Publications

The TWSC has a long tradition of research on critical political economy, development issues, democratization, and governance. Research is focused on the search for progressive discourses and alternative paradigms. Guided by the principles of participatory research, the main objectives of the Center’s researches are to develop Third World perspectives on various issues and to translate knowledge generated in order to promote actions for change or to improve existing local actions. Central to this process of knowledge transformation is the role of social movements and civil society, which the Center works closely with.

Journals

Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies

Kasarinlan is an internationally refereed journal published twice a year by the Third World Studies Center, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines-Diliman. It provides a forum for critical and interdisciplinary perspectives on the Philippines and the Third World with special reference to political economy.

Books

Anim na Tanong sa Anim na Taon

Anim na Tanong sa Anim na Taon

Forum 2 of the 2016 TWSC Public Forum Series Ito ang ikalawang forum ng 2016 UP TWSC Public Forum Series na pinamagatang, “Anim na Tanong sa Anim na Taon: Ang mga Agham Panlipunan at Pilosopiya at ang Papalitang Rehimeng Aquino.” Tampok sila Dr. Aries A. Arugay ng...

Risking Resources, Reckoning Risks

Risking Resources, Reckoning Risks

. Mass Media and the Science of Natural Disasters “Communicating Risks, Risking Miscommunication: Mass Media and the Science of Natural Disasters” is the first lecture of the 2014 UP TWSC Public Lecture Series on Natural Disasters. This lecture was held last 3...

Thailand: The Lessons of Protest by Dr. Kevin Hewison

Thailand: The Lessons of Protest by Dr. Kevin Hewison

Dr. Kevin Hewison’s public lecture, “Thailand: The Lessons of Protest,” was held on 14 July 2014 (Monday), from 10:00 AM to 12:00 NN at the Seminar Room 206-207 of the GT Toyota Asian Center, University of the Philippines-Diliman. Dr. Hewison, Sir Walter Murdoch...

A Lecture on Migration by Dr. Michele Ford

A Lecture on Migration by Dr. Michele Ford

“From Migrant to Worker: New Forms of Migrant Labor Activism in Asia,” a public lecture by Dr. Michele Ford, Director of the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, University of Sydney, was held last 27 May 2014 at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center Seminar Room, Asian...

Ethnic Conflict and Myanmar’s Problematic Democratization

Ethnic Conflict and Myanmar’s Problematic Democratization

A Seminar on Ethnic Conflict and Democratization in Myanmar The invitational seminar, “Ethnic Conflict and Myanmar’s Problematic Democratization”, which is part of the 2014 UP ASEAN Lecture Series, was  held last 20 February 2014 (Thursday), from 9:00 AM to 12:00 NN...

A Public Lecture by Dr. Ikeda and Dr. Makibayashi

A Public Lecture by Dr. Ikeda and Dr. Makibayashi

This public lecture was held last 13 January 2014 at the Diliman Interactive Learning Center in UP Diliman. Featured lecturers were Dr. Maria Makabenta Ikeda and Dr. Aysun Uyar Makibayashi, both of the Afrasian Research Center of Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan....

Ethical Consumption in the Philippine Context

Ethical Consumption in the Philippine Context

Ethical Consumption in the Philippine Context” is a roundtable discussion organized by Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action (TIGRA) and co-sponsored by the UP Third World Studies Center. Held last 15 November 2013 at the Third World Studies...