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Cyberspace Patrol

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How Low Can You Go?

my love for twitter

my distate for twitter

politics intwitter

politicians in twitter

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Over the Hill is Home

Philippine’s IPs and Heritage Protection As economic necessity and a climate crisis leave no part of the world untouched, countries around the world are reframing their standards for growth. One way to go at it is through the not-so-new concept of heritage. It has been a global exercise where states protect unique features of their cultural and natural environment, and regard them as assets to be projected globally. Assisting in the protection of claims to land, resources, and intellectual property, I propose that this disposition can help our archipelagic, multicultural country cultivate better livelihoods especially for marginalized groups such as the IPs.

IPs in the Philippines have been struggling to sustain their heritage since the 1980s. When the government began to destroy their land, their culture went with it as well. These actions have been passable under the law and now are even enabled by President Duterte’s violent remarks against their communities. The Regalian Doctrine, which holds the State as the sole owner of lands, continues to reign in our constitution, allowing for capitalistic ventures to be prioritized over CADT applications that protect the IP’s rights to their land.

If CADTs are given, the Lumad can reside in their homes and continue their relationships with the environment, but for the past 20 years, our government has failed to make moves for indigenous heritage.  Some countries have protected their own assets for recognition and have even garnered revenue and prestige from what they are naturally adept with. Such is the tree resin from Amazonian tribes and the nuts from Brazil. In both examples, protected land has been the main driver of the produce quality. With that priority, livelihood can be ensured. Instead, our path has been geared toward capitalist development that destroys nature. For example, instead of elevating the non-timber products and agricultural goods harvested by the IPs, mining in Zamboanga Peninsula and legal approval of the Kaliwa Dam were the chosen paths to aid development.

The lone stronghold left defending IP rights is their Free, Prior and Informed Consent- a right to be consulted before any development venture takes place in their ancestral domain. Essentially, the FPIC is a political wager for IPs to suggest whether or not development should take place. However, to institutions, this is seen simply as a yes or no answer easily invalidated vis-a-vis the given development path. Evaluations for past implementations all indicated failure- that there was not enough institutional capacity to enforce and assist such a wager. With that, IPs deliberately lose all means of political negotiation and protection against legislations like the Regalian Doctrine.

If this country is to celebrate multicultural diversity, and even hold the SEA Games, then it should also stand alongside people in defending their land and rights. Instead, war is waged upon citizens for the profit of multinational companies. With this in mind, the Philippines has yet to unite towards the overall protection of livelihood rooted in context- in the name of protecting culture, environment and the people that have given it life.

Sources America, Oxfam (2013) Free Prior and Informed Consent in the Philippines: Regulations and Realities. Available at: https://s3.amazonaws.com/oxfam-us/www/static/media/files/fpic-in-the-philippines-september-2013.pdf (Accessed: 7 October 2020).

Erasga, Dennis. (2008). Ancestral Domain Claim: The Case of the Indigenous People in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Asia-pacific Social Science Review. 8. 10.3860/apssr.v8i1.704. 

Displaced Drafts for Displaced Persons (2020). Available at: https://angeencomienda.livejournal.com/2600.html (Accessed: 7 October 2020).

Doyle, C. (2019). The Philippines Indigenous Peoples Rights Act and ILO Convention 169 on tribal and indigenous peoples: exploring synergies for rights realisation. The International Journal of Human Rights, 24(2-3), 170–190. doi:10.1080/13642987.2019.1679120 Mindanao, 3. (2020) Filipinas Heritage Library | The Lumad of Mindanao, Filipinaslibrary.org.ph. Available at: https://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/articles/the-lumad-of-mindanao/ (Accessed: 12 October 2020).

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (1998 ) RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS ACT OF 1997” , Wipo.int. Available at: https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/ph/ph083en.pdf (Accessed: 7 October 2020).

Team, M. et al. (2019) Indigenous Struggles: A Shortfall of Philippine Democracy, Democratic-erosion.com. Available at: https://www.democratic-erosion.com/2019/12/09/indigenous-struggle-a-shortfall-of-philippine-democracy/ (Accessed: 7 October 2020).

