At its heart, the discipline of anthropology is fascinated with the human condition and the diverse lifeworlds that humans have co-inhabited, created, nurtured, and propagated, under different historical and ecological contexts.
When the conditions and possibilities for human existence and well-being are undermined or threatened, anthropological ways of knowing and doing can play an important role in opening up collaborative engagements and constructive interventions for remedial action.
For the 47th UGAT Annual Conference, we invite anthropologists, scholars from various disciplines, development workers, activists, community leaders, and other practitioners to reflect upon and share their
experiences of doing engaged anthropology or engaging with anthropologists as public intellectuals towards this end. How have these engagements made a difference to affected communities? What does it mean to co-produce and co-mobilize knowledge among academics, community members, and various stakeholders?
What creative, evocative, unsettling, or even militant ways have been deployed in engaging with different publics on raising awareness and catalysing action? What are the prospects, constraints, and ethical dilemmas in an engaged anthropology? How can we reimagine anthropology that shifts from extractive knowledge production to ethically grounded, care-based, community-led action—where stepping back, refusing to research, or dismantling 'knowledge gaps' become valid and necessary forms of engagement?​
PLENARY SESSIONS
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS
CONFERENCE CONVENORS​
Noreen Sapalo
University of the Philippines Diliman
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Rachelle Lacea
National Museum Bohol
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Socorro Anne Revilla Zaluaga
Holy Name University, Bohol
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Skilty Labastilla
Ateneo de Manila University
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Doms Cordero
Head of Conference Secretariat, UGAT