Framing the Ethnomathematical Process

Hoy,
Boy!
A Festschrift
for
Edited by
CORDILLERA STUDIES CENTER
University of the Philippines Baguio
Baguio City Philippines
2016

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to reprint the articles is gratefully acknowledged.
“A Malem ti Marso Maysa/Isang Hapon ng Marso,” by Junley Lazaga, in Timpuyog Journal, March 2011.
“Occupy Feminism,” by Delia D. Aguilar, in Pingkian: Journal for Emancipatory and Anti-Imperialist
Education 3, no. 1. Citation format converted to the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed., with the
author’s permission.
“Book Art Book Love,” by Jennifer Patricia A. Cariño, in Malaya, 28 November 2002.
“Review: Books as Art,” by Victoria Rico-Costina, in Ti Similla
Staff of UP Baguio, January 2003 and a shorter version in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 November 2002.
on 25 February 2014.
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 24 February 2014.
Grateful acknowledgment for permission to reprint photographs on page 260 are also given to The
Field Museum, Chicago.
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permission in writing from the publisher.
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Wilfredo V. Alangui
Ma. Paula Luz M. Pamintuan-Riva
Cover and book design by Jhoan Medrano
ISBN: 978-621-95605-1-1

CONTENTS
1
Mga Panimulang Pahayag
Pabáon
Perfecto Martin 2
My Brother, Boy
Sr. Lilia Thérèse L. Tolentino, SPC 5
Buwan (Aluminum Repousse on Paper)
Jandy A. Carvajal 7
Urbi et Orbe
Rio Alma 8
Sa Pagreretiro ni Del, Kasama
Bien Lumbera 9
Address to Mr. Frost
Gemino H. Abad 10
Nagiging Sikat na Yata Ako
Ma. Luisa F. Torres-Reyes 16
The House on No. 5 Sta. Theresa Street
Marne Kilates 17
Gathering Memories
Aida F. Santos 20
Nonilon V. Queaño 22
Alibangbang (Aluminum Repousse on Paper)
Jandy A. Carvajal 26
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A Malem ti Marso Maysa/Isang Hapon ng Marso
Junley L. Lazaga 27
Yugto (Titik at Musika)
Toto Colongon 30
Uyayi (Titik at Musika)
Toto Colongon 31
Leonila Hill
Bong Ramilo (Music after Oregon)
Leo John Romero (Lyrics) 32
Untitled (Terracotta)
Roberto P. Acosta 33
Paghahanap at Pagtuklas kay Cirio Panganiban
E. San Juan, Jr. 34
“In the Forest of the Night . . .”
The Construction of the Filipino Primitive
in Forest Twilight, a 1935 American Novel
Joselito “Lito” B. Zulueta 53
Lupang Ninuno, Maikling Kuwento
Ed Maranan 61
The Mask Collector (Terracotta)
Jhoan “Tioan” F. Medrano 78
Twice Told Tale
Mario I. Miclat 79
Ang Paglilitis kay Vicente Mamaril: Act I of a Work in Progress
Charlson Ong 93
The Fact and Fiction Binarism
Oscar V. Campomanes 114
Lunula (Aluminum Repousse on Paper)
Jandy A. Carvajal 124
Casa Blanca
Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo 125
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vi

Letters to the Indonesia I Know and Don’t Know
Padmapani Perez 135
Where I Came From
Merci Dulawan 148
Fara Manuel-Nolasco 149
Cascade (Aluminum Repousse on Paper)
Jandy A. Carvajal 150
(Re)entering the Kitchen
Cecilia Fe L. Sta. Maria-Abalos 151
Maricris D. Martin 167
You Never Gave Me a 5.0
Grace Celeste T. Subido 175
Roland Rabang 182
Maanghang na Pagsasama (Chemical Process Printing Photograph)
Abe Garcia 187
Katti Sta. Ana 188
Occupy Feminism
Delia D. Aguilar 189
Philippine Proverbial Enunciations of Desire
Narcisa Paredes-Canilao 212
Framing the Ethnomathematical Process
Wilfredo V. Alangui 228
Roland Rabang 245
Roland Rabang 246
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vii