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Letters

Words of Kin and The Red Thread of Change

As I read a fathers letter to his son, I can not help but surmise in the intrinsic relationship of language to intimacy and soundness. Being a daughter of a conservationist and a social worker, the earlier years of my life has always been infused with the the palatable hope of man towards the good and towards a brighter future. Nearing my adolescent years, this battle became passé, in my world at least-- the sudden grenade of the internet (and the city) exploded into my lap. As hopes wane away for teenagers who begin to unlock juvenile regression and exploration, I’ve tried to stray away from the thought of having to offer myself to the mouth of an endlessly greedy society and instead satiate the rigor of my exploration in the new world. I became passive of my abilities to make change, in other words I decided I could no longer fight the same fight the way my mother and father had. However.. after a few years of hiatus, I suddenly realized my own identity has still been heavily founded in the lessons they imparted to our household, and even if I’ve always believed they’d made change, it doesn’t stop there. Lessons were more or less marked in letters my parents would send me, letters they would send in every opportunity they got, as they were usually out of town, doing their thing. 

I still find myself in such a similar situation today; and like Chel, I’ve gathered the books that my parents have read, still scouring for answers as they’ve had, assessing and learning things about the world that is never short of both evil and hope. I paved my own roads, but their lessons have become both my roots and my north star. 

As my mother once wrote to me when I was just 12 years old “Your thoughts are very powerful weapons-- together with your actions -- it can change the world.” Their letters have changed me, as they have probably changed minds of companies they’ve written to for mobilizing funds in their projects. Kidding aside, their letters- honest thoughts and words- have influenced me more than I credit. When I read it now, I realize many of the choices I made growing up, like Chel, were all from the criteria of practice my parents had imparted on me.

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1. False dilemma! 2. Slippery slope 3. Overgeneralization. 4. Tu Quoque! 5. Appeal to ignorance, there are other options, but hey that also makes a huge diff! Omnomnomnm. 

Guess the Fallacy!! :)

9/23/2020

1. Either we all convert to renewable sources of energy or we continue using non-renewable energy and die because of global warming.

2.  I am never going to drink alcohol. I don’t want to be an alcoholic and die of liver failure.

3.  I saw a Facebook thread in which multiple guys said that they would break up with a girl if she was sexually abused. They said that it was the girl’s fault for putting herself in that situation. Therefore, all men are trash.

4. Person 1: You should learn to stand up for yourself more and stop being a          pushover

    Person 2: Look who’s talking

5. I read that the beef industry is the leading cause of methane and a large contributor to global warming. I guess the only way to stop climate change is to become vegan then.

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To Project Lumad

REFERENCES For Philippines’ displaced indigenous students, COVID-19 is one of many threats. (2020). Retrieved 26 September 2020, from https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/for-philippines-displaced-indigenous-students-covid-19-is-one-of-many-threats/ Human rights-based approach to development programming 2-day training course 6 – 7 May ppt download (2020). Available at: https://slideplayer.com/slide/2383320/ (Accessed: 26 September 2020). IDMC lauds the Philippines for landmark bill on human rights (2020). Available at: https://www.internal-displacement.org/expert-opinion/idmc-lauds-the-philippines-for-landmark-bill-on-human-rights (Accessed: 26 September 2020). (2020) Un.org. Available at: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/12/EGM_2019_ConceptNote.pdf (Accessed: 26 September 2020). (2020) Un.org. Available at: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf (Accessed: 26 September 2020). Paras, Z. (2020) OHCHR The Right to Development and The Sustainable Development Goals - ppt download, Slideplayer.com. Available at: https://slideplayer.com/slide/14430891/ (Accessed: 26 September 2020).

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1. False dilemma! 2. Post hoc er-gow propter hoc, appeal to ignorance, with a swoosh of overgeneralization. 3. Red herring 4. Slippery dippery slope. 5. Post hoc er-gow propter hocc!

