Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry (Journal)
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No full textA seascape in the Philippines consisting of a photograph of boats resting on a calm tropical beach under blue skies by Ashley Romero
Intersubjectivity, Materiality, and Virtuality: What COVID-19 Day-life Taught a Teacher about Navigating a Global Crisis
No full textThis paper explores the intersections of intersubjectivity, materiality, and virtuality through the lens of daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the experiences of a teacher. Using a self-ethnographic approach, it examines how subjective identity intertwines with material and virtual dimensions amid quarantine conditions. The study delves into how professional and personal boundaries blurred, as digital applications, social networks, and online interactions became integral to teaching and everyday activities. It highlights the impact of these changes on our understanding of human-technology relationships, emphasizing the need for new definitions in a technologically mediated society. Through detailed examples, the paper illustrates the complex intersubjective experiences that emerged in a context where the virtual increasingly permeated the material, redefining educational practices and social interactions
Sitting in Compassionate Meditation
No full textThe context for this poem was time spent in Thailand during the pandemic. While initially on a trip to Thailand to learn yoga and chi gong practices, the onset of the pandemic meant that he and his family could not return to their residence in China. Having rented their place in Canada, they found themselves effectively nomadic. This spurred Dave into contemplation about the narrative of his, and his family’s future. Each day simply passes regardless of what you might do or desire to have happen. This thought can quickly lead to feelings of helplessness, as many around the world seem to be realizing. However, through his daily meditations, healthy activities and eating habits along with a concerted effort to create goals, Dave found elements of hope that did not require faith in an unknowable future
The Emergence of a Heavy Metal Scene in Iligan City: An Oral History
No full textHeavy metal musicians and dedicated fans in Iligan City developed their own local music scene exclusive from all the different genres of mainstream music. Its oral history tells us that its emergence can be traced back during the late 1990’s in Iligan City when many metal bands sprouted and thrived to express their music in various concerts. These bands were eventually coordinated and organized into the so-called ‘Troops of Doom’. Out of this organization came their own music production called ‘DOOM Productions’ which initiated all metal music concert/gig and provided an avenue for dedicated fans to interact and listen to metal music. This creation of a ‘scene’ can be reflected to their commitment in this metal ‘subculture’ which they perceived as not only about the music but also as an ethos. This study documents this early beginnings of the metal scene in Iligan City and a look at their originally developed songs
Access to Universal Health Care in the Philippines: The Challenges of Ethnicity, Barriers, and Inequities
No full textThe Universal Health Care Program is one of the cornerstones of the Philippine development directions. Its primary objective is to enhance, and update health reform programs by removing inequities in health outcomes. To assess the efficacy of the program, the study measures access to healthcare services of 371 Indigenous Peoples (IPs) belonging to three different ethnic groups. It used qualitative and quantitative approaches consisting of; interviews, focus group discussions and surveys. Overall, the study reveals that Indigenous Peoples occasionally accessed healthcare services; seldom accessed healthcare facilities and occasionally accessed services provided by healthcare personnel. The study thus recommends that the design of healthcare services be standardized and customized to include IP client’s (IP) health needs, level of education, health demands, geographic locations, cultural practices and socio-economic conditions
Voices of the Forcibly Displaced: Transition, Resettlement and Education
No full textCall for Submissions for the Summer 2025 (Volume 17, No. 1) Special Issue of Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry entitled Voices of the Forcibly Displaced: Transition, Resettlement and Education with Guest Co-Editors Marcela S. Duran, Jan Stewart, Don Dippo, Mohamed Duale and Cecille DePass. (This Call for Submissions is Closed
No Longer Silent: Racialized Academic Women Speak Out!
No full textCall for Submissions for the Summer 2026 (Volume 18, No. 1) Special Issue of Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry entitled No Longer Silent: Racialized Academic Women Speak Out! with Guest Co-Editors Sandra Dixon, Cecille DePass, Towani Duchscher and Apooyak\u27ii / Tiffany Hind Bull – Prete
Meditation 2: A Phototropic Science Lesson
No full textA photograph and a poem showing late season tomatoes ripening against a background of winter snow, reflecting on life continuing even in the dead of winter
The Therapeutic and Transformative Impact of Making Collages
No full textIn this short essay, I present the process of making collages through one year (from March 2020 to April 2021) of the COVID-19 pandemic and analyze its therapeutic and transformative impact on me. I also discuss importance of being mindful, attentive, accepting, and contemplating during this process.
The pursuit of making collages was my main coping strategy during the stressful and challenging coronavirus epidemic. First of all, it gave me a sense of purpose, competence, and growth as a human being as well as a collage artist. Making collages became the outlet of my dark thoughts and negative emotions and the source of positive emotions of interest, joy, acceptance, resourcefulness, satisfaction, and enthusiasm. My frustration regarding coronavirus situation was channelled into enjoyable artistic experience. Making collages not only enhanced my flexibility and problem-solving skills, but also increased my concentration and attention to details. During this process, I let myself be affected by the external events as well by the internal world of my emotions, memories, images, and dreams
Spanning Pandemic Pandect – Caring, Compassion, and Crises Amidst COVID-19: A Reflective Essay
No full textDavid Carlgren\u27s insider narrative documents in graphic details the lived experiences of his family and himself, and as importantly, presents the positive and negative experiences of a few colleagues in Wuhan, China during the pandemic. The author discusses issues of stress, tolerance, friendship, compassion and survival. With deep sensitivity David Carlgren explains: firstly, the coping and survival strategies adopted by his family. Secondly, a colleague\u27s compassionate neighbours who deliberately intervened and ameliorated her situation. Thirdly, another colleague\u27s stresses at school when he was forced to set up and take down, every day, the online teaching-learning technology, as well as to scan and upload the learning materials for a whole floor of classes. Fourthly was Carlgren\u27s explicit description of the types and impacts of the stresses encountered by a third colleague