The study on how humans of the past thinks as reflected on the material culture that they left behind is what Cognitive Archeology is all about. And although critics say that the field is highly speculative in nature, it cannot be denied that the material remains of past cultures gives us access to the thought processes of the people that made them. In order to achieve a thorough analysis, cognitive archeology utilizes and combines the theories and methods of other sciences in order to come up with a reasonable and somewhat logical conclusion in interpreting the thoughts processes of ancient cultures as reflected in their material culture. In this sense, Cognitive Archeology is a truly multi-disciplinary discipline. The early beginnings of Cognitive Archeology can be traced to two papers written by South African Paleolithic Archeologist Ralph Holloway Jr. in 1969 and by Physical Anthropologist Isaac Glynn in 1976. Both articles are regarded as that which started the beginnings of … [Read more...]
My Community Organising & Development Certificate course experience Day 3, 4 and 5
Days 3 was spent discussing Social work method and practice. Our speaker was Ms. Miriam Estrada, head of the Social work department of the Saint Theresa’s college Cebu. According to her, in the Philippines we use the Generalist/integrated method of social work practice. Among other things it is characterized by the use of one or any client system as entry point for working with another or other client system. I’ve heard about the terms “case work”, “group work” and community work before and I had a faint idea on what it really means although the english terms might reveal some ideas on what it is about. These terms refer to the work done with corresponding client systems. Work on individuals is referred to as “case work” etc. Social workers work with Individuals, families/groups and communities, and these are referred to client systems which social workers may use as entry points to achieve the goals of social work. The Generalist/Integrated method also provides a holistic problem … [Read more...]
My Community Organising & Development Certificate course experience Day 2
In contrast to day 1, the second day of our Community Organising and Development certificate course was filled with action. Our speaker was Hubert Zanoria, department chairman of the Southwestern University Social Work department. His topic was on Social issues. He divided the class into 4 groups. Then he asked each to read a news paper clipping and have it discussed among the groups as to what is the social impact of current events in communities. A representative from each group gave a summary of what the group had discussed. Issues ranged from the China - Philippines territorial dispute, news clipping on poverty and the revamp that is happening at the National Food authority. Afterwards he then summarized each issue and emphasized the impact of these issues to the affected communities. The conclusion of this exercise he said that while these maybe macro issues, as community workers we have to think of the impact that these events may have on the community. Afterwards he … [Read more...]
My Community Organising & Development Certificate course experience – Day 1
Last March 2014 I enrolled myself in the Certificate in Community Organising & Development held at the the University of Southern Philippines Foundation. This is a 40+ hours program brought to you by the only three schools offering the Bachelor's degree in Social Work in Cebu, the University of Southern Philippines, St. Theresa’s college and Southwestern University. Faculty members from the three universities will be taught us the principles and practices of Social work for the duration of the program. This is a 3 credit unit certificate which can be credited if you wish to proceed with the Master’s in Social Work degree offered by the University of Southern Philippines, the only institution in Cebu offering a master’s degree in Social work. Normally the course schedule is every Saturdays and Sundays but for our batch, which is batch 5, we had lectures for the whole day, Saturday and Sunday and then we had 4 hours of lectures on weekdays from Monday to Friday. Afterwards we will … [Read more...]
My Philippine Postal Services Corporation delayed package delivery experience
Last year I ordered several books from Amazon. Some of the books were second hand college text books and the sellers of these text books do not do international shipping. So I asked my friend who lives in the United States if I could have it shipped to her address and then she will just ship it to my Philippine address. I asked her to ship it via USPS. (United States Parcel Services) I would have preferred the she ship it via private courier considering that PHILPOST (Philippine Postal Service) will be the one to receive it if it is shipped by USPS and it is known to everyone in the Philippines that PHILPOST is so slow when it comes to delivering mails and packages. But since I ordered more than 15 books and some of these books are quite heavy, I opted to have it shipped via USPS as it was much more cheaper. Besides, I was not in a hurry to receive it. On August 17, 2013 my friend sent the package. I was accustomed to the slowness of Philpost services so I figured out that I will … [Read more...]
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