Heo/Geo Lecture Series 2023-06: Raisa Salvador and JB Valderrama on less carbon transport

April 30, 2023

The Republic of the Philippines, through the Department of Transportation (DOTr), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are working together on the Promotion of Low Carbon Urban Transport Systems in the Philippines (LCT) with the support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to improve the transport system in the country. For the sixth Heo/Geo … More Heo/Geo Lecture Series 2023-06: Raisa Salvador and JB Valderrama on less carbon transport

Heo/Geo Lecture Series 2023-05: Marie Karner and Elisabeth Sommerlad on sustainable utopias

April 24, 2023

In response to the current multiple moments of crisis, many countries are implementing large projects that promise sustainable, cohesive, inclusive, and viable lifestyles. Well-connected elites engaged in these projects imagine, plan, and realise visions of sustainable and vibrant living together, shaped by the belief in technologies and enabled by enormous amounts of capital. For the … More Heo/Geo Lecture Series 2023-05: Marie Karner and Elisabeth Sommerlad on sustainable utopias

Heo/Geo Lecture Series 2023-04: Aireen Andal on urban world-building among children

April 24, 2023

What ideas might geographers learn if children were to plan a fictional city? For the fourth Heo/Geo Lecture Series, sponsored jointly by the UP Department of Geography and the Philippine Geographical Society, the focus is on urban imaginaries among slum-dwelling children in San Jose del Monte City. Aireen Andal from Macquarie University presents children’s urban … More Heo/Geo Lecture Series 2023-04: Aireen Andal on urban world-building among children

Heo/Geo Lecture Series 2023-03: Philippe Rekacewicz on the radical potentials of cartography

March 2, 2023

Maps are a powerful way to reflect the world as we see it, rather than what it really is. In this context, they act as a “dreaming machine” with which we can mix reality with our fantasy.  For the third Heo/Geo Lecture Series for 2023, geographer, cartographer, and information designer Dr Philippe Rekacewicz will provide … More Heo/Geo Lecture Series 2023-03: Philippe Rekacewicz on the radical potentials of cartography

Heo/Geo Lecture Series 2023-02: Edo Andriesse on inequalities from growing seaweed in Iloilo

February 23, 2023

Find out why growing seaweed can have starkly different outcomes in the same province. For the second Heo/Geo Lecture Series, Edo Andriesse describes and explains the challenges of sustained success in growing carrageenan seaweed in Iloilo Province. Based on two rounds of fieldwork in two municipalities, a process of divergence can be observed; success in … More Heo/Geo Lecture Series 2023-02: Edo Andriesse on inequalities from growing seaweed in Iloilo

Heo/Geo Lecture Series 2023-01: Kaloy Cunanan discusses spatial patterns of underdevelopment in urban Metro Manila

January 17, 2023

Sa kauna-unahang talakayan ng Heo/Geo Lecture Series ngayong taon, ang UP Department of Geography ay nagagalak na ipakilala si Kaloy M. Cunanan at ang kanyang presentasyon na pinamagatang Ilang Tala sa Medyasyon at Konsepsyon sa Paglalapat ng Siyudad Kumprador. Gaganapin ito ngayong Biyernes, ika- 20 ng Enero, taong 2023 (alas-5 ng hapon) sa Zoom.      Photo: Amanda Echanis … More Heo/Geo Lecture Series 2023-01: Kaloy Cunanan discusses spatial patterns of underdevelopment in urban Metro Manila

PGS Lecture Series 2022-12: Felipe Jocano on Filipino martial arts

December 1, 2022

A Filipino martial arts expert once said that the goal of martial arts is self-growth rather than destroying the enemy.  In the local context, Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) are a form of self and community protection often taught first through the use of handheld weapons such as the stick, knife and various types of indigenous … More PGS Lecture Series 2022-12: Felipe Jocano on Filipino martial arts

PGS Lecture Series 2022-11: Kerby Alvarez on archival data on Philippine climate

November 27, 2022

For the 11th PGS Lecture Series of the Philippine Geographical Society for 2022, Associate Professor of History Kerby Alvarez, PhD will share his research on climate studies conducted by the Philippine Weather Bureau (PWB) from 1900-1930s through a historical lens. The presentation entitled Understanding Tropical Manila: Climatic Studies of the Philippine Weather Bureau, 1900s-1930s happens on Tuesday, 29 November … More PGS Lecture Series 2022-11: Kerby Alvarez on archival data on Philippine climate

ICGS 2022: Time and deadlines and Abstract Submission

October 22, 2022

“Time does not bring relief, you all have lied…”  That’s Edna St Vincent Millay berating humanity for reminding her that she’ll soon forget a missing loved one. But Edna, time is not only contextual and relational, it can be final as well. Like deadlines. Someone once said that a deadline is negative inspiration. Excuses, excuses. … More ICGS 2022: Time and deadlines and Abstract Submission

PGS Lecture Series 2022-10: LA Dimailig on what it means to be a humanitarian geographer

October 20, 2022

For the 10th PGS Lecture Series of the Philippine Geographical Society for 2022, Geography alumnus Lawrence Anthony Dimailig will share his vast experience as a humanitarian geographer—highlighting some of the  humanitarian activities in ASEAN and how geographic knowledge and perspective are applied in each undertaking.  The presentation entitled Making Maps and Saving Lives: The Works of a Humanitarian … More PGS Lecture Series 2022-10: LA Dimailig on what it means to be a humanitarian geographer