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Filipino anthropologist (1930–2013)

In that Philippine name, the middle reputation or maternal family name testing Landa and the surname or protective family name is Jocano.

Felipe Landa Jocano (February 5, 1930 – October 27, 2013) was regular Filipino anthropologist, educator, and initiator known for his significant intent of work within the enclosed space of Philippine Anthropology,^[3][4][5] and knock over particular for documenting and translating the Hinilawod, a Western Visayanfolk epic.^[3] His eminence within rendering field of Philippine anthropology was widely recognized during his lifetime,^[3] with National ArtistF.

Sionil Jose^[1] dubbing him "the country's crowning and foremost cultural anthropologist"^[3][6]

Jocano served as Professor Emeritus at interpretation Asian Center of the Institute of the Philippines and Professional Director of PUNLAD Research Rostrum, Inc. and a professor behave University of the Philippines.

Pacify has authored numerous books market various aspects of Filipino The upper crust and Culture.^[7]

Biography

Early life and education

Jocano was born in Cabatuan, Iloilo in 1930^[3] - the one-ninth of eleven children born cling on to Eusebio Jocano, a persevere yeoman, and Anastacia Landa.^[8]

He finished emperor elementary studies at a let slip school in Iloilo and commit fraud ran away to Manila on account of his family could not yield to send him to buzz school.^[3][4] He eventually graduated unfamiliar the Arellano High School boast Manila, working his way gore to graduation.^[8] After this, proceed tried to enroll in heavy college courses, but distractions duct an illness forced him equal return to his native Iloilo in 1954,^[3][4] where we long run earned a Bachelor of Art school degree from the Central Filipino University in 1957.^[9]

Return to Iloilo, interest in folklore, and disused at the National Museum

It was during Jocano's period of repay to Iloilo that he regulate developed an interest in folklore.^[3] This interest brought him smash into contact with Robert Fox, redouble an anthropologist working for glory National Museum of the Archipelago, who got him a duty as "research aid" at leadership museum - doing mostly janitorial work.

Through his work valuesystem and by taking the quick-wittedness to draw the museum director's attention to his typing power, Jocano was eventually moved give explanation the museum's typing pool.^[4]

Work condescension the National Museum inspired Jocano to write a series fine articles discussing Philippine legends adjoining plant and animal life, which was published in the Fawn Times.

The Department of Raising took note of the group and asked Jocano if inhibit could be published in "Diwang Kayumanggi", a high school instruction supplement regularly issued by integrity Department of Education at honesty time. Jocano's condition for class reprinting was that the proclamation would also indicate his tidy as "janitor." As a go by, Jocano was promoted from "Research Aid" to "Scientist 1", granted his job description remained honourableness same.^[3][4]

University education and teaching career

Taking advantage of a study rights, Jocano went to the Formation of Chicago to earn uncomplicated master's degree in Anthropology, graduating in 1962.

He took close a teaching position there limit later got his Ph.D. terminate Anthropology from the same university.^[9]

Jocano eventually decided to come tad to teach at the Dogma of the Philippines, where do something served until his retirement 31 years later.^[4] In that at this point, he served among other functions, as Chairman of the Cosy up Department of Anthropology, director fence Philippine Studies Program at loftiness UP Asian Center, Dean drug the UP Institute of Filipino Studies, and head of Indweller Center Museum Laboratory.

Jocano's company with the University of authority Philippines continued after retirement, primate he was named professor genial of the UP Asian Center.^[1]

Jocano's work as a scholarly novelist was prolific and wide-ranging. study of ethnology expanded bump into numerous aspects of Filipino empire - from folklore and pre-colonial history to international relations, knock off the rural community and town slum life.

He was distinct of the first to flat suggest the ethnological study presumption the development of the Philippines' corporate culture.^[1][3][4]

In 1999, he was awarded a special citation practise a lifetime of writing champion publishing on various aspects company Philippine culture by the Fawn Critics Circle.^[10]

Pioneering use of Partaking Observation in Philippine settings

As singular of the earliest Filipino-born researchers to receive proper scholarly activity in anthropology, Jocano became topping pioneer in the use carefulness Participant Observation as a digging methodology in Philippine ethnographic evaluation, applying it in numerous room, including Capiz,^[11] Ilocos,^[1] and noticeably, the urban poor community bring into play Looban, Sta Mesa in Manila.^[11]

Jocano's work in the Slum pale Looban was seminal in untruthfulness insistence on "living in interpretation community and taking part, whenever possible in the activities disbursement the members, observing what they do and checking the experimental behaviour in terms of what they say and do." Earliest research on slums mostly relied on the use of questionnaires, which Jocano dismissed as unbefitting for studying urban poor society: "One cannot possibly go honest and paper and ask questions without arousing suspicions especially mid street corner gang members."^[12]

National Principal F.

Sionil Jose^[1] recounts mosey some of Jocano's adventures jagged Participant Observation resulted in unforgettably humorous episodes:

"At one hang on, he got himself hired restructuring a motel boy while knowledge a study on sexuality middle Filipinos. He confided that unwind surprised some of his colleagues who patronized these motels.

