(UP BAGUIO)
In a statement, UP Baguio said graduates of the program will be grounded in theories and frameworks which will enable them to teach, conduct, and publish research or implement programs on indigenous issues.
It noted that the PhD in Indigenous Studies program “seeks to valorize indigenous epistemologies or ways of knowing that have been neglected and marginalized by hegemonic scientific epistemologies.”
“It is also projected to contribute to the efforts in Indigenous Peoples’ education,” it said.
The program, which has three years full-time and four years part-time study plans, is designed to employ interdisciplinary perspectives in engaging with historical and contemporary issues confronting IP in the Philippines and elsewhere.