Project Team Organization

The researchers were Asian Peacebuilders scholars who undertook dual master’s program at the United Nations Mandated University for Peace (UPeace) in Costa Rica and Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) in the Philippines. Mark Anthony G. Articulo and Ataur Razaq took up MA in International Law and the Settlement of Disputes, while Miki Sakiyama took up MA in Gender and Peacebuilding at UPeace. The three of them finished Master in Transdisciplinary Development at AdMU. Their capstone project reflects a thoughtful and necessary fusion of the academic disciplines they have embarked on.

The researchers carried out their capstone project with their local partners—Atty. Minerva R. Magtanao-Taguinod, Atty. Catherine Gayagay-Apaling, and Atty. Zorayda Mia Wacnang—who are all members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines – Kalinga Chapter, but representing different Kalinga tribes.

The researchers and their local partners were adeptly guided by their capstone advisers: Dr. Mary Racelis and Dr. Enrique Nino P. Leviste, who are both professors of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at AdMU.