Rolando Talampas, Associate Professor at the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, presented a paper, “Diaspora Re/Creates the Landscape: Indonesians in Southern Mindanao” at the 6th International Conference on Intra-Asian Connections: Interactions, Flows, Landscapes last from 22 to 24 October at the Asian Dynamic Institute, University of Copenhagen.

Also in Copenhagen, Associate Professor Talampas presented a paper, “Filipino Seafarers: From Social Movement to Social Capital” on 23 October for SeaHealth, a shipping organization based in the city. SeaHealth held an afterwork meeting that discussed maritime health and safety issues, as well as developments in Danish and global shipping.

A few days earlier, 20 October, Talampas gave a lecture at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Lucerne in Switzerland. His paper, “Bohol Seafarers and Sama-Bajau: Social Capital and Re-integration in a Central Visayan Island,” juxtaposes the Boholano seafarers and the Sama-Bajau, two seafaring indigenous groups in the Philippines; Talampas contrasts their diverging socioeconomic conditions and explains how these differences influence their contribution to their respective home communities. The former is exposed to advanced economies through employment, while the latter’s marginal existence leads to social and economic deprivation. For more information about this paper, read the complete abstract from the University of Lucerne website.

Rolando Talampas teaches graduate-level courses on Research Methods (AS299) and Social and Economic Development in Southeast Asia (AS 255.1). His coursework this semester includes Theories and Perspectives on Philippine Studies (PS 202), Seminar on Southeast Asia (AS 250) and Philippines in Global Futures (PS 237). His research interests include migration, Philippine Studies, and Development Studies.