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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

The 2018 TWSC Writeshop


The 2018 TWSC Writeshop
Third World Studies Center, Lower Ground Floor,
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy,
Palma Hall, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City
11–13 October 2018


About the Writeshop
The Third World Studies Center (TWSC) is launching the 2018 TWSC Writeshop in continuing its commitment to build the capacity of early career researchers, junior faculty members, and graduate students in the social sciences. As a premiere social science research center in the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines-Diliman, the TWSC continues  to  develop  critical,  alternative  paradigms  to  promote  progressive  scholarship  by undertaking  pioneering  research  and  publishing  original,  empirically-grounded,  and innovative studies.

Originally  meant  as  a  capacity-building  workshop  on  social  science  research  in  2010,  the TWSC  Writeshop  transformed  into  a  unique  publication  platform  for  early  career researchers,  junior  faculty  members,  and  graduate  students  in  the  social  sciences.  Since 2014, successful participants, called Writeshop fellows, were not only given the opportunity to interact with senior scholars, but also the opportunity to produce a publishable manuscript for TWSC’s internationally refereed  journal  Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies.

The 2018 TWSC Writeshop sustains the manuscript-driven mentoring format in the form of intensive yet collegial small-group discussions with mentors, established scholars in their respective fields and the Kasarinlan editorial staff. The intensive three-day session  will  bring  in  line  problematization,  researcher  positionality  and  ethics,  and crafting meaningful narratives based on empirical work to equip the Writeshop fellows in making their own contribution  to  social  science  scholarship,  i.e.,  a  publishable  work.  In  seeing through  the  TWSC  Writeshop’s  goal,  the  Writeshop  culminates  in  the  publication  of successful manuscripts in a special issue in Kasarinlan. Fellows whose manuscript will be accepted for publication within one year or until October 2019 will receive a cash incentive of P20,000.00.


Who may apply
There  will  only  be  ten  Writeshop  Fellows. Preferred applicants are social science graduate students, early career researchers, and/or junior faculty members from any Philippine higher education institution.


What to submit
Applicants  must  be  able  to  submit  the  following  to  twsc.updiliman@up.edu.ph on  or  before  31 July 2018:
  1. A 6,000–8,000 word unpublished paper (excluding end notes and references.) on any social science topic, authored solely by the applicant, inclusive of an abstract and a list of references, that can be developed into  a  full-length  article  for  publication  in  the  Center’s  internationally  refereed  journal Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of  Third  World  Studies.  The submitted work must not be under consideration in any other publication. The draft article must demonstrate theoretical rigor and must be rooted in the author’s own empirical work. Submissions will be plagiarism-checked. Applicants are encouraged to follow this format (https://bit.ly/2jm8jX5).
  2. Soft copy of latest curriculum vitae with references.


What to expect after submission of requirements
  1. All  submissions  will  undergo  plagiarism  check  by  the  Kasarinlan  editorial  staff. Submissions without plagiarized contents will undergo preliminary editorial evaluation by the Kasarinlan editorial staff. Ten submissions will be selected.
  2. The  ten  applicants  whose  submissions  were  selected  will  be  notified  by  email, including the terms of reference (TOR) for the Writeshop. They must convey their full understanding, agreement, and acceptance of the TOR by sending the signed TOR to twsc.updiliman@up.edu.ph.
  3. There is no registration fee. Successful applicants based outside of Metro Manila may apply for accommodation and airfare subsidies in the form of reimbursement and subject to government accounting rules. This excludes baggage fees, taxi fare, travel tax, and the likes. To apply for subsidies, send a signed letter addressed to the Director, Dr. Ricardo T. Jose at twsc.updiliman@up.edu.ph stating your reasons for availing them.


What to expect during the writeshop
Day 1
Activity 1: Introduction of the Writeshop Fellows
Objective: To create a collegial atmosphere among the fellows.

Activity 2: Keynote speech on the state of the art of social sciences in the Philippines
Objective: To establish the research and publication milieu in which early-career researchers can stake their claim as potential authors.

