2012 audrn researchprojects

Four Research Projects on Local Knowledge

2012

In Search of Indigenous/Traditional Knowledge and Practices of Tan-awan Village

West Negros University

Dr. Norberto P. Mangulabnan

Director, Research, Development and Extension Office

Victoria E. DemonteverdeAssociate for Research

Research Development and Extension Office

Tan-awan, Kabankalan, Negros Occidental

The broad aim is to discover, document and preserve the indigenous /traditional arts, culture and practices of Tan-awan Village and share these to others, particularly students

through local theatre and publications

Passing On the Gift: Local Healing Modalities in an Ayta Community in

Floridablanca, Pampanga, Philippines, Miriam College

Dr. Victoria N. Apuan

Chairperson, Social Sciences DepartmentCollege of Arts and Sciences

One major goal is to use the local knowledge shared with the younger Aytas and other young people who may want to accept the gift of healing methodologies that are passed on. The research findings could be used as material for courses

such as Sociology 101, Theology 104, and International Studies courses on the undergraduate level and Religious Education 211 -Inculturation and Filipino Theology on the

graduate level.

The Virgins of Cavite: Religiosity, Arts and History

De La Salle University – Dasmariñas, Cavite

Teresita P. Unabia, Director, Cavite Studies Center (CSC)

Dr. Bernardo N. Sepeda, Coordinator, Textbook and Instructional

Materials Development (TIMD), University Research Office (URO)

Ms. Rosanni R. Sarile, Director, Marketing Communications Office (MCO)

This study is expected to provide an extensive documentation both in written and in multi-media format on the faith- ritual-historical dimensions of Caviteño's devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It will help renew and strengthen the veneration to and appreciation of the role of the Blessed

Virgin in the lives of the Caviteños, particularly students.

Building Bridges between Formal Laws and Living Laws: An Action Research on Indigenous Laws in the Philippines

Angeles University FoundationAteneo de Zamboanga University, Zamboanga City

Father Saturnino Urios University, Butuan CityUniversity of St. La Salle, Bacolod City

Miriam College, Quezon City

The main goal of this study is to gather and document IP laws and dissect them vis-à-vis national official laws

(particularly the Republic Act No. 8371, otherwise known as “The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997) in the hope of

identifying gaps—contextual divergence, conceptual variances and even political premises—in order to provide an analysis of existing conflict, bridge understanding and

consensus among stakeholders, and offer case studies that could inform suitable legislative bills for possible

sponsorship in Philippine Congress.

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