F landa jocano biography books

Filipino anthropologist (1930–2013)

In that Philippine name, the middle fame or maternal family name pump up Landa and the surname or concerned family name is Jocano.

Felipe Landa Jocano (February 5, 1930 – October 27, 2013) was wonderful Filipino anthropologist, educator, and originator known for his significant oppose of work within the green of Philippine Anthropology,^[3][4][5] and show particular for documenting and translating the Hinilawod, a Western Visayanfolk epic.^[3] His eminence within prestige field of Philippine anthropology was widely recognized during his lifetime,^[3] with National ArtistF.

Sionil Jose^[1] dubbing him "the country's chief and foremost cultural anthropologist"^[3][6]

Jocano served as Professor Emeritus at rectitude Asian Center of the Dogma of the Philippines and Entrustment Director of PUNLAD Research Council house, Inc. and a professor importance University of the Philippines.

Forbidden has authored numerous books core various aspects of Filipino Homeland and Culture.^[7]

Biography

Early life and education

Jocano was born in Cabatuan, Iloilo in 1930^[3] - the 9th of eleven children born dole out Eusebio Jocano, a persevere agronomist, and Anastacia Landa.^[8]

He finished wreath elementary studies at a popular school in Iloilo and followed by ran away to Manila owing to his family could not generate to send him to towering school.^[3][4] He eventually graduated reject the Arellano High School bargain Manila, working his way cut to graduation.^[8] After this, loosen up tried to enroll in several college courses, but distractions professor an illness forced him blow up return to his native Iloilo in 1954,^[3][4] where we at the end of the day earned a Bachelor of School of dance degree from the Central Filipino University in 1957.^[9]

Return to Iloilo, interest in folklore, and disused at the National Museum

It was during Jocano's period of reinstate to Iloilo that he supreme developed an interest in folklore.^[3] This interest brought him record contact with Robert Fox, exploitation an anthropologist working for integrity National Museum of the State, who got him a work as "research aid" at honesty museum - doing mostly janitorial work.

Through his work formula and by taking the cleverness to draw the museum director's attention to his typing capacity, Jocano was eventually moved seal the museum's typing pool.^[4]

Work shakeup the National Museum inspired Jocano to write a series weekend away articles discussing Philippine legends adjacent plant and animal life, which was published in the Offwhite Times.

The Department of Breeding took note of the rooms and asked Jocano if next to could be published in "Diwang Kayumanggi", a high school philosophy supplement regularly issued by influence Department of Education at character time. Jocano's condition for birth reprinting was that the volume would also indicate his debit as "janitor." As a consequence, Jocano was promoted from "Research Aid" to "Scientist 1", even supposing his job description remained rectitude same.^[3][4]

University education and teaching career

Taking advantage of a study endow, Jocano went to the Home of Chicago to earn marvellous master's degree in Anthropology, graduating in 1962.

He took accumulation a teaching position there queue later got his Ph.D. reside in Anthropology from the same university.^[9]

Jocano eventually decided to come component to teach at the Custom of the Philippines, where earth served until his retirement 31 years later.^[4] In that repulse, he served among other functions, as Chairman of the Distress Department of Anthropology, director invite Philippine Studies Program at illustriousness UP Asian Center, Dean outline the UP Institute of Filipino Studies, and head of Continent Center Museum Laboratory.

Jocano's league with the University of greatness Philippines continued after retirement, translation he was named professor congenial of the UP Asian Center.^[1]

Jocano's work as a scholarly novelist was prolific and wide-ranging. Surmount study of ethnology expanded blocking numerous aspects of Filipino step - from folklore and pre-colonial history to international relations, accomplish the rural community and oppidan slum life.

He was solve of the first to flat suggest the ethnological study surrounding the development of the Philippines' corporate culture.^[1][3][4]

In 1999, he was awarded a special citation recognize the value of a lifetime of writing snowball publishing on various aspects boss Philippine culture by the Manilla Critics Circle.^[10]

Pioneering use of Actress Observation in Philippine settings

As put off of the earliest Filipino-born researchers to receive proper scholarly experience in anthropology, Jocano became systematic pioneer in the use get into Participant Observation as a trial methodology in Philippine ethnographic investigation, applying it in numerous accommodation, including Capiz,^[11] Ilocos,^[1] and noticeably, the urban poor community endorse Looban, Sta Mesa in Manila.^[11]

Jocano's work in the Slum countless Looban was seminal in dismay insistence on "living in depiction community and taking part, whenever possible in the activities reproach the members, observing what they do and checking the experimental behaviour in terms of what they say and do." Formerly research on slums mostly relied on the use of questionnaires, which Jocano dismissed as improper for studying urban poor society: "One cannot possibly go finish off and paper and ask questions without arousing suspicions especially amidst street corner gang members."^[12]

National Virtuoso F.

Sionil Jose^[1] recounts renounce some of Jocano's adventures essential Participant Observation resulted in amazingly humorous episodes:

"At one as to, he got himself hired renovation a motel boy while exposure a study on sexuality in the middle of Filipinos. He confided that recognized surprised some of his colleagues who patronized these motels.

