CRB Maboloc receives Research Grant from Ateneo

Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc has received a grant from the Ateneo de Davao University to fund his research project entitled "Holistic Peace and the Mindanao Problem: Tracing the Roots of a Historical Injustice through the Politics of Difference." The research will be for eight months and will include data gathering, focused group discussions, and ultimately, the writing, presentation, and publication of a paper. The grant will come from the University Research Council, (URC).

According to Dr. Maboloc, the research is a post-modern approach into the problem of peace. The researcher will use the lens of Iris Marion Young's Politics of Difference. It is an attempt to use conflict studies as a way to overcome the limits of the liberal concept of peace-building which, while democratic, is largely state-centric. It will also consider the efforts of lesser known scholars in the region to give new insights beyond what now seems to be the orthodox interpretation of the age-old Mindanao problem.

List of Accepted Papers for Oral Presentation in the 16th SES Conference

1. Donnalen Quezon (MSU-IIT) - The Paradox of Justice: A Feminist Analysis of How the Philippine Legal System Reinforces Silence Among Rape Victims through Catharine MacKinnon’s Theory of the State 2. Najifah Macaraya & Erickson Totanes (MSU - GenSan) - Thinking Peace: A Philosophical Approach to Inner and Social Harmony 3. Francis Matay-ao Jr. (Isabela State University) - Principle-Centered Leadership: A Catalyst for Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions 4. Shasell Ybanez (MSU-IIT) - A Foucauldian Analysis of How Mega Influencers Reconfigure Knowledge and Desire in the Click-to-Bet Economy 5. Casey Tuazon & Shasell Ybanez (MSU-IIT) - The Ethical Implications of David Poplar’s Concept of Play Framing in the Context of Body-Shaming Humor Toward Filipino Women: A Luna Dolezal Body and Shame Analysis 6. Marlon Naiz (Southern Christian College) - Redefining Ecotourism: A Conservationist Analysis Based On Aldo Leop...

Statement of the SES expressing its opposition to the proposal to remove Ethics in the GE Curriculum

We, members of the Board of Directors of the Social Ethics Society, express our strong opposition to the proposal to remove ethics in college. Such move is bereft of merit and is ignorant as to the value and purpose of the teaching of the course, which is thoroughly rooted in the integral and critical function of higher education. The proposal to transfer it to Senior High School deprives college students of the teaching of ethics as a professional course, which is crucial in their civic engagements and the pursuit of a democratic society that can only be grounded in responsible citizenship and critical thinking. The direction of Edcom and its advisers from the technical panels of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) reduces our whole education system into a mode of creating docile workers who will constitute the labor force that will serve the whims and interests of a capital intensive and consumer driven globalized neoliberal economic order. It only breeds our subser...

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