Make them guess that fallacy

Here are some logical fallacies:

Logical fallacy 1:

We are better off opening up the economy and risk spreading the virus than going back on lockdown and have no economic activity at all.

Logical fallacy 2:

My OFW neighbor who recently came home tested positive for the corona virus, and so it’s probably best to not have OFWs come home to avoid the risk of them spreading the virus.

Logical fallacy 3:

Why are we bothering to criticize the artificial beach in Manila Bay when we continue to get thousands of COVID positive individuals.

Logical fallacy 4: 

Since the whole school year is gonna be online, we won’t learn anything all throughout the year. :(

Logical fallacy 5: 

We have been on lockdown for so long because the Filipino people aren’t disciplined enough!

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Logical Fallacies: Guess That Fallacy! (Say What? Part II)

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WHAT.

1> Una sa lahat grabe sila. The first statement is an appeal to ignorance because it credits authority as reason for validity when this is not always the case; the second statement is also somehow an overgeneralization that leads to an appeal to ignorance because there is no argument for all yellowmites being kanser because logically some won’t be.

2> As a pinoy, i feel (-always attackedt in gradeschool). Ad hominem. no words. 3> The last one is a slippery slope because it is a tiny detail on the Marcos Era that makes it great. God bless nalang. 

Bruh...what?

Guess what fallacies these are:

“Ang Dolomites ay nourishment to aid plant growth sabi ng DENR while ang “Yellowmites�� naman ay proven kanser sa Pilipinas.”

*makes valid point* “Eh di ikaw na matalino”

“Di mo ba nakikita na mas mayaman tayo ng panahon ni Marcos? Isang piso, isang dolyar! Di ka kasi nag-aaral. God bless nalang.”

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1> A circular reasoning fallacy! Because the assumption that drugs is related to punishment as in death/murder is reiterated at the second sentence. 2> This is Mom’s great appeal to ignorance and does not inquire on any other logical circumstances that could have taken place before the headache; but you know, some moms are rather VERY observant. 3> Wow, zuko. There can be other ways to live your life with honor. This is a false dillema. 

Try to figure out what fallacy this is!

1.  “My god. I hate drugs. And I have to kill people because I hate drugs.” - President Duterte

2. Me: Ma, masakit ulo ko. My mom: Kakakompyuter mo yan!

3. Literally no one: Zuko: It’s either I find the Avatar or live out the rest of my days without honor!!!

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Logical Fallacies: (3) Say What?

Lodi Fallacy ᵃˡˡ ᶦᵐᵃᵍᵉˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵉˣᵃᵐᵖˡᵉˢ ᵃʳᵉ ᵐᵉᵃⁿᵗ ᶠᵒʳ ᵃᶜᵃᵈᵉᵐᶦᶜ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵉⁿᵗᵉʳᵗᵃᶦⁿᵐᵉⁿᵗ ᵖᵘʳᵖᵒˢᵉˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵈᵒ ⁿᵒᵗ ʷᶦˢʰ ᵗᵒ ᶦⁿᶠʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ ᵒⁿ ᵃⁿʸ ᶠᵒʳᵐ ᵒᶠ ᵛᶦᵒˡᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿ ᵒⁿ ʰᵘᵐᵃⁿ ᵖᵉʳᶜᵉᵖᵗᶦᵒⁿ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵖʳᵉᶠᵉʳᵉⁿᶜᵉ ᵒⁿᵉ ˡᵒᵛᵉ

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Logical Fallacies: (2) Say What?

Taga-gobyerno ako Fallacy ᵃˡˡ ᶦᵐᵃᵍᵉˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵉˣᵃᵐᵖˡᵉˢ ᵃʳᵉ ᵐᵉᵃⁿᵗ ᶠᵒʳ ᵃᶜᵃᵈᵉᵐᶦᶜ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵉⁿᵗᵉʳᵗᵃᶦⁿᵐᵉⁿᵗ ᵖᵘʳᵖᵒˢᵉˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵈᵒ ⁿᵒᵗ ʷᶦˢʰ ᵗᵒ ᶦⁿᶠʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ ᵒⁿ ᵃⁿʸ ᶠᵒʳᵐ ᵒᶠ ᵛᶦᵒˡᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿ ᵒⁿ ʰᵘᵐᵃⁿ ᵖᵉʳᶜᵉᵖᵗᶦᵒⁿ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵖʳᵉᶠᵉʳᵉⁿᶜᵉ ᵒⁿᵉ ˡᵒᵛᵉ

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Logical Fallacies: (1) Say What?

