“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” - (LP Hartley) This quote is very true when it comes to culture. Culture is known to be participatory and that it continually evolve and transform dependent to the people who practice it. The culture in the past can be totally different to our... Continue Reading →
“Free Culture, a Dynamic Culture”
Free culture is a culture wherein artists, musicians, singers, authors, composers as well as audiences can freely borrow or copy each other's work without thinking about copyrights or licensing. This culture encourages artists to put their works under a free license for everybody to use and enjoy. The artists who practice free culture believes that... Continue Reading →
Project Marketing and Its Impact
The organization I belong to is the School of Arts, Sciences and Teacher Education of Colegio de Dagupan. Our institution is a private school organization known to have active participation in the community that aims to produce graduates who are active contributors of change in the community. Being situated in the city of Dagupan,... Continue Reading →
The Philippine’s Emerging Culture
When we look back at the Philippines of 2000's and compare it to the Philippines of the present year, we can completely observe how different they are from each other. The Philippines has gone through a lot in the past seventeen years may it be in politics, economics, or culture. There had been a lot... Continue Reading →
Igorots: The People of the Mountains
Igorots are people of the mountains. They have their own way of living, culture, languages, and traditions different from people living in the low lands. Coming from a province relatively near the mountains, I barely know anything about them. The idea of learning more about who they really are excites me and that with this... Continue Reading →
Eight Attributes of Culture: Looking into the Culture of Pangansinenses
Language Pangasinenses use at least three different dialects to communicate. These are Tagalog, Pangasinan, and Ilokano. In the northern municipalities of Pangasinan, both Ilokano and Pangasinan are generally used. On the other hand municipalities situated in the South and the East commonly speaks more of Ilocano than Pangasinan. Western municipalities tend to use Pangasinan rather... Continue Reading →
The Family Planning Program and its Relation to Nora Quebral’s Definition of Development Communication
Background of the Family Planning Program Family Planning is a program by the Department of Health that gives priority to the country's public health program in attaining national health development. This program aims to improve the health of mothers, children, and other members of the family. It gives information and services to... Continue Reading →
A Metaphor to Describe Development Communication
Metaphor: Development Communication is the Bridge that connects government programs to the grass root communities. As we can observe in the illustration, there are three parts; on the left we can see development programs and scientific innovations being carried and ready to be delivered by the government and scientific community respectively. These... Continue Reading →
My Validation as an Instructor (The Road to Urduja Film Festival 2016)
The road to Urduja Film Festival was a mixture of fun, laughter, pain, and headache, that all started with a project in my Film class. I was never confident of who I am as an instructor but being able to guide my students to produce an output that we can be proud of is a... Continue Reading →
10 Things I Like About Benguet State University
The Benguet State University Welcome Mural - Entering Benguet State University and being welcomed by a Mural that represents the culture and the way of living of the people of Benguet will make feel, well.... welcomed. The welcome sign is written in Gold, which for me represents Benguet as the province that has first and... Continue Reading →
10 Things That I Like About BSU-OU.
1. The Location - Benguet State University - Open University is located in La Trinidad Benguet a few kilometers away from Baguio City. It is just after the La Trinidad Public Market and just a stone throw away from the famous Strawberry Farm. It is very accessible because most Public Transport goes in and out... Continue Reading →
Sustainable Development Goal # 3 Good Health and Well Being
Health is defined as the state of complete physical, mental, social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. This meaning can be associated with the holistic approach of health care as well as with the Sustainable Development Goals #3 targets. Looking at the Target Goals, we can see that different aspects of... Continue Reading →