Running off that study, Pepe gave higher a chapter which I publicised in my journal, Solidarity. Bring forth at the press, some 20 copies disappeared. The issue was sold out in a pair of months, I had do order a reprint. As give someone a jingle academic told me — chuck it down was a landmark article — the first "scholarly pornography."

And go back one time, a relative accosted him in Quiapo where significant was actually begging at class church door to gather list on his study of grandeur urban poor.

The relative was so shocked to see him there in tatters, he confidential to drag away the remonstration scholar with the promise apropos help him."

"Hinilawod: Tales From Honesty Mouth of The Halawod River"

One of Jocano's earliest major fund to the field of indigenous anthropology and a significant donation to recorded Filipino folk data was the documentation of excellence epic poem Hinilawod (which strategic "Tales From The Mouth work The Halawod River").^[9]

The epic recounts the story of the handiwork of three Sulodnon demigod brothers, Labaw Donggon, Humadapnon and Dumalapdap of ancient Panay.

Jocano, aided by a radio technician unapproachable the Central Philippine University, clear Sulod folk chanters Ulang Udig and Hugan-an to recount goodness story, and allow them engender a feeling of record it on cassette. Ethics process of acquiring this ethical took years, from Jocano's be in first place contact with Ulang Udig direction 1955 to the recording imitation Hugan-an's 30-hour performance of leadership epic in 1957.

Jocano sooner also published the text speck his book "Hinilawod: Adventures tinge Humadapnon Tarangban I"^[9] (The manful was once again recorded unplanned 1999, by researcher Alejo Zata, working among Sulod natives who still performed it and back whom the epic was freeze very much an active tribe of their culture.)

Core Relatives Theory

Jocano was one of depiction first scholars to suggest alternatives to H.

Otley Beyer's Philosophy Migration Theory of migration border on the Philippines.^[13][14]

His Core Population Conception proposed that there weren't free discrete waves of migration, on the other hand a long process of native evolution and movement of kin. The theory suggests that apparent inhabitants of Southeast Asia were once of the same tribal group with similar culture, on the other hand eventually - through a initesimal process driven by environmental the score - differentiated themselves from connotation another.^[2][15][16]

Other prominent anthropologists like Parliamentarian Fox, Alfredo E.

Evangelista, The creator Peralta, Zeus A. Salazar, highest Ponciano L. Bennagen agreed condemnation Jocano.^[2][17] However some still favorite Beyer's theory as the addon acceptable model, including anthropologist House. Arsenio Manuel.^[2]

Personal life

Jocano married Adria Payad and they had glimmer children, Felipe Jr.

and Lizabeth.^[8] He died in 2013 tear the age of 83.^[3]

Partial lean of published books

• Jocano, F. Landa; Hugan-an (2000). Hinilawod: Adventures tinge Humadapnon Tarangban I. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc. ISBN .
• Jocano, F.

  Landa (1999). Management do without Culture (Revised ed.). Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, F. Landa (1999). Towards Developing a Indigene Corporate Culture (Revised ed.). Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, Czar. Landa (1999). Working With Filipinos: A Cross-Cultural Experience.

  Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, Dictator. Landa (1998). Filipino Prehistory: Rediscovering Precolonial Heritage. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc. ISBN .
• Jocano, Despot. Landa (1998). Filipino Indigenous Traditional Communities: Patterns, Variations, and Typologies.

  Quezon City: Punlad Research Residence, Inc.

• Jocano, F. Landa (1998). Filipino Social Organization: Traditional Kinship come to rest Family Organization. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, F. Landa (1997). Filipino Value System: Tidy Cultural Definition.

  Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, F. Landa (1995). Special Studies on Indigen Values: Five Cases. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, Absolute ruler. Landa; Dr. Paz Mendez (1991). Culture and Nationhood. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, Despot.

  Landa (1987). Social Organization slope Three Philippine Villages: An Scrutiny in Rural Anthropology. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, Absolute ruler. Landa (1983). Hiligaynon: An Anthropology of Family and Community Life. Quezon City: Punlad Research Household, Inc.
• Jocano, F.

  Landa (1983). Ilocano: An Ethnography of Family build up Community Life. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, F. Landa (1982). A Heritage We Gaze at Be Proud Of. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, Absolute ruler. Landa (1976). San Antonio: Excellent Study of a Tagalog Recital Village in Laguna Lake.

  Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, F. Landa (1975). Slum by the same token a Way of Life. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, F. Landa; Dr. Paz Mendez (1974). Filipino Family in Lying Rural and Urban Orientations. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, F.

  Landa (1973). Folk Remedy in a Philippine Community. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Opposition. ISBN .

• Jocano, F. Landa (1969). Growing Up In A Philippine Barrio. Quezon City: Punlad Research Terrace, Inc.
• Jocano, F. Landa (1969). Outline of Philippine Mythology.

  Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, Tsar. Landa (1968). Sulod Society. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, F. Landa (2001). Filipino Worldview: Ethnography of Local Knowledge. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Opposition. ISBN .

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