Bøger udgivet af Ateneo de Manila University Press

They call themselves The Filipino Pioneers, the generation of workers who came to Denmark from 1960 to 1973. It was the era of European "guest worker" recruitment that in Denmark ended in November 1973, when the government adopted a so-called immigration stop. At the same moment, however, the Philippine government was in the process of creating a labor export program. Despite the immigration stop, Denmark was, by the end of the 1970s, on the list of countries served by the new Overseas Employment Development Board, which was already deploying Philippine workers to more than one hundred countries. During the second half of the twentieth century, labor markets and forms of migrations were reconfigured through global entanglements as well as local events. Labor Pioneers traces the lives of Filipina workers in Denmark from the 1960s until today, and situates their trajectories within a history of labor trading policies crafted in the twentieth century by local officials, authoritarian rulers, trade unions, and international organizations.

Brings together lectures and researches conducted among the Sama and Sama Dilaut in Tawi-Tawi; the Tala-andig Bukidnon in Mindanao; and the Ifugao, the Itneg, and the Ilocano in Northern Luzon. A video-CD contains performances of poetry of the Tala-andig Bukidnon, Kalinga, and the Sama Dilaut.

Discusses the challenges to Asian cooperation from the points of view of political, economic, and sociological disciplines. This book approaches the issue of cooperation from different levels: national, bilateral, and regional.

Includes many papers that have become classics in Philippine sociology and anthropology.

The Philippines has been a pioneer in granting communities greater involvement in managing natural resources, including coastal resources, and irrigation water. Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) has seemed the answer to improving equity and sustainability. This book offers a collection of papers from a review of Philippine CBNRM.

Presents seventeen stories of Benjamin Bautista that are on par with some of the best stories of such celebrated writers as Alejandro Roces, Francisco Arcellana, and Francisco Jose.

A work on migration in Asia that deftly blends sociology, anthropology, philosophy, theology, and spirituality to show that migration, is a universal phenomenon, thanks in part to globalization, must be a constant concern of the Church's mission.

Examines the construction of the nation in contemporary Ilokano literature in the intersections of gender, history, and nationalism by tracking its political, material, and socio-cultural connections and intervention in Philippine socio-political discourse, history, and historiography.

Modern biotechnology is a powerful tool that is poorly understood by many. Straight Talk on Biotechnology aims to provide in-depth understanding of the various facets of this technology, which is likely to have a tremendous impact on our lives. In particular, Volume I provides: (openli)A historical perspective of various sciences and biotechnology.(openli)An explanation of basic concepts of biotechnology, including cloning.(openli)An overview of global trends in the commercial production of transgenic food and crops, including a case study on Bt corn.(openli)Status of government and non-government research initiatives, including an assessment of government guidance on biotechnology.

Three decades after his first stories were published, a quarter of a century after his novel, Hemingway in his old age writes of an "old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish." On the eighty-fifth day he goes farther out to sea than before, and then for three days and nights he battles mightily with a mighty fish. It is a monster fish, eighteen feet long, great, beautiful, indomitable, but it is finally conquered by the equally indomitable spirit of a weakening old man. . . . "It is true that the story ends on a despondent note: the old man has lost not only his fish but even the glory of his achievement. Some tourists come and in their abysmal ignorance dismiss the enormous skeleton as that of a shark! But the old man is unaffected by the inane remarks of ignorant tourists. He is asleep and he is dreaming of lions.

Presents an anthology of the author's interventions into cultural studies in the stage fo corporate-led globalization. This book shows how the author inserted Philippines into the contemporary discourse on the crisis of the humanities and modern letters.

Consists of pieces of discovery that try to reveal the possible connections between the snippets of understanding we gain from science and our journey toward becoming human.

We all dream of a better future and of a better relationship. We all dream of a better family and of a better life. But how do we go about realizing these dreams? Is the degree of our dreams directly proportional to the degree of sacrifice required to achieve them?

Why is musical mimesis so much a part of the cultural world of indigenous Filipinos? What does it tell us about their musical sensibilities and their social world? This book addresses these issues through a study of the relations between musical poetics, myth, and magic in the musical and spiritual lives of T'boli men and women.

Shares the author's experiences from the first days of World War II until the end of hostilities. He saw and endured the pain brought by war, but lived through it optimistically, first hand and vicariously, through the different personalities - American, Filipinos, Japanese, and others - whom he knew and with whom he came into contact.

Examines how and why American colonial rule transformed social and spatial relations across the Cordillera, creating a distinctive pan-Cordillera Igorot ethnoregional consciousness. The author demonstrates the central role of Baguio City as an ethnically diverse urban center for cultural comparison and identity.

Deals with the student movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and with actions, conflicts, and unities within the school. This work covers student publications, organizations, and ideological involvements. It highlights the participation of administration, social development professionals, and the Jesuit community in university activism.

Summarizes the lessons learned from studies and project activities in the northern Sierra Madre Mountain Region to draw conclusions on various aspects of comanagement.

Shows, through research and documentation of artifacts and practices, how art pervades the everyday life of the people of the Sulu Archipelago, such that no divide exists between beauty and function, between artistry and utility.

Aims to presents an account of the history of the religious congregations for women in the Philippines. Their collective story is a saga of courageous struggles and commitment to their cause, sacrifices, human weaknesses and failures, and unique accomplishments, which invested them with moral authority and charisma.

Collects forty essays, articles, reviews, and columns, published in the ""Philippines Free Press"", ""Asia-Philippines Leader"", ""National Midweek"", ""Philippine Graphic"", and other journals.

Understanding labor laws is essential not only for lawyers and students but also for businessmen, entrepreneurs, and ordinary employees. This book covers the following topics: general principles of the Labor Code, employment relationship and independent contractorship, working conditions and rest periods, and retirement.

The volume examines the critical interfaces between the personal and political that frame the utopian visions of Bai Ren, Robert Francis Garcia, Cesar Lacara, Zelda Soriano, Peter Bacho, and Rey Ventura in their works. They illuminate the ongoing transformation and redefinition of the Philippine nation-state.

Provides snapshots of issues in contemporary Philippine rural society set against the changes that transpired from the 1920s to the 1990s.

During the 1970s southern Mindanao was the battleground of two major rebellions. Standard explanations for these rebellions point to a combination of ethnic disputes and demographic changes. This title argues that colonial construction of the state shaped Mindanao's political landscape.

Examines contemporary developments in four multiethnic, multifaith societies, which are also significant middle powers in Asia Pacific: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Australia. Although making regional coordination a real challenge, the commonalities and differences of these four countries are useful for comparative analysis.

Revises the common observation that Philippines-Japan relations are characterized by inequality.