We landed back in Iloilo this week, we meaning me and all the boys, Ferdia (4), Fién (1) and Vitas (49)! It took us three days, two hotel nights and 4 airports to get here but all in all it was an ok journey- except for Fién who was a pain in the BEEP the entire way, such an awkward age group the almost twos! He is super sick on the couch now with a fever so I have the four year old with me at different coffee shops/play rooms around Iloilo while I desperately try and work!

I am SO UNBELIEVABLY behind on analysis from the first fieldtrip as I have take on more and more projects to be able to cover by salary so I don’t run out of my job- am realising only properly now how people (women) burn out so easily in academia. Not only are we often mom-agers at home, the academic world where you have to find your own money is WILD.

ANYWAY this stay in Iloilo is about co-analysing the data from the first fieldtrip with participants from last year to create some type of grounded theory that explains the patronage relations they experience as they go about their livelihoods and deal with unpredictability and ambiguity. The final part of this stay will be carrying out behavioural economic experiments with about 200-250 fishers to explore decision-making in relation to market and environmental change- stay tuned for more!

Currently my idea for the paper/results of this first part of the project are framed like this:

In a nutshell: This paper presents a grounded theory for an economic relationship found in many trade relationships, particularly in Southeast Asia, revealing how such informal economies influence livelihoods, risk sharing and financial adaptability/resilience. We contribute a culturally informed lens on market exchanges challenging transactional views of economic behaviour while building theory directly from and with the lived experiences of our participants. Programs that disregard the embedded social and economic practices which our theory describes may unintentionally disrupt these critical networks which support coastal communities across the globe.

#socialdimensionsofeconomics

#community-basedeconomies

#respectingthecomplexity

#groundedaccount

Thats as far as I got for now! Let the crazy working schedule begin!!

Below is an AI generated Hiligaynon version of this post (sorry for the mistakes):

Nakalanding kami liwat sa Iloilo sa sini nga semana—kami, nga nagalakip sang akon kag ang tanan nga mga lalaki, si Ferdia (4), si Fién (1), kag si Vitas (49)! Tatlo ka adlaw, duha ka hotel nights, kag apat ka airports ang naglabay antes kami nakaabot diri, pero tanan-tanan, maayo naman nga biyahe—gawas lang kay si Fién nga budlay gid ang pag-upod sa tanan nga tinion. Budlay gid nga edad ang “almost twos”! Subong, siya ang nagahigda sa sofa nga may hilanat, kag ako ang nagadala sang apat ka tuig nga bata sa lain-lain nga mga coffee shops/play rooms diri sa Iloilo samtang desperado nga naga-obra!

SOOOO UNBELIEVABLY atrasado ako sa analysis halin sa una nga fieldtrip. Gintabunan ko gid ang akon kaugalingon sa mas madamo nga mga projects para lang maka-cover sang akon sweldo kag indi mawad-an sang trabaho. Subong ko lang gid na-realize kun paano kadasig mag-burn out ang mga tawo (lalo na ang mga kababainhan) sa akademiya. Indi lang kita mom-agers sa balay, ang kalibutan sang akademiya nga kinahanglan mo pa mangita sang imo kwarta—WILD gid.

ANYWAY, ang sini nga pagdugay ko sa Iloilo para sa pag-co-analyze sang datos halin sa una nga fieldtrip upod ang mga participants sang nagligad nga tuig, agud maka-create sang grounded theory nga naga-explain sang patronage relations nga ila ginatubang sa ila pangabuhi kag pag-atubang sang mga bagay nga wala siguraduan kag kalibog. Ang final nga bahin sang sini nga pagbisita amo ang pagpatuman sang behavioral economic experiments upod ang mga 200-250 nga mananagat para ma-eksplorar ang ila decision-making bahin sa market kag environmental change—abangan ang masunod!

Subong nga ideya ko para sa paper/kasanag sang resulta sang una nga bahin sang project amo ini:

Sa sulod sang nutshell: Ang sini nga paper nagapresentar sang grounded theory bahin sa isa ka economic relationship nga makita sa madamo nga trade relationships, partikular sa Southeast Asia, kag nagapakita kun paano ang informal economies naga-impluwensya sa pangabuhi, risk sharing, kag financial adaptability/resilience. Nagahatag kami sang kultura nga lens bahin sa market exchanges nga naga-challenge sang transactional views sang economic behaviour, samtang nagatukod sang theory halin kag upod gid sa lived experiences sang amon participants. Programs nga wala nagakilala sang embedded social kag economic practices nga ginapakita sang amon theory mahimo makadistorbo sang importante nga networks nga nagasuporta sa coastal communities sa bilog nga kalibutan.

Amo lang ini ang nabulig ko subong! Sugod na liwat ang crazy working schedule!!