Activity 3: Plenary Lecture on social science research and publication
Objective: To set the general parameters of problematization, research positionality, and ethics in social science research and publication.

Activity 4: Small-group discussion on writing a manuscript in the social sciences
Objective: To provide a platform for the fellows where they can engage mentors and members of the editorial staff in a dialogue on the basics of manuscript writing in the social sciences.

Conduct of small-group discussion: The fellows will be assigned to groups with a mentor and a member of the editorial staff each. The mentors will be provided with a copy of the manuscript before the Writeshop to give substantive feedback. The discussion will revolve around, but will not be limited  to: 1) What research question/s does the manuscript seek to answer?; 2) What are its key arguments?; 3) What are its strengths and weaknesses?; 4) What outline/structure can be developed to strengthen the manuscript in making an original contribution in the existing literature?

Day 2
Activity 5: Small-group discussion on revising a manuscript in the social sciences
Objective: To provide a platform for the fellows where they can engage mentors and members of the editorial staff in a dialogue on transforming their draft manuscript for publication in Kasarinlan.

Conduct of small-group discussion: With the same group assignment, the discussion, this time, will revolve around, but will not be limited to: 1) Based on the first small group discussion, what is/are the research question/s that the manuscript can problematize and answer?; 2) What revised outline/structure have you chosen in revising your manuscript?; 3) What are its strengths, its foreseeable challenges, and how can they be addressed?

Activity 6: The Kasarinlan Editorial Process
Objective:  To  familiarize  the  fellows  on  the Kasarinlan editorial process, with emphasis on plagiarism and  Chicago Manual of Style referencing.

Day 3
Culminating Activity: Writeshop Fellows’ Plenary Session
Former Writeshop fellows will also be invited.

Closing Activity: Awarding of Certificates
(Applicants who will not be able to attend the entire three-day writeshop, will not be provided a certificate.)


For inquiries
Elinor May K. Cruz
University Research Associate
Third World Studies Center
University of the Philippines Diliman
Lower Ground Floor, Palma Hall
University of the Philippines
1101 Diliman, Quezon City
Email: twsc.updiliman@up.edu.ph
Telephone: +63 2 981 8500 ext. 2488
Telefax: +63 2 920 5428
Mobile: +63926 710 2926

For updates

Friday, May 11, 2018

TWSC Director Dr. Ricardo T. Jose Receives his 2018 Gawad Tsanselor para sa Natatanging Guro Award

The Third World Studies Center is extremely proud of its Director Dr. Ricardo T. Jose for being one of the awardees of the 2018 Gawad Tsanselor para sa Natatanging Guro. This is Dr. Jose's third Gawad Tsanselor. In 1999 he received the Gawad Tsanselor for his outstanding work as a researcher and in 2011 and 2018 for him being an outstanding teacher.

Congratulations Sir Rico!



























Wednesday, May 02, 2018

Forum 3: Kanino Kinikilig ang Korte Suprema? | Sa Bungad ng Diktadura? Ang 2018 Third World Studies Center Public Forum Series



SA BUNGAD NG DIKTADURA?
Ang 2018 Third World Studies Center Public Forum Series
FORUM 3: KANINO KINIKILIG ANG KORTE SUPREMA?
10 Mayo 2018 (Huwebes), 1:00 n.h.-4:00 n.h.
National Engineering Center AVR
University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City


Panoorin DITO ang video recordings ng forum na ito.


Programa
12:30 - 1:00 Pagpapatala
01:00 - 1:05 Pagbati, Ricardo T. Jose, PhD, Direktor, TWSC
01:05 - 1:10 Pagpapakilala ng mga Tagapagsalita, Moderator
01:10 - 1:30 Vicente Mendoza, Associate Justice, 1994–2003, Assistant Solicitor General, 1973–1980
01:30 - 1:50 Rene Saguisag, Senator, 1987–1992 (to be confirmed)
01:50 - 2:10 Victoria Avena, Associate Professor, UP College of Law
02:10 - 4:00 Malayang Talakayan

Moderator: Marites Vitug, Editor-at-Large, Rappler

Libre ito at bukas sa publiko (RSVP).

Concept
The Solicitor General is like a persistent suitor of the Supreme Court, an amorous houseguest that seemingly never leaves. Thus, the current SolGen, Jose Calida, has taken to calling himself the “sixteenth justice” of the Supreme Court

Unsatisfied, Calida now demands that if he fails to win his sweetheart's hand, he'll have her thrown out in the streets. That is what can happen if Calida's quo warranto petition to have Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno ejected from the Court succeeds. If that happens, we will trace the origins of a doctrine that can cause the removal of all government officials—even those whom the Constitution states can only be removed via impeachment—to Calida.

Calida’s strategy has deep-seated roots.

Legal experts have stated that our Supreme Court has clarified—if not actually expanded—the extent of the powers of the president under our previous and current constitutions. What is usually not highlighted in such explanations is the role of the office of the Solicitor General. During the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, Lansang v. Garcia was promulgated. That decision reinforced the ability of the Supreme Court to look into the legality of orders by the president, but also stated that the president is in the best position to determine if there is evidence for the reasonable use of his police powers. Such reasoning came from the office of the SolGen, then headed by Felix Antonio—which, in the context of a dictatorship, represented more the interests of Marcos than those of the citizenry.

The sameness in thinking, if not collusion, between the Court and the SolGen does happen. During the Corazon Aquino administration, SolGen Francisco Chavez succeeded in convincing the Court that the president has the power to prevent the immediate repatriation of the remains of Ferdinand Marcos from Hawaii. Recently, Calida has also enjoyed such wins; the Court found meritorious his defense of the legality of President Rodrigo Duterte's order to have Marcos's remains buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. In two distinct cases related to a single corpse, both Chavez and Calida resurrected the “political question” doctrine that the Court—and the most prominent Marcos-era SolGen, Estelito Mendoza—was fond of during the Marcos dictatorship.

Such are the moves that the Court and the SolGen make under a ratified constitution; what if there isn't one? We have already experienced being under what some have been clamoring for, a “RevGov” or a revolutionary government. Corazon Aquino established one after EDSA. A month after she became president, using the dictatorial powers she had at the time, Aquino issued a temporary “Freedom Constitution,” which junked several sections of the 1973 Constitution. A few months after a government was formed under the Freedom Constitution, several petitions questioning the legitimacy of the Aquino administration had to be dealt with by the Supreme Court. These petitions were dismissed in a minute resolution, which stated that the legitimacy of Aquino government was not a justiciable matter.

This forum will focus on the possible responses of the Supreme Court if Duterte forms a RevGov. Or, barring that, if Duterte arrogated unto himself unchecked executive powers. If the current Constitution will be disposed of to make Duterte a Supreme Leader, what “fundamental law” will be said to prevail over the country, which the Court will follow—if there will still be a Supreme Court? If, like Corazon Aquino, Duterte issues a Freedom Constitution, can the Supreme Court void it? Will judicial review still exist? If Duterte will not declare a RevGov, can he still become dictator-like—a harsh ruler who is able to make laws or law-like proclamations—that, with a meeting of the minds of the SolGen and the Supreme Court, is not violative of the Constitution?

At the moment, the Supreme Court has entertained a tendentious judicial proceeding against its very own institution in seeming titillation to the sweet nothings that Calida whispers in its ear. The SolGen asks for its heart and the Supreme Court might just give in. Then the next time around, the Solgen will ask for its brain. By that time, the Supreme Court may be quivering in fear instead of titillation. Inured to subservience to the SolGen’s importunings, it might just commit judicial lobotomy.


Sa Bungad ng Diktadura? Ang 2018 Third World Studies Center Public Forum Series:
Forum 1: Matotokhang Ba ang 1987 Constitution?
Forum 2: Puro Bato na Ba ang mga Unipormado?


PHOTOS FROM THE PUBLIC FORUM