Former AC Professorial Lecturer, Dr. Raul Pertierra, passes away at 82

Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

Details: Published: 09 April 2024

Former Asian Center Professorial Lecturer, Dr. Raul Pertierra, passed away on 7 April 2024. He was 82.

RAUL PERTIERRA, Ph.D. (1941-2024)

Raul Pertierra, Ph.D. was a Professorial Lecturer of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman in the early 1990s and 2000s. He was also part of the International Advisory Board of the Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, the Center’s pioneering journal publication. He contributed to several issues of the ASJ since the 1970s.

Before his death, he served as a visiting professor at the Ateneo De Manila University where he taught graduate courses in anthropology and sociology. He also supervised ethnomusicology majors at the Philippine Women’s University as visiting professor. In 2014, he served as the editor-in-chief of Sabangan, PWU’s Academic Journal.

He has published on various journal on the topics of social theory, culture, and politics. He held professorships in Australia (University of South Wales and the UNSW Sydney), Singapore, The Netherlands, and Finland before retiring in the Philippines (Pertierra 2019).

Reference: Pertierra, Raul. 2019. “The Cultures of a Globalized World.” Plaridel Journal of Communication, Media, Society 16 (1): 1-24. https://doi.org/10.52518/2020.16.1-01pertra.

DR. PERTIERRA'S PUBLICATIONS

Some of Dr. Raul Pertierra's publications are:

1976. “An Example of Conflict and Authority in a Philippine Community: A Case Study.” Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia 14 (1): 73-82. https://asj.upd.edu.ph/index.php/archive/113-vol-14-no-1-april-1976.
1990. “National consciousness and arenas of struggle: The contradiction of the Philippine state.” Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia 28: 1-34. https://asj.upd.edu.ph/index.php/archive/100-vol-28-1990.
2000. “The Globalization of Culture: Possiblities and Threats.” Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia 36 (1): 134-47. https://asj.upd.edu.ph/index.php/archive/93-vol-36-no-1-2000.
ed. 2011. “Cultural Hybridities of the Philippines.” Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia 47. https://asj.upd.edu.ph/index.php/archive/78-vol-47-2011.
2019. “The cultures of a globalized world.” Plaridel Journal 16 (1): 1–24. https://doi.org/10.52518/2020.16.1-01pertra.

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