The Dilemma of Boasian Anthropology in Early 20th c
Philippine Ethnographic Fieldwork
Michael Armand P. Canilao 247
Three on: “In the Land of Head-hunters”
Scott Magkachi Saboy 262
2. “In the Land of Head-hunters” A Rhetorical Analysis
of the Unknown Tourist’s Travel Writing on Baguio
Iö M. Jularbal 272
3. The Racial Affronting Apparatus of “In the Land of
Head-hunters”: a Post Colonial-ish Analysis
Cristian Carlo Suller 292
Vanoverberg’s Isnag Say-am
Maria Nela B. Florendo 299
The Bontok Aratey Bridge: An Indigenous Technological
Invention in the Mountain Province, Northern Philippines
June Prill-Brett 312
Book Art Book Love
Jennifer Patricia A. Cariño 330
Review: Books as Art
Victoria Rico-Costina 333
The Playful, the Serious Collide in Del Tolentino’s Book Art
Babeth Lolarga 336
Shirley O. Lua 338
Tatlong Palamuti (Aluminum Repousse on Paper)
Jandy A. Carvajal 341
Ilang Hiram na Sandali sa Piling ni Del, sa
Bukana ng Dekada Sitenta
Fanny A. Garcia 342
Writing Red Letters: A Student’s Tribute to Sir Del
Ma. Paula Luz M . Pamintuan-Riva 344
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Tale of an Erring Adviser
Ruth Tindaan 349
Dear Sir Del
354
Araw (Aluminum Repousse on Paper)
Jandy A. Carvajal 357
Rambunctions
Rowena Reyes-Boquiren 357
Master Del’s Art of Cooking
Martin Masadao 362
My Tito Boy
Cynthia J. Tolentino 366
Afterword
Ben Tapang 368
The Contributors 371
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FRAMING THE ETHNOMATHEMATICAL
PROCESS
Wilfredo V. Alangui
Introduction

Framing the Ethnomathematical Process
Making Sense in an Unfamiliar World: A Methodological Framework
Where to start looking?
How to look?
How to understand what it is?
Where do we look?
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HOY, BOY!
quipu,
How do we look?
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Framing the Ethnomathematical Process
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HOY, BOY!
When have we found something?
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Framing the Ethnomathematical Process
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HOY, BOY!
What are we to make of it?
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Framing the Ethnomathematical Process
Framework for Ethnomathematical Research
Generic
Questions
Initial Answers
Critical
Construct
Where To Look
Where To Look
What It Is
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HOY, BOY!
What It Means
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Framing the Ethnomathematical Process
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HOY, BOY!
silenced absented
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Framing the Ethnomathematical Process
partial
Mathematics Elsewhere
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HOY, BOY!
Restructuring Experience
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Framing the Ethnomathematical Process
References
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Mathematics Elsewhere: An Exploration of Ideas Across Cultures.
American Scientist
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Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of
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Alterity, Identity, Image: Selves and Others
in Society and Scholarship.
Mathematics, Education and Philosophy: An International
Perspective
Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Mathematics,
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241

HOY, BOY!
Native American Mathematics,
Postmodern Representations: Truth, Power, and Mimesis in the
Human Sciences and Public Culture
Handbook of Qualitative Research.
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Proceedings of the National Workshop on Vedic Mathematics
Multi/Intercultural
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Framing the Ethnomathematical Process
Conversations: A Reader,
For the Learning of Mathematics
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History of General Topology,
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243

HOY, BOY!
Writing Culture: The
Poetics and Politics of Ethnography,
Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western
Mathematics,
Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the
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Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Etnography,
Ethnography and Participant Observation
Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Mathematics,
Handbook of Qualitative Research,
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