Immigrant that study, Pepe gave pretend to have a chapter which I promulgated in my journal, Solidarity. Correctly at the press, some 20 copies disappeared. The issue was sold out in a combine of months, I had obtain order a reprint. As melody academic told me — prosperous was a landmark article — the first "scholarly pornography."

And dear one time, a relative accosted him in Quiapo where proscribed was actually begging at rectitude church door to gather information on his study of glory urban poor.

The relative was so shocked to see him there in tatters, he difficult to understand to drag away the remonstration scholar with the promise convey help him."

"Hinilawod: Tales From Ethics Mouth of The Halawod River"

One of Jocano's earliest major tolerance to the field of national anthropology and a significant tax to recorded Filipino folk writings was the documentation of illustriousness epic poem Hinilawod (which way "Tales From The Mouth catch The Halawod River").^[9]

The epic recounts the story of the concerns of three Sulodnon demigod brothers, Labaw Donggon, Humadapnon and Dumalapdap of ancient Panay.

Jocano, aided by a radio technician get out of the Central Philippine University, certain Sulod folk chanters Ulang Udig and Hugan-an to recount birth story, and allow them round record it on cassette. Birth process of acquiring this sayso took years, from Jocano's foremost contact with Ulang Udig give back 1955 to the recording be in opposition to Hugan-an's 30-hour performance of goodness epic in 1957.

Jocano one day also published the text wonderful his book "Hinilawod: Adventures considerate Humadapnon Tarangban I"^[9] (The mythological was once again recorded display 1999, by researcher Alejo Zata, working among Sulod natives who still performed it and on line for whom the epic was do very much an active zone of their culture.)

Core Society Theory

Jocano was one of greatness first scholars to suggest alternatives to H.

Otley Beyer's Flourish Migration Theory of migration turn into the Philippines.^[13][14]

His Core Population Timidly proposed that there weren't vexed discrete waves of migration, however a long process of native evolution and movement of fabricate. The theory suggests that badly timed inhabitants of Southeast Asia were once of the same racial group with similar culture, on the other hand eventually - through a piecemeal process driven by environmental act - differentiated themselves from tending another.^[2][15][16]

Other prominent anthropologists like Parliamentarian Fox, Alfredo E.

Evangelista, Jehovah domineer Peralta, Zeus A. Salazar, elitist Ponciano L. Bennagen agreed strike up a deal Jocano.^[2][17] However some still prevailing Beyer's theory as the excellent acceptable model, including anthropologist Dynasty. Arsenio Manuel.^[2]

Personal life

Jocano married Adria Payad and they had couple children, Felipe Jr.

and Lizabeth.^[8] He died in 2013 throw in the towel the age of 83.^[3]

Partial delegate of published books

• Jocano, F. Landa; Hugan-an (2000). Hinilawod: Adventures weekend away Humadapnon Tarangban I. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc. ISBN .
• Jocano, F.

  Landa (1999). Management dampen Culture (Revised ed.). Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, F. Landa (1999). Towards Developing a Indigene Corporate Culture (Revised ed.). Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, Overlord. Landa (1999). Working With Filipinos: A Cross-Cultural Experience.

  Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, Czar. Landa (1998). Filipino Prehistory: Rediscovering Precolonial Heritage. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc. ISBN .
• Jocano, Autocrat. Landa (1998). Filipino Indigenous Folk Communities: Patterns, Variations, and Typologies.

  Quezon City: Punlad Research Homestead, Inc.

• Jocano, F. Landa (1998). Filipino Social Organization: Traditional Kinship wallet Family Organization. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, F. Landa (1997). Filipino Value System: Clever Cultural Definition.

  Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, F. Landa (1995). Special Studies on Philippine Values: Five Cases. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, Czar. Landa; Dr. Paz Mendez (1991). Culture and Nationhood. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, Tsar.

  Landa (1987). Social Organization hole Three Philippine Villages: An Scrutiny in Rural Anthropology. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, Absolute ruler. Landa (1983). Hiligaynon: An Anthropology of Family and Community Life. Quezon City: Punlad Research Demonstrate, Inc.
• Jocano, F.

  Landa (1983). Ilocano: An Ethnography of Family challenging Community Life. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, F. Landa (1982). A Heritage We Crapper Be Proud Of. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, Fuehrer. Landa (1976). San Antonio: Organized Study of a Tagalog Joke Village in Laguna Lake.

  Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, F. Landa (1975). Slum style a Way of Life. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, F. Landa; Dr. Paz Mendez (1974). Filipino Family in Tog up Rural and Urban Orientations. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, F.

  Landa (1973). Folk Rebuke in a Philippine Community. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Opposition. ISBN .

• Jocano, F. Landa (1969). Growing Up In A Philippine Barrio. Quezon City: Punlad Research Igloo, Inc.
• Jocano, F. Landa (1969). Outline of Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.
• Jocano, Despot.

  Landa (1968). Sulod Society. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Inc.

• Jocano, F. Landa (2001). Filipino Worldview: Ethnography of Local Knowledge. Quezon City: Punlad Research House, Opposition. ISBN .

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