A study by a team of researchers from the UP Diliman (UPD) School of Archaeology (SA) revealed that a strong and meaningful link between the Filipinos and pigs exists throughout history (and prehistory). The research This Little Piggy: Pig-Human Entanglement in the Philippines (This Little Piggy) by authors Joan Quincy Lingao, Juan Rofes, Michelle Eusebio, […]

Digitization and Performance of Asian Music Arranged for Guitar Ensemble by Lester Demetillo is a research project fulfilled in honor of the UP Guitar Ensemble founder. This was how the team described the research —a project of the Department of Strings and Chamber Music (DSCM) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Music (CMu).                       […]

In his research Issue-Based Cooperation on Conflict Resolution in the South China Sea: Exploring Roles for ASEAN Beyond the Code of Conduct, Edcel John A. Ibarra states that “the findings [of the study] can help foreign policy makers craft targeted strategies to enhance cooperation on conflict resolution in the South China Sea [West Philippine Sea].”

The Philippine Review of Economics (PRE) Volume LXI, No. 1 is now available online. The PRE is a peer-reviewed journal published biannually by the UP Diliman School of Economics (SE) and the Philippine Economic Society (PES). According to the SE and PES, the journal’s contents “are indexed in the Journal of Economics Literature, EconLit, and […]

The January to June 2024 issue of Humanities Diliman is now available online. In her editor’s note, Ruth Jordana L. Pison, PhD said, “In revisiting topics which are either often written about or taken for granted, the critical works in this collection stimulate discussions on cultural expressions, social media, politics, language, class, and taste.” She […]

The latest issue of the Philippine Journal of Librarianship and Information Studies (PhJLIS) by the UP Diliman (UPD) School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) is now available online. According to the SLIS, this second issue of Volume 43 contains articles on “health sciences librarianship in the Philippines, modern Thai archival education, and teachers’ sense-making […]

A study led by Juan Rofes, PhD, an associate professor at the UP Diliman (UPD) School of Archaeology, determined the Middle Paleolithic landscape of the Iranian Zagros, through Tang-e Shikan cave, by using micromammals as paleoecological indicators. In an article by H. J. B. Birks in Encyclopedia of Ecology (2008) cited by the Science Direct […]

The Philippines needs to strengthen its existing support programs, such as those for indigenous people (IP), women, and climate change resilience, to step closer to social sustainability, according to Louise Cord, PhD. Cord is the World Bank global director for social sustainability and inclusion in the World Bank’s sustainable development practice. Cord said social sustainability […]

Guitar exercises are viable augmentative treatments for those with hand impairments brought about by a chronic stroke. This was the conclusion reached by the researchers of GTARA (Grip/Grasp Training with Active Range of Motion Activities Using Guitar): Guitar Lessons for Restoring Hand Function Among Patients With Unilateral Hand Impairment From Chronic Stroke (GTARA). “Ang pag-aaral […]

Arran Stibbe, PhD, said the Philippines should protect its language diversity and its many traditional and indigenous cultures. An ecolinguist and a professor in ecological linguistics at the University of Gloucestershire, UK, Stibbe said the country’s languages and cultures contain ecological wisdom. In the study Traditional Ecological Knowledge Versus Ecological Wisdom: Are They Dissimilar in […]