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the Organizers2013 INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR WORKSHOP ON INDIGENOUS STUDIES26-28 June 2013The Legend Villas, Mandaluyong City, PhilippinesThemeReflections on Indigenous Studies and Research:Taking Stock of Lessons from the FieldThe Seminar-Workshop is concerned with experiences ofdifferent peoples and nations on the theoretical, advocacy, andpolicymaking aspects of indigenous studies and research. Withan international call for papers, its participants are scholars,advocates, researchers, activists, practitioners, and policymakers.ObjectiveTo provide a venue where a select group of local and foreignscholars, indigenous scholars, researchers and educators,advocates, activists, policymakers, and practitioners can engagein provocative discussions and fruitful exchanges on the subjectof indigenous studies. Discussions will revolve aroundcontentious issues and will look into research relevant inadvancing the field of indigenous studies.The 2013 International Seminar Workshop (ISW) on IndigenousStudies was made possible through the mutual cooperation of:2013InternationalSeminarWorkshop onIndigenousStudiesThe University of the Philippines Baguio and its ]Cordillera Studies Center.Address: Cordillera Web: www.upb.edu.ph/cscStudies Center,Email: cordillerastudies@gmail.comUniversity of thePhone: (63)(74) 442-5794Philippines Baguio,Gov. Pack Rd., BaguioCity 2600Tebtebba Foundation (Indigenous Peoples’International Centre for Policy Research and Education)26-28 June 2013The Legend VillasMandaluyong CityPhilippinesAddress: 1 Roman Ayson Road, Baguio City 2600, PhilippinesPhone: Tel: +63 74 4447703 Fax: +63 74 4439459Email: tebtebba@tebtebba.orgWeb: www.tebtebba.org

PROGRAMME, cont’d.8:00 am10:30 amThursday, 27 JuneSession 3A:Ways of Knowing: Indigenous Knowledge“Umu: exploring Bagobo ethnotaxonomy,”Janus Cabazares and Sheila Tampos, Philippines.“Inclusive education among the Mangyan of OccidentalMindoro: alternative learning systems throughIndigenous Peoples’ core curriculum,”Schedar Jocson, Philippines.“The outline of traditional knowledgeof ethnic groups in China,”Prof. Zhao Fuwei et al, China.Session 3B:Ways of Knowing: Methodologies“Shifting perspectives: rethinking Indigenous Knowledgeand Politics,” Prof. Stuart Kirsch, USA.1:00 pm Session 4A: The Role of Intellectuals“The role of research and academia in IndigenousPeoples’ issues: interculturality in the making,(including a discussion of Columbia University's process)”Prof. Elsa Stamatopolou, Greece.“The advocate as academic and the academic asadvocate: mixing scholarship norms with apro-indigenous peoples orientation,”Colin Nicolas, Malaysia“Entering a Native American learning lodge:forging critical spaces for native sciences inIndigenous studies and mainstream institutions,”Prof. Melissa Nelson, USA.“Changes in gender relationships and age deference inthe practice of gold-sharing,”Leo Mar Edralin, Philippines.3:00 pm Session 4B: Cordillera Cultural Studies“Indigenous knowledge production in literature,”Prof. Ruth Tindaan, Philippines.“Rhetorical analysis of colonial Cordillera Travel Writing,”Io Jularbal, Philippines.“Voicing ethnicity: traditional referentiality and theKalinga ethnopop artist,”Scott Saboy, Philippines“Selected songs of the Salidummay cultural group: aninitial Marxist-ecocritical assessment,”Kervin Calabias, Philippines.“Mobile phones and the Igorot: a culture-centered studyof mobile phone use in/by an indigenouscommunity in the Philippines,”Dazzelyn Zapata, Philippines/Singapore.“Objectivity in ethnographic narratives,”Prof. Raymundo Pavo, Philippines.“Ethnoautobiography: on Decolonizing Modern/Colonialthinking through the uses of indigenization paradigms,”Dr. Elenita Mendoza Strobel, Philippines/USA.“Lexical Retrieval in L1, L2, L3 and L4 of the BilingualEskayan Tribe in Taytay, Duero, Bohol,” Angelo Tubac,Philippines.Session 5: Indigenous Studies as a8:00 amDevelopment Concern“Indigenous Knowledge in Oral Narratives ofOromo Society and its significance toSustainable Development,” Yosef Beco Dubi, EthiopiaFriday, 28 June“Assessing the IFAD engagement with indigenouspeoples in southern Philippines,”Dr. Santos Dacanay III, Philippines“Developing and testing an indigenous planningframework,” Jayson Ibañez, Philippines/AustraliaTheme: “Reflections on indigenousstudies and research:Taking stock of lessons from the field”“Climate change and traditional Knowledge of Tibetan inDeqin, Yunnan,” Yin Lun and Xue Dayuan, China.“The effect of climate change on traditional Mongoliananimal husbandry in Alashan area, Inner Mongolia,China,”Liu Chunhui and Xue Dayuan, China.1:00pm WORKSHOPFacilitators: Dr. Alejandro N. Ciencia, Jr., Cordillera Studies CenterMs. Joji Cariño, Forest Peoples Programme