Development projects: Urban research, informal settlements, migration, displacement, gender and the climate crisis
Since returning from master’s studies in London, I’ve worked on a few projects with different UN agencies, and got toContinue Reading
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PAREX: Sacrificing urban vitality for a traffic ‘solution’
In this essay, fellow urbanist April Valle and I criticise the proposed Pasig River Expressway (PAREX) as a means toContinue Reading
‘Community pantries are a form of placemaking’
The community pantry movement in the Philippines is a phenomenon, and it’s something I’ve been dwelling on for more thanContinue Reading
On taking up urban studies and planning at the University of Westminster, London, through the Chevening scholarship
Recently, I’ve been coaching aspiring Chevening applicants and a number of young professionals who are seeking higher studies on urbanism,Continue Reading
On women and the Philippine city
Can a woman take her place in the Philippine city? Would she have the chance to shape it? Will our environment allow feminist places? These questions grapple with steep power relations, from our colonial past to our present authoritarian state. We are still at the level where a teenager has to school a misogynist television host about rape culture. We still live in a regime where a litany of offenses against women have left many feeling resigned; remarks about shooting vaginas can get away, and statements like telling working women leaders to “just maybe shut up” or calling them frauds are hailed by a certain population.
Jean Palma 