Haphap: A Filipina Perspective on the Biracial Child’s Dangal

Abstract

This article derives from doctoral research on the ability of Angeles City's poor and marginalized biracial children to exercise their rights, including, but not limited to, children who were offspring of Filipina sex workers and foreign sex tourists. To illustrate the research context, this paper starts with a discussion of Angeles City and its biracial children. Next, the study's Maka-Pilipinong design is explained, particularly the application of a Filipina as worldview and dangal as a lens. Details about the relevance of the Philippine oral traditions with Sikolohiyang Pilipino (SP) are also provided. The final part of the article reports on the primary researcher's fieldwork experience.

Towards decolonising tourism and hospitality research in the Philippines

“…Sikolohiyang Pilipino does not exclusively belong to a specific indigenous group in the Philippines. Rather it is maka-Pilipino (Lavides, Waring, Hanna, & Nakhid, 2018;Santiago & Enriquez, 1976). In other words, it is a psychology of, and developed by and for, the Filipino (San Juan, 2006), promoting the interests of all Filipinos and their various life spheres (today, including tourism).…”