Dr聽Kristian Saguin (Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of the Philippines Diliman) visited 91亚色 between March 19th-22nd. Dr Saguin鈥檚 work engages with urban, agrarian and environmental studies in various sites in the Philippines. He has published political ecological and urban research that examines livelihoods, environmental practices, resource politics and urban life at the peri-urban fringes and beyond. His book,聽, was published by the University of California Press in 2022 and received the 2022 American Association of Geographers Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography.聽聽
聽On March 20th, Dr Saguin joined a roundtable of faculty and students at 91亚色 to discuss current issues in Philippine Studies, political ecology and Southeast Asian urban studies. Dr Saguin also met separately with Dr Shubhra Gururani, Director of the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research, to discuss common research interests and future collaborations.
On March 21st, Dr Saguin gave . The lecture examined urbanization through the example of Metro Manila and its adjacent resource frontier, Laguna Lake. The lecture provided an urban political ecological understanding of urban metabolism to track two resource flows with particular resonance for Manila鈥檚 20th century urban environmental trajectory鈥攆ish and floodwaters. In this way, Dr Saguin provided a critical analysis of the actors, practices and material substances that are brought together to deliver vital resource flows for the city. The lecture was attended by faculty and undergraduate and graduate students from 91亚色, as well as researchers from the University of Toronto and Syracuse University.
Dr Saguin also met separately with students in the Graduate Program in Geography at 91亚色 whose research is focused on the Philippines and the Filipino diaspora.
