Visual Culture in the Philippines

This edited book showcases how Global South scholars, particularly those from the Philippines, are not merely catching up with but actively reshaping the evolving landscape of visual data collection, production, and analysis. Bringing together multi- and interdisciplinary works, it highlights the use of visual and multisensory data to explore socio-cultural and political realities in the Philippines, including identities, religion, deviance and democratic participation. By adopting a decolonial framework, it reveals the complexity of Philippine visual culture. This volume will be of interest to sociologists, as well as to scholars focusing on research methods, history, and Asian studies.

Analyses a variety of visual and multisensory data including developing visual technologies Critically discusses gender, religion, deviance and democratic activism through the lens of visual data Reflects on historical and cultural influences in relation to space, place and people

Autorentext

Veronica L. Gregorio is Lecturer at the College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS), National University of Singapore. Her research interests are agrarian change, gender, and family dynamics, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia. She has published widely across sociology journals. Some of her works include a co-edited special issue on Gender and Populism in the Philippines and the volume Resilience and Familism: The Dynamic Nature of Families in the Philippines (2023) with Clarence M. Batan and Sampson Lee Blair.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: From Kita ninyo ba Can you all see to Ipapakita namin We will show.- Chapter 2: Collaborative mapping and postcrisis memory work in Marawis Padian market district.- Chapter 3: KatekistangLarawan CatecheticalPortrait A Social Glimpse of Filipino Catholicisms Formation Practices in Catechetical Ministry.- Chapter 4: The Buff Against the Wall The layers of symbolic violence of Marikina City buffing.- Chapter 5: Visualizing war and peace through World War II memorials and monuments in the Philippines.- Chapter 6: Authentic approachable and average A digital visual ethnography of proMarcos TikTok content.- Chapter 7: InstaMoms Filipina Influencers on Idealized Contemporary Motherhood.- Chapter 8: Visual Dimension of Male Sex Work in the Philippines.- Chapter 9: Conclusion Challenging Hegemony in Visual Culture.