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What do you write after a 2-year blog silence?
I haven’t published anything on this blog for a while now. And mostly, it’s kinda like when you had beef with your friend in high school and then you just don’t talk for a long time and then it becomes real awkward to even think about talking and then the distance just grows so you…
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Teaching about Transnational Families
(Photo in New York Magazine, 2007) Teaching about Transnational Families In my global sociology class, I teach a unit on migration and mobility, both of capital and people. The unit covers the multinational corporation and flexible labor, export processing zones and zones of sovereignty, constraints on people over capital and ends with the transnational family…
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America Is In the Heart
My journey with Carlos Bulosan has been a windy one. I was acquainted with “Allos” (as Bulosan refers to himself in America Is In the Heart) in an undergraduate class called Filipino American literature taught by the indomitable Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales. We had a book a week to read and if my memory serves me correctly,…
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University of the Philippines, Diliman
On July 2, 2014, I have the honor of sharing my multi-sited research project about Filipino transnational families that have migrant members living in New York City and families in Metro-Manila at a round table discussion hosted by scholars and faculty with the Department of Women and Development Studies at the University of the Philippines.…
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The Luxury of Reproducing Inequality Sociologically
On a long drive from Portland to the Bay Area the other day, I was flipping through some news articles and noticed Olga Khazan’s article entitled, “The Luxury of Waiting for Marriage to Have Kids” on The Atlantic. As a sociologist thinking about families and marriage, the titled piqued my interest and I began to…
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Filipinos in Costa Rica
While in Costa Rica last week, me and my crew took an excursion to the Manuel Antonio national park to take in the beautiful, lush greenery that is Costa Rica and follow a trail to a popular local beach. When we were walking towards the entrance of the park, we wandered into a souvenir shop.…
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Week of Action for the Philippines at University of Portland
When I arrived at University of Portland, it was one of my hopes to bring the Filipino/a and Filipino/a American experience to the forefront of campus life. I didn’t know exactly how I would do this but I knew it was my responsibility. After the mega-typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, the University of Portland responded by organizing a…
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Critical Filipino/Filipina Studies Collective in SF!
In about a month, the annual Association of Asian American Studies conference will be held in San Francisco. For many intellectuals (organic and non, ala Gramsci) in Asian American Studies, this conference is not only a location for cutting edge scholarship but also a safe haven for community building and political engagement. This year, AAAS…
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PDX Relief General Meeting
Relief and long-term rehabilitation in the Philippines is still sorely needed! How can we continue to support meaningful rehabilitation from a grassroots perspective? Share you thoughts with us! PDX Relief Meeting Thursday March 13 6:00-8:00p.m. Center for Intercultural Organizing located at 700 N Killingsworth St.
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Diwang Pinay for academics
In 2009, I had the privilege of being part of a dynamic group of people that did research, wrote and acted in a play and built very strong basis for community-building and migrant worker organizing in New York City. That year, Diwang Pinay as a theatrical production was the first and most impactful way we…
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