08/07/2025
This issue of Humanities Diliman features a review by Loren Agaloos of our ©2024 title, The Pabalat (Wrapper) Designs of San Miguel de Mayumo’s Pastillas de Leche by Shirley V. Guevarra.
📢 JUST RELEASED: Humanities Diliman Vol. 22 No. 1 (January–June 2025)
We are pleased to announce the publication of Humanities Diliman Vol. 22 No. 1. This issue brings together one of the most diverse collections of research in recent years, featuring critical studies on literature, painting, music, dance, food, and jewelry-making. The works reflect thoughtful engagements with cultural practices and creative forms across the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
In Ivan Emil A. Labayne’s “Paglalagalag sa Multong-Modernidad ng Lungsod at Nayon: Tatlong Akda ni Jun Cruz Reyes bilang Paglalaboy-laboy,” the Filipino palaboy is explored as a local counterpoint to the Western flâneur in Reyes’s Martial Law-era narratives.
Vladimir B. Villejo and Leslie Anne L. Liwanag, in “‘Hiyas at Haraya’: Ang Dinamika ng Kapital Mula sa Karanasan ng mga Mag-aalahas sa Meycauayan, Bulacan,” analyze the jewelry-making industry of Meycauayan through concepts of cultural, social, and economic capital.
Faye N. Fuentes’s “Ang Pagbuot sa Buut ng mga Piling Batid sa Delikasiyang Antiqueño” explores the preparation of local delicacies as reflections of Antiqueño values and communal identity using indigenous philosophical frameworks.
In “Power Behind Powerlessness: The Myth of Konco Wingking in Javanese Culture through Damar Kurung Painting,” Aniendya Christianna, Acep Iwan Saidi, Riama Maslan Sihombing, and Nuning Yanti Damayanti examine how traditional paintings express
women’s roles and power within a patriarchal cultural structure.
Jay Israel B. De Leon, Feorillo Petronilo A. Demeterio III, and Wilma M. Cruz, in “Paggunita at Pagmamapa sa Nawawalang Obrang 500 Years of Philippine History ni Carlos ‘Botong’ Francisco,” reconstruct a lost historical mural and contextualize it within the nation-building efforts of the 1950s.
Bryan Levina Viray’s “Songs of Collective Memory: Commemorating Marinduque Battles During the Philippine-American War” analyzes how commemorative songs shape both local and national identities through heritage discourse.
In “Choreographic Flexibility in the Invention of Chinese Classical Sleeve Dance from 1949 to 2022,” Yalinzi He, Sang Woo Ha, and Kwan Yie Wong trace the evolution of sleeve dance and its reinvention in response to the changing political and cultural policies of China.
This issue also features a book review by Loren Agaloos of The Pabalat (Wrapper) Designs of San Miguel de Mayumo’s Pastillas de Leche by Shirley V. Guevarra, which highlights a fading folk art tradition in Bulacan and calls for its preservation.
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We invite you to read and share this issue widely. Its critical insights and cultural depth make it a valuable resource for scholars, artists, and cultural advocates.
Humanities Diliman is a Scopus-indexed, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published semi-annually by the UP Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development.
