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Bakwit : the power of the displaced / Jose Jowel Canuday.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, c2009.Description: xv, 211 pages : illustrations, maps 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789715505772
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV 640.4.P6 .C169 2009
Contents:
Framing displacement : perspectives, concepts, and method -- The Bakwit as makers of history : persistence, creativity, and capability -- The Bakwit as movers of space : migrating people, mutating maps -- Bakwit as social movement : interacting, strategizig, mobilizing -- Reframing displacement : research in solidarity.
Summary: This book won the 2010 National Book Awards for Social Sciences category. According to Albert E. Alejo, S.J., this book "renders long overdue respect for the dignity and struggle of the bakwit-the people displaced by conflict and, at times, disenfranchised by aid. Canuday reminds us that the first and lasting fact in any rigorous and reverent social analysis is the resilience of the human spirit.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Isagani R. Cruz Collection Isagani R. Cruz Collection Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center HV 640.4.P6 .C169 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3IRC0000008130
Filipiniana Filipiniana Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana HV 640.4.P6 .C169 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEA0000311036

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Framing displacement : perspectives, concepts, and method -- The Bakwit as makers of history : persistence, creativity, and capability -- The Bakwit as movers of space : migrating people, mutating maps -- Bakwit as social movement : interacting, strategizig, mobilizing -- Reframing displacement : research in solidarity.

This book won the 2010 National Book Awards for Social Sciences category. According to Albert E. Alejo, S.J., this book "renders long overdue respect for the dignity and struggle of the bakwit-the people displaced by conflict and, at times, disenfranchised by aid. Canuday reminds us that the first and lasting fact in any rigorous and reverent social analysis is the resilience of the human spirit.

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