Sociologist and Anthropologist

whose Research Works focuses on

the Philippine Settings.
Sociologist/ Anthropologist Contribution/ Legacy and Published Works

Walden Bello • Was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, whose

website describes him as "one of the leading critics
of the current model of economic globalization,
combining the roles of intellectual and activist.
• The Anti-Development State: The Political
Economy of Permanent Crisis in the Philippines
(2006), with co-authors Herbert Docena, Marissa
de Guzman, and Mary Lou Malig

Ledivina Cariño • She oversaw the earliest moves to revise the UP

Charter. Cariño was the chairperson of the
Technical Panel for Public Administration of the
Philippine Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) from 2005 to 2009.
• Editor-in-Chief of the Philippine Journal of Public
Administration (PJPA). She also served in the
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)
board of trustees.
Sociologist/ Anthropologist Contribution/ Legacy and Published Works

Karina Constantino David • She was the executive director of Harnessing Self-
Reliant Initiatives and Knowledge (HASIK) which is
a non-government organization involved in urban
poor empowerment, gender development,
protection of children and adolescents, and housing
and livelihood projects.
• David chaired the Housing and Urban
Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) from
1998 to 1999.
Nicole Curato • Best known for her academic work on deliberative
democracy. Her work has been published in
academic journals including Qualitative Inquiry,
Policy Sciences, Current Sociology, European
Political Science Review, and Acta Politica, among
others. Her recent work has examined the character
of Rodrigo Duterte's populism.
• She also served as editor for several Special
Issues of the Philippine Sociological Review.
Sociologist/ Anthropologist Contribution/ Legacy and Published Works

Randy David • Filipino journalist, He is a professor emeritus of

sociology at the University of the Philippines Diliman.
He currently pens a weekly newspaper column for
the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
• He has authored several books including
“Reflections on Sociology and Philippine Society” in
2001, “ Nation, Self, and Citizenship: An invitation to
Philippine Sociology” in 2002
• He won the National Book Award in 2002 and 2003.
Czarina Saloma • Sociologist and Outstanding Young Scientist by the
National Academy of Science and Technology.
• She is internationally known through her
publications about Bohol heritage sites and
Information Technology of the Philippines.
Sociologist/ Anthropologist Contribution/ Legacy and Published Works

Dr. Serafin Macaraig • The first Filipino PhD in Sociology and author of the
first sociology textbook,
• Data were derived from the Philippine Sociological
Review Volumes 1-37 (1953-1989). constitution and
by-laws were drawn and officers elected.
anthropologists and others interested in the scientific
study of society.

Felipe Landa Jocano • Was a Filipino anthropologist, educator, and author

(February 5, 1930 – known for his significant body of work within the field
October 27, 2013) of Philippine Anthropology.
• And in particular for documenting and translating
the Hinilawod, a Western Visayan folk epic.
•His eminence within the field of Philippine
anthropology was widely recognized during his
lifetime,with National Artist F. Sionil Jose dubbing
him "the country’s first and foremost cultural
anthropologist" .
Sociologist/ Anthropologist Contribution/ Legacy and Published Works

Henry Otley Beyer (July • Was an American anthropologist, who spent most
13, 1883 – December 31, of his adult life in the Philippines teaching Philippine
1966) indigenous culture. A.V.H. Hartendorp called Beyer
the "Dean of Philippine ethnology, archaeology, and
prehistory.
• Founding member of the Anthropology department
at the University of the Philippines in 1914.
Department head from 1925 until retirement in
1954. Known as the Father of Philippine
Anthropology.

Zeus Atayza Salazar • Is a Filipino historian, anthropologist, and

philosopher of history, best known in pioneering in
Philippine history called Pantayong Pananaw (for-
us-from-us perspective),
• “Father of New Philippine Historiography.”His
broad academic interests is reflected in the wide
range of topics of his publications which includes
anthropology (Anthropology: Range and
Relevance), historical linguistics (Pilipinong
Banua/Banwa sa Mundong Melano-Polinesyano),
Sociologist/ Anthropologist Contribution/ Legacy and Published Works

Robert Bradford Fox (1918- • Was an anthropologist and leading historian on

1985) pre-Hispanic Philippines.In 1958, Fox led a
National Museum team in conducting extensive
excavations on two sites at Calatagan, Batangas,
in what may be considered the first systematic
excavation involving the National Museum in the
country.
• He led a six-year archaeological research project
in Palawan, focusing mainly on the caves and
rockshelters of Lipuun Point in the southern part of
the island (Fox 1970).
• Its most outstanding site is the Tabon Cave
complex, the large main cave delivered the only
Pleistocene human fossils found in the Philippines
to date.
Sociologist/ Anthropologist Contribution/ Legacy and Published Works

E. Arsenio Manuel (1909 - • Was a Philippine academic, historian, and

2003) anthropologist best known for his contributions to
Philippine anthropology, history, literature, and
linguistics.
•During a three-decade academic career at the
University of the Philippines, he wrote a seminal
survey of Philippine folk epics, and was responsible
for discovering and publishing folk epics from the
Manuvu, Matigsalug, and Ilianon peoples

Melba Padilla Maggay • Is a Filipina writer, social anthropologist, and social

activist best known for her academic work and
popular books on culture, social change and
development issues.
• The founder of the Institute for Studies in Asian
Church and Culture. Maggay, Melba Padilla (1999).
• Understanding Ambiguity in Filipino
Communication Patterns. Quezon City: Institute for
Studies in Asian Church and Culture
Sociologist/ Anthropologist Contribution/ Legacy and Published Works

Jesus Tamayo Peralta • Is a painter, photographer, graphic artist, poet,

anthropologist/archaeologist, essayist, and also
one of the prizewinning playwrights in the
Philippines.
• As an eminent anthropologist, Peralta has
published a number of essays and articles in such
journals like the "ASPAC Quarterly", "Pamana",
"Kultura, The Philippine Quarterly", "Archipelago",
"Archeology" (Archaeology Institute of America),
"Solidarity", and "National Museum Papers“
•His scientific books include "Pre-Spanish Manila:
A Reconstruction of the Prehistory of Manila"
(1974), "The Philippine Lithic Tradition, No. 8"
(1978)