University of the Philippines Visayas
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Beyond the “Middlemen” in seafood trade I didn’t expect to be doing this — buying, selling, managing a stand. I studied hospitality management, actually. But it was the only course my father could afford at the time. Even when I was in school, I’d tag along with him to the port on weekends. Ako gid
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The story of a male broker in the Philippines and their experience of patron-client relationships (a composite character expressing words, thoughts and feelings of real life brokers who operate in a busy fishery port) I didn’t plan to become a broker. Back then, it was just buying and selling. Zero gid ya (We really had
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We are back to our second home here in Concepcion Iloilo- where I have been doing my research with fisherfolk since 2015. We have come back to Tito Alo and Tita Gina’s house of course out in the island Barangays of Concepcion. I feel so at home and comfortable in this island life as do
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Keep an eye on my blog where I post about the project through Research Diaries January 2025 As of 18th of January 2025 we are back to Iloilo to do the second round of fieldwork and living! Same place, same people 🙂 Barangay Tambaliza sa Concepcion! I am STILL in the middle of qualitatively coding
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In Philippine fishing communities, gender roles have a bigger influence than price on fishers’ business decisions. Story highlights: What would you do if you were offered a higher price for something that you are selling? Your first instinct might be the rational economic response: produce more, sell more, and laugh all the way to the
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Introducing the new FORMAS (formas.se) funded project “Patron of the Seas-Rethinking patron-client relationships in small-scale fisheries”. Hi there all! My new mobility grant funded by the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (i.e. formas) starts this month January 2023! This is my first big girl grant as a researcher and it funds 100% of my
Liz Drury O'Neill 