Initiatives from UP Diliman

Creating Sustainable
Museums and Communities:
Initiatives from UP Diliman
Prof. Nestor T. Castro, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs
University of the Philippines Diliman
University of the Philippines
System
•  UP Diliman
•  UP Los Banos
•  UP Manila
•  UP Baguio
•  UP Visayas
•  UP Mindanao
•  UP Open University
University of the Philippines
Diliman
•  Chancellor Michael
L. Tan’s vision:
“Pride of place,
boldness of
vision” (2014)
UP Administration Offices
•  Office of the Chancellor
•  Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
(OVCAA)
•  Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration
(OVCA)
•  Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
(OVCSA)
•  Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and
Development (OVCRD)
•  Office of the Vice Chancellor for Community
Affairs (OVCCA)
OVCCA Offices
•  Campus Maintenance Office (CMO)
•  Chief Security Office (CSO)
•  Housing Office (HO)
•  Office of Community Relations (OCR)
•  Office of the Campus Architect (OCA)
•  Task Force Solid Waste Management
(TFSWM)
•  University Health Service (UHS)
Standing Committees under
the OVCCA
•  Diliman Housing Committee
•  Self-Built Unit Regulatory Committee
•  Open Spaces Committee
•  Transportation Committee
•  Diliