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Lecture on Graceful Ageing: The Philippine Experience

The Institute of Philippine Culture (IPC), School of Social Sciences
will hold a lecture on Graceful Ageing in Senior Filipinos: The
Philippine Experience by Edmund Ramon Talob of the Behavioral and
Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences,University of
Sydney. The lecture will be held on July 16, 2010, Friday, 4:30
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the IPC Conference Room, Frank Lynch Hall, Social
Development Complex, Ateneo Loyola Heights campus.

Talob is the recipient of the 2010 Endeavour Research Fellowship
Award. He is also a visiting research associate at the IPC.

Abstract
While a group of senior Australians in Sydney's eastern suburbs define
graceful ageing as considering retirement options, staying safe and having
meaning in life, this study explores this concept further from an Asian
perspective. Statistics from the United Nations World Population Ageing
(2002) confirm that the Philippines will face the challenges of an ageing
population with the proportion of Filipinos aged 60+ increasing by 19.5% in
2050. Using a multiphasic mixed-methods survey design, variables associated
with the graceful ageing experience were investigated. Graceful ageing as an
innovative and positive concept reaffirms the Philippine's family system as
a basic ageing infrastructure. Preliminary results provide baseline data to
help improve community attitudes towards ageing and hinder the emergence of
an ageist or youth oriented society. Final results incorporating both
quantitative and qualitative data have policy and service delivery
implications for seniors advocacy groups, service providers and government.

**Please call 426.6001 local 4651 for inquiries.

What Works: Preliminary Insights from a Study of Ateneo's Initiatives in Public Education, Local Governance, and Social Entrepreneurship

During his faculty day address last June 18, 2010, University president Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres mentioned an IPC study that looked into the Ateneo de Manila's Initiatives in public education, local governance, and social entrepreneurship. The research was conducted by IPC director, Dr. Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu, Ma. Elissa Jayme-Lao, and Leslie Lopez. The report on "What Works?" can be accessed here.

IPC 297 Field Researcher Passed 2010 Architecture Board Exam

IPC congratulates Mr. Justin Basco for passing the 2010 Architecture Board Exam. Mr. Basco graduated from the University of Santo Tomas and has been a member of the research team of IPC Project 297 (Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Manila and other parts of Metro Manila), since September 2009.

Recipients of the MRA for 2010-2011

Congratulations to the recepients of the Merit Research Awards for Schoolyear 2010-2010: Dr. Mira Alexis Ofreneo of the Department of Psychology (The Discursive and Structural Production of Domestic Violence: Integrating Positioning and Role Theory) and Fr. Robert Rivera, sj of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Institute of Church and Social Issues or ICSI (The Couples for Christ and El Shaddai: Suborganizational Framing and Sociopolitical Mobilization in Two Philippine Catholic Charismatic Communities).

Conference on The Rise of China and Its Effects on East Asia and the Philippines, March 12

The Institute of Philippine Culture, the Confucius Institute and the Graduate School of
Business at Ateneo de Manila University, and together with the Philippine Association for
Chinese Studies, cordially invite the community to a Conference on ?The Rise of China and
its Effects on East Asia and the Philippines,? to be held on Friday, 12 March 2010 at the
Ateneo Professional Schools Ampitheater, Rockwell Center, Makati City.

The conference will feature papers from Dr. Joseph Anthony Y. Lim, Dr. Ellen Palanca, Ms.
Elizabeth S. Tan and Prof. Benito O. Lim of the Ateneo?s Chinese Studies Program and the
Department of Economics. These papers are the outputs of a research project on the impact
of China?s economic growth on the region, particularly the Philippines. The project was
supported by the Merit Research Award program of the Institute of Philippine Culture.

It will be an occasion to discuss and gain more understanding of the issues of common
concerns between the Philippines, China and the rest of East Asia. In addition to the
four papers, Mr. Wu Zhengping, Commercial Counsellor of the Embassy of the People?s
Republic of China, will deliver the Keynote Address. Mr. Roel Landingin of the Financial
Times of London will present findings and insights from his investigative study on
China?s Overseas Development Assistance.

Please contact Ms. Joanna Blancaflor (Institute of Philippine Culture, 426-6067 local
213) or Ms. Richie de Guzman (Confucius Institute, 426-6001 local 5208/5280) for more
details.

Book Launch: "EDSA 1 in the Public Minds of Filipino Civilian and Military Groups", March 5

In commemoration of the 24th anniversary of the EDSA I People Power Revolution, the Institute of Philippine Culture (IPC) invites the community to the book launch of Cristina Jayme Montiel's "EDSA 1 in the Public Minds of Filipino Civilian and Military Groups: A Social Representations Approach to History."

The event will be held on March 5, 2010, Friday, 5:00 p.m. at the Social Science Conference Rooms 1 and 2, Ateneo Loyola Heights campus.

For inquiries, please call 4266001 local 4651 ext. 213 or e-mail ipc@admu.edu.ph.

About the Book
Is there a single EDSA 1 in the public minds of Filipino civilian and military groups? Or are there different and antagonistic memories of this event? This volume discusses the different stories of EDSA in the public minds of civilians and military personnel. Using a social
representations approach to history, the author surveyed 200 individuals from graduating classes 1986 and 2006, from both Ateneo de Manila University and the Philippine Military Academy. Results indicate two different - even opposing - EDSA narratives in the collective minds of individuals belonging to the civilian and military sectors. Findings are discussed in the light of how groups may represent their institutional histories of democratic shift in order to uplift their political positions during the unstable period of transition after the fall of an authoritarian regime.

2010 IPC Lecture Series

Everyone is cordially invited to the IPC lecture series this 2010:

The Shaman, His Nephew... and the Captain (A film showing and
discussion with the director)
Mr. Pierre Boccanfuso
Film Director/Visual Anthropologist, National Center for Scientific
Research, France
27 January 2010 (Wednesday), 4:30 to 6:00 pm, Leong Auditorium

Social Networks and Computer Mediated Interactive Communication
Technologies (CMICT): New Social and Cultural Possibilities or More of
the Same Thing?
Dr. Raul Pertierra
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
17 February 2010 (Wednesday), 4:30 to 5:30pm, IPC Conference Room

Conference on The Rise of China and Its Effects on East Asia and the Philippines

12 March 2010 (Friday) , Ateneo Rockwell amphitheatre

China's Macroeconomy and its Impact on Economic Development, Poverty
Reduction and Income Distribution
Dr. Joseph Anthony Lim
Department of Economics

China's Trade with East Asian Countries: Impact on Regional Trade Integration
Dr. Ellen Palanca
Chinese Studies Program, Confucius Institute and Department of Economics

China's Integration in East Asia and the Role of Intra-Industry Trade
Ms. Elizabeth Tan
Chinese Studies Program

China's New Foreign Policy Thrust of Soft Power: Implications for
Third World Countries
Mr. Benito Lim
Chinese Studies Program

For inquiries, please call local 4651 or e-mail mmacapagal@ateneo.edu

IPC welcomes, completes research projects

IPC Launched Four Books on Sept. 15, 2009

On the Occasion of the 49th Founding Anniversary of the Institute of Philippine Culture (IPC), four books were launched on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 4:30pm at the MVP Center for Student Leadership basement lobby (in front of the Loyola Schools Bookstore). The books are:

The Myth of Recovery: The Asian Crisis More than a Decade Later
by Edsel L. Beja, Jr.

OFWs Turned Entrepreneurs: Breaking Stereotypes, Redefining Paradigms
by Joseph Sedfrey Santiago, Manuel Ricardo Sacramento and Jose
Atanacio Estuar

Southeast Asia Today: Development Paradigms, Reflexive Engagements
Edited by Angela Desiree M. Aguirre, Emmanuel C. de Guzman, Jon
Michael R. Villaseñor

Capability Building for Urban Slum Upgrading: Views from Five Communities in Quezon City
By Cynthia C. Veneracion

IPC 297 Field Researcher Tops Architecture Board Exam

Arch. Ramil B. Tibayan (B.S. Architecture, University of Santo Tomas) ranked number 1 in the 2009 Philippine Architects Licensure Examination conducted by Philippine Regulation Commission (PRC). He is a member, since September 2009, of the IPC Research Team which is conducting an on-going inventory of heritage structures in Manila and other parts of Metro Manila.

We congratulate Arch. Tibayan!

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