Philippine Geographical Society 2021 Accomplishment Report
Philippine Geographical Society
2021 Accomplishment Report
INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
The Society held an election last November 2021 during its General Assembly. The following were elected as the Society’s 2022 Board of Trustees:
President :Emmanuel B. Garcia
Vice-President for Internal Affairs : Mylene Hazel T. De Guzman
Vice-President for External Affairs :Kathy Angela Ilustre
Secretary :Maria Celeste Hermida
Treasurer :Darlene J. Occeña-Gutierrez
Auditor :Lou Angeli Ocampo
P.R.O. :Dominique Sasha Amorsolo
NCGS Coordinators :Fernand Francis M. Hermoso
Timothy James Cipriano
PGJ 2017 Editor-In-Chief* :Joseph Palis
JPGS Representative* :Daniel Jan Cotia
*- Appointed Position
PGS works in partnership with the following institutions:
· Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC)
· UP Department of Geography
· Junior Philippine Geographical Society-UP Diliman (JPGS-UP Diliman)
· Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation
· Asian Geographical Association (AGA)
· ProdJx Artist Community
· MapBeks
· Mental Health AWhereness
PGS maintains its website,www.phgeographicalsociety.org, as its main publicity medium.
ACADEMIC AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
In 2021, PGS has conducted the following activities
} 2021 PGS Lecture Series (PGS LS)
Amidst the pandemic, PGS was able to hold monthly lectures that showcased the different geographic engagements of geographers and allies in the field. The PGS LS is in partnership with the UP Department of Geography. A total of 14 lectures were conducted in 2021, with the following topics and speakers:
DATE |
LECTURE |
SPEAKER |
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January 30, 2021 |
Geographic Thinking in Community Resilience Projects |
MariñoDeocariza Oxfam GB |
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Feb 20, 2021 |
Participatory Mapping of LGBT Experiences and Safe Spaces |
Mikko Tamura MapBeks |
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March 17, 2021 |
Navigating the Future: Hope, education, and aspirations for future lives among Filipino migrants in Singapore |
Evangeline Katigbak-Montoya, PhD De La Salle University |
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April 14, 2021 |
Of Communities and DRR: the Role of P3DM |
Emmanuel Garcia University of the Philippines Diliman |
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April 21, 2021 |
Truck Bans and Truck Beds: The Politics of Waiting at the Port of Manila |
Michael Hawkins University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill |
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May 14, 2021 |
Mining Hazardscape and Risk Perception |
Lou Angeli Ocampo, PhD University of the Philippines Diliman |
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May 28, 2021 |
Cultural Memory for Disaster Risk Reduction |
Soledad Natalia Dalisay, PHD University of the Philippines Diliman |
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June 26, 2021 |
Prospects and Challenges for Food Security in the Philippines |
Juanito Berja Jr. World Food Programme |
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July 17, 2021 |
Purok, Pook, at Panganib: stories in times of kalisod and managing everyday risks in the Camotes Islands |
John CeffreyEligue University of the Philippines Los Baños |
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August 7, 2021 |
Mapping Bird Ecology & Conservation |
Jonathan Villasper Wild Bird Club of the Philippines |
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September 25, 2021 |
Navigating Open Spaces: The Geospatial world through the lenses of open data |
Mark AimonPangan Open Streetmap Volunteer Action for Economic Reform |
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20 October, 2021 |
Doing Geospatial Ethnography |
David Garcia University of Canterbury |
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29 October 2021 |
Reflections on the policy shift from widespread to targeted curbs in the metropolis amid the COVID-19 pandemic |
Timothy James Cipriano University of the Philippines Diliman |
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17 November 2021 |
Geospatial Innovations for Efficient Infrastructures |
Patricia Algura Jacobs |
} Department of Geography Webbynar Series
PGS has also collaborated with the UP Department of Geography for the Department of Geography Webbynar Series. Six webinars were conducted with the following themes and resource speakers:
DATE |
LECTURE |
SPEAKER |
March 24, 2021 |
Pedaling Through the Pandemic: Rethinking Safe Spaces for the Cycling Community in the ‘New Normal’ |
Reidan M. Pawilen University of the Philippines Los Baños |
April 28, 2021 |
An Intimate Inventory of Race and Waste |
Pavithra Vasudevan, PhD University of Texas - Austin |
May 6, 2021 |
Palestine Mapping |
Linda Quiquivix Independent Scholar |
October 9, 2021 |
Messages from the ‘Family Photo Album’: Female Stereotypes in Philippine Print Advertisements, 1880s to 1930s |
Marco Stefan B. Lagman, PhD University of the Philippines Diliman |
November 26, 2021 |
The Second Nuclear Renaissance in the Making? Positioning Nuclear, Climate Change, and Infrsatructure |
Lisa Marshall North Carolina State University |
December 4, 2021 |
Reconstituting Space: Exploring Place Lexicon in Philippine Languages |
Jesus Federico Hernandez University of the Philippines Diliman |
} Innovation for earthquake resilience and response in the Philippines
The project partnership of PGS with Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) and ProdJX Artist Community was successfully completed in 2020. The project incorporates innovative techniques in the form of gamification of the Participatory 3-Dimensional Map (P3DM) to promote community-based awareness on contingency planning, specifically for earthquake-related hazards. PGS also spearheaded a Geonarratives Mapping activity as part of the project activities. Focusing on Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), this collaboration aimed to develop a platform to be used in facilitating inclusive participation in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) planning process. The project received additional funding from Elrha’s Humanitarian Innovations Fund (HIF) program for its second-phase implementation. The next phase of the project will be conducted until December 2022.
} Strengthening Partnerships through Harmonized Plans for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
The Society’s partnership with PDRF has been extended with the implementation of the project ‘Strengthening Partnerships through Harmonized Plans for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management’. Under the Project Konek: Komunidad at Negosyo TungosaKatatagan, PGS will conduct mapathon activities in 12 barangays in Quezon City. The goal is to provide capacity building in the partner barangays with the creation of their local maps that will be used in their disaster risk reduction and management activities. The barangays will also be provided with a compiled risk atlas of their locality derived from the mapathon activities.
} International Conference on Geographical Studies (ICGS 2021)
The first ever International Conference on Geographical Studies (ICGS 2021) was held on November 4-5, 2021. ICGS 2021 is a collaboration with the UP Department of Geography, and in partnership with Social Sciences and Philosophy Research Foundation (SSPRF). With the theme, “Geographies of Care: Lives, Spatialities, Experiences and Practices”, it served to highlight the multi-faceted aspect of care geographies as we navigate the pandemic and deal with the precarities of living in the ‘new normal’ and how relations and practices of care are implicated in the production of our everyday geographies. ICGS 2021 featured four plenary sessions, 15 panel sessions, and 47 paper presentations.
PHILIPPINE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL (PGJ)
As the official journal publication of the PGS, the PGJ serves as:
§ an outlet for geographic research on the Philippines, Asia-Pacific, and the Global South;
§ a forum for intellectual contributions that establish relationships within the the discipline and related fields; and
§ a journal for activities of the Philippine Geographical Society, field reports, invited essays, book reviews, featured maps, memorials, and selected International/National Conference on Geographical Studies (ICGS/NCGS) plenary speeches.
In December 2021, the PGS publicized the release of the latest issues of the Philippine Geographical Journal. These issues are available online and can be accessed via https://sites.google.com/up.edu.ph/pgj/home.