#KABATAAN NGAYON A WORKSHOP ON YOUTH & SOCIAL CHANGE

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1 #KABATAAN NGAYON A WORKSHOP ON YOUTH & SOCIAL CHANGE 19 May 2016, Thursday May 19 to 20, 2016 Thomas Aquinas Research Complex (TARC) University of Santo Tomas (UST) España Manila PROGRAM 9:00 am Arrival of participants Hostel check-in (for participants residing outside Metro Manila) at UST Domus Mariae International Residence 11:00 Assembly at Room 404, TARC, UST Lunch 12:30 pm Opening Welcoming Remarks Maribel Nonato, PhD Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, UST Filomin Candaliza-Gutierrez, PhD President, Philippine Sociological Society Introduction Jayeel Cornelio, PhD, Ateneo de Manila University Clarence Batan, PhD, University of Santo Tomas 1:00 KEYNOTE The Youth and the 2016 Elections: Pre-election Preferences and Perspectives Ronald Holmes, President Pulse Asia Open Forum 2:30 YOUTH, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, AND ACTIVISM (PART 1) Contested memories and reconfigured popular narratives: Filipino Millennial in remembering (and forgetting) EDSA People Power Cleve Kevin Robert Arguelles

2 University of the Philippines, Manila Political Habitus and Collective Memories on EDSA Revolution of PUP Students Floramante Sir John Don King Howard Ponce Polytechnic University of the Philippines 3:30 4:00 Break MEDIATED YOUTH The Homosexual Masquerade: Understanding the Role of Twitter as a Geosocial Networking Website in the Social and Sexual Engagements of Male Homosexuals Minami O. Iwayama and Samuel Brando H. Piamonte University of the Philippines Los Baños readmu.txt: An SMS-based Service for Reading Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Anna Lorraine Uy, and Jeffrey Jongko Ateneo de Manila University 5:00 Workshop synthesis 6:00 Early dinner 20 May 2016, Friday 7:00 am Breakfast 8:00 Recap 8:30 KEYNOTE Indonesian Youth Attitude Towards Difference Hoon Chang Yau, PhD Singapore Management University Open Forum 10:00 JUVENILE JUSTICE The Implementation of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act in Cavite and Its Implication on Policy Formulation Maria Virginia Aguilar De La Salle University- Dasmariñas

3 Empirical Testing of General Strain Theory: A Case of Filipino Juvenile Delinquency Jerome Serrano Ateneo de Davao University 11:00 11:30 Break YOUTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT 12:30 Lunch Youth Engagements in Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Province of Lanao del Norte Septrin John A. Calamba and Arnold P. Alamon Mindanao State University Iligan Institute of Technology Engaging the Youth Amidst Threats on Food Security and Transformation in Agriculture Charisma Love B. Gado and Floper Gershwin E. Manuel Rice Science Museum of the Philippine Rice Research Institute 2:00 KEYNOTE Multi-dimensional Life course Analysis in Understanding Youth Outcomes: The Case of Canada Margaret Dechman, PhD Cape Breton University (Canada) Open Forum 3:30 YOUTH AND GENDER Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) of the Filipino Youth Amid 21st Century Public Health Risks and Sustainable Development Challenges Satwinder Rehal Philippine Women's University Negotiating Identities On and Off the Dance Floor: Gender Dynamics in Nightclubs Carljohnson Anacin University of the Cordilleras 4:30 Break

4 5:00 YOUTH, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, AND ACTIVISM (PART 2) The Narratives of Millennial Youth and Their Platform for Social Transformation Prisinia C. Arcinue & Amando Grata Asian Social Institute Volunteerism for Community Engagement: Developing Successor Generation Maria Cecilia Ferolin Mindanao State University, Iligan Institute of Technology 6:00 Discussion of Publication Plans Closing Ceremony Dinner

5 #KABATAAN NGAYON A WORKSHOP ON YOUTH & SOCIAL CHANGE May 19 to 20, 2016 Thomas Aquinas Research Complex (TARC) University of Santo Tomas (UST) España Manila Co-organized by the Development Studies Program (Ateneo de Manila University), the Research Center on Culture, Education and Social Issues (University of Santo Tomas), and the Philippine Sociological Society Convenors: Dr Jayeel Serrano Cornelio Director, Development Studies Program Ateneo de Manila University jcornelio@ateneo.edu Dr Clarence M. Batan Director, Research Center on Culture, Education and Social Issues (RCCESI) University of Santo Tomas One area often neglected in studies that deal with social change in the Philippines is the state of its young people. This is unfortunate insofar as the social scientific literature is concerned. Much of the research focuses on the emergence of the middle class, the lingering problems of the poor, and the political and economic conditions that will maintain the viability of growth in the years to come. If young people were considered, they are often compartmentalized as potential contributors to economic development, if not ideological instruments for political reform. It is to address these biases that we are organizing this workshop on kabataang Pinoy, the Filipino youth today. We argue that intergenerational change is inherently tied to social change. Shifts in the values, attitudes, and behavior of a population are often discernible along generational lines. But the neglect is also problematic in light of the population's youth base. More than half of

6 the Philippine population is below 24 years old. What this statistic possibly means is that young people are not simply passive bystanders of changes in Philippine society. They may in fact be involved in initiating change in their various relationships, schools, and communities. This workshop aims to systematically interrogate the relationship between young people today and the changes that are taking place around them. We are not simply interested in a demographic or general profile of young Filipinos. We are interested in how they interface with developments in society. Some scholars, for example, will give attention to their discontents while others to their aspirations. These discontents and aspirations are manifested in their attitudes, values, and other activities. Some of them are even at the forefront of movements and political mobilization. As an exercise in the social sciences, this workshop intends to engage salient themes in youth studies such as risk, cultural resistance, alienation, individualization, activism, apathy, globalization, and the use of information and communications technology. The specific cases we are interested in are diverse and some of these concern labor, religion, education, urban space, media, political participation, and sexuality. The workshop is an invitation to researchers, practitioners, and youth workers who are involved one way or another in scholarly activities. We aim to gather such individuals to think about the Filipino youth in novel ways that include methodology, theory, and ground-breaking empirical findings. Papers can draw from large-scale studies that present wider social trends or specific cases that are more qualitative or ethnographic in character. The overall goal of the workshop is to publish an edited volume that will serve as landmark material to influence the trajectory of youth studies in the Philippines. The workshop is fully funded. For participants coming from outside Metro Manila, support for travel and accommodation may also be offered by the organizers on a competitive basis.