Watermelon fallacy

ᵃˡˡ ᶦᵐᵃᵍᵉˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵉˣᵃᵐᵖˡᵉˢ ᵃʳᵉ ᵐᵉᵃⁿᵗ ᶠᵒʳ ᵃᶜᵃᵈᵉᵐᶦᶜ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵉⁿᵗᵉʳᵗᵃᶦⁿᵐᵉⁿᵗ ᵖᵘʳᵖᵒˢᵉˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵈᵒ ⁿᵒᵗ ʷᶦˢʰ ᵗᵒ ᶦⁿᶠʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ ᵒⁿ ᵃⁿʸ ᶠᵒʳᵐ ᵒᶠ ᵛᶦᵒˡᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿ ᵒⁿ ʰᵘᵐᵃⁿ ᵖᵉʳᶜᵉᵖᵗᶦᵒⁿ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵖʳᵉᶠᵉʳᵉⁿᶜᵉ ᵒⁿᵉ ˡᵒᵛᵉ 

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Fast forward to a decade after Quebral...

In development, it is important that opportunities are created according to what communities find essential. These, are in fact, their ideas and their stories. For collaborators working with such diverse perceptions, one must see communication as the vehicle towards affecting change that can include everyone, and at the same time evolve,.

 After I have read the terms and definitions presented in the field of Development Communication, I have concerns that put such lenses into context. 

 One would begin with the tools used to communicate such as different forms of communication media, and mass communication media. This would fall onto the the discourse of whether their effects either divide or diversify. When facilitating mass communication media, language is one of these issues. I think translation and empowerment are one of the ways that this can be effective. Especially if we look back at Chatterjee's assumption that information can move mountains for development, then it is important that the sound of ones voice and his/her language is included when information is disseminated. How effective can communication tools be when one who facilitates it does not understand neither represent someone who will benefit from the meat of their information nor how this information will benefit their idea of development. 

This is where the second issue or question is put on the table, about the security and speed of information in the digital age. Now, people can represent their own voice, but someone is still co-opting its exposure. That is why with these points I'd like to argue that institutions are still at the forefront of culture, whether it is a propaganda or not. If social change is the goal of development communication, then development workers should still reach out to strong and overseeing institutions.  Seeing that all three texts were written before the exponentially evolved digital age we all find ourselves now, there are are new issues that pervade contemporary communication media and leads me to think propaganda still has not ended. Private corporations have capitalized on information, and data is still being manipulated and distorted. With these points I argue that education initiatives may still be in the front line for social change. The readings have proposed wonderful platforms for this such as non-formal education and the endeavor of development journalism along side process based writing.

 On that note, I'd also like to argue that this 2020, development is sensational, although poverty porn is still an issue (and that is the root for wherein my personal distaste for the word resilience [not in DRRR] arises). And with the same technology that bigger guys are fighting us over with, to the exclusion of more marginalized communities, the results of communication of development can somehow be quantified already, especially through the numerous youth initiatives such as Greta Thunberg's and the like. With evolving tools, adapting to the quality of information passed over is key to progress. Then communication and education are the vehicles that move development forward. 

 Of course, there are still a lot of things I admire in this peak of communication in development, whether it be of or for development. The rift between them only exists whether the intention of a development worker places this field as his/her means to an end, or an end in itself. But perhaps, communication of development, and communication for development, one can not exist without the other. As a process, communication drives the internalization of understanding, and keeps the integrity of cooperation as a whole, and also, as evolving theories, tools, and methods, communication then could adapt and therefore, it should be able to leave no one behind.