UGAT Annual Conference
Since its founding in 1978, UGAT has been conducting annual national conferences not only to discuss professional concerns but also to make anthropology more involved in national and global issues affecting Philippine society and culture.
1st (1978, Laguna)
Philippine Anthropology Today
2nd (1979, Baguio City)
The Power of Anthropology:
A Dialogue among Developers
3rd (1980, Cebu City)
The Filipino and His Changing Environment
4th (1981, Dumaguete City)
The Anthropology of Power
5th (1982, Iligan City)
Anthropology and Technology:
Third World Perspectives
6th (1983, Cotabato)
Anthropology of Mass Movements:
Peoples Organizations in Social Transformation
7th (1984, Bukidnon)
The Anthropology of the Future:
Emerging Structures and Processes
8th (1985, Legazpi City)
Anthropology of Education:
Contribution to Nationhood
9th (1987, Cagayan de Oro City)
Culture Change and National Development
10th (1988, Marawi City)
Ethnicity and National Unity
11th (1989, Tacloban City)
Anthropology and Resistance
12th (1990, Manila)
Philippine Ethnography:
Issues in Cultural Pluralism and Nationhood
13th (1991, Manila)
Anthropology of Philippine Anthropology:
Issues and Concerns for the Nineties
14th (1992, Laguna)
Anthropology of Development:
Issues and Concerns of the Nineties
15th (1993, Cebu City)
Sustainability of Development:
The Anthropological Perspective
16th (1994, General Santos City)
The Anthropology of Transformation
17th (1995, Nueva Ecija)
Anthropology of Disaster
18th (1996, Benguet)
The Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines:
Knowledge, Power and Struggles
19th (1997, Palawan)
Territoriality, Histories and Identities
20th (1998, Quezon City)
Philippine Anthropology in the 21st Century
21st (1999, Albay)
The Use and Abuse of Anthropology in the Philippines
22nd (2000, Misamis Oriental)
Theory and Practice of Philippines Anthropology:
Reviewing the Past to View the Future
23rd (2001, UP Diliman, Quezon City)
Bridging the Generations in Philippine Anthropology
24th (2002, Davao City)
Rootwork and Network:
Weaving Mindanao Anthropology
25th (2003, Cebu City)
Writing Philippine Ethnography
26th (2004, Cagayan de Oro City)
The Ends of Educating
27th (2005, Miag-ao)
The Anthropology of Crisis
28th (2006, SU, Dumaguete)
The Philippines Unbound:
Anthropological Critiques of Globalization
29th (2007, ADZU, Zamboanga City)
The Practice of Governance
30th (2008, San Fernando, Pampanga)
Performing Heritage
31st (2009, XU, Cagayan de Oro City)
The (Re)Making of Cities and its Consequences
32nd (2010, National Museum, Manila City)
Kalikhasan in Flux: Indigenous Peoples’
Creativity in a Changing Natural Environment
33rd (2011, CMU, Musuan, Bukidnon)
Aghamtaong Kaagapay:
Anthropology Cares for Its Publics
34th (2012, USC, Cebu City)
“Culture” and “Well-being”:
Conceptualizations, Appropriations, Implications
35th (2013, ADDU, Davao City)
Rethinking & Remaking Forms of Knowledge
36th (2014, SLU, Baguio City)
Trajectories of the Anthropological
in the Philippines
37th (2015, SU, Dumaguete City)
Dagat Ug Kinabuhi:
Maritime Cultures, Spaces & Networks
38th (2016, ADMU, Quezon City)
Circulating Anthropological Knowledge
in the Public Sphere: Building Communities of Practice
39th (2017, CU, Cagayan de Oro City)
The Struggle for Rights: Anthropological Reflection
on What Is and What Ought To Be
40th (2018, PSU, Puerto Princesa City)
Our Interconnectedness:
Doing Anthropology in a Time of Ecological Crisis
41st (2019, VSU, Baybay City)
Food (In)Security: An International Conference on Anthropology of Food and Eating
42nd (2020 Luzon Regional Conference,
DLSU-SDRC & DSA-ASIA, Online)
Anthropology of Encounters
42nd (2020 Visayas Regional Conference, USC, Online)
Encountering Colonization and the Pandemic in the Visayas: Local Experiences and Responses
42nd (2020 Mindanao Regional Conference,
AIIA-ADDU, Online)
Encountering the COVID-19 Virus in Mindanao:
People’s Responses to the Pandemic
43rd (2021, ADMU, Online)
Anthropologies of (De)Colonization and Beyond:
An International Conference
44th (2022, MSC, Boac, Marinduque)
Kapuluan: Anthropology in the Archipelago
45th (2023, ADZU, Zamboanga City)
Anthropology of Home
46th (2024, CLSU, Nueva Ecjia)
Anthropology in a Divergent World: Promoting Diversity, Justice, and Inclusivity
47th (2025, HNU, Tagbilaran City)
Engaged Anthropology, Anthropology in Action