the global political economy, human rights, and social suffering. She has worked on topics ranging from the maternal health crisis among women in informal settlements in Manila to the everyday use of plastics in countries across the Global South. “Mai,” as she is fondly called by her colleagues and students, also works closely with Indigenous Peoples in the recognition and protection of their rights to land and the environment.

We thank Asst. Prof. Jocano, Jr. for his service and wish Assoc. Prof. Taqueban all the best as she leads the Department in the years ahead.

Pagbati, Mam Mai!

Tingnan natin muli ang mga ganap at pakulo ng Anthropos Core Group ngayong semestre. From Socio Week to Badhi: Anthro Week 2026, maraming salamat sa suporta at pagtangkilik sa mga proyekto ng Anthropos Core Group!




🌠 Pubmat by: Beyonce Venice
✍️ Caption by: Emman Romero

NAGKAKAISANG PAHAYAG NG MGA ANTROPOLOGO NG BAYAN NG UP ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIETY AT ANTHROPOS CORE GROUP HINGGIL SA PAGMASAKER NG 79TH IPBA SA TOBOSO 19

Mula Bulwagan hanggang Kanayunan, Tuligsain ang Pasistang Rehimen!
Itaguyod ang Dignidad sa Fieldwork! Singilin ang Hustisya para sa Toboso 19!

Mariing kinokondena ng UP Anthropology Society at ng Anthropos Core Group ang marahas na operasyon ng 79th Infantry Battalion, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa Brgy. Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental. Nagresulta ang indiscriminate strafing ng mga militar noong April 19 sa pagbakwit ng 653 lokal na residente at pagpaslang sa 19 katao.

Kasama rito ang dalawang menor de edad at iba pang mga sibilyan na sina Alyssa Alano, isang iskolar at lider estudyante; RJ Ledesma, isang mamamahayag; sina Errol Wendell at Maureen Keil Santuyo, mga peasant advocates; at sina Lyle Prijoles at Kai Sorem, mga Filipino-American human rights advocates.

Hindi ginagamit at nililimitahan lamang sa interes ng iilan ang kanilang kahusayan at kasanayan sa kani-kanilang larangan; tinutuon ito sa paglilingkod sa sambayanan. Inaalala at binibigyang-pugay natin ang 19 na nasawi sa Toboso, kabilang ang siyam na sibilyan at sampung armadong rebolusyonaryo, na kapwa bahagi sa pakikibaka para sa masang api.

Hindi hiwalay sa mas malawak na laban para sa lupa, kabuhayan, at katarungan ang kanilang buhay at kamatayan. Lalong lumilinaw sa kanilang pag-aalay ng buhay ang pangangailangang ipagpatuloy ang laban ng sambayanan.

Kapag nagkaisa ang taumbayan at sumama sa laban ng masang api, doon lamang manganganib ang trono ng mga asyendero at ng kanilang mga bantay na de-uniporme.

DEFEND NEGROS!
DEFEND FIELDWORKERS!
HUSTISYA PARA SA TOBOSO 19!
TUNAY NA REPORMA SA LUPA, IPAGLABAN!
MILITAR SA KANAYUNAN, PALAYASIN!
UPHOLD THE INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW!
PAG-ARALAN ANG LIPUNAN!

SANGGUNIAN

Mariveles, J. D. (2014, April 15). Tiempo mu**to for negros, tiempo suerte for Filipinos? PCIJ.org. https://pcij.org/2014/04/15/tiempo-mu**to-for-negros-br-tiempo-suerte-for-filipinos/

Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (2026, April 30). | Massacres in Negros Island [Infographic]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FUrfTKUeh/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Hapal, K., Gante, H., Ibarra, Y., & Rombaon, P. (2022). Protecting land activists from state violence: the case of NFSW and KMP in Negros, the Philippines. Journal of the British Academy, 10s3, 57–77. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/010s3.057

Kovats‐Bernat, J. Christopher. "Negotiating dangerous fields: Pragmatic strategies for fieldwork amid violence and terror." American Anthropologist 104, no. 1 (2002): 208-222. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.2002.104.1.208.

Bourgois, P. (2006). Forward: Anthropology in the global state of emergency. In V. Sandford & A. Angel-Ajani (Eds.), Engaged observer: Anthropology, advocacy, and activism (pp. ix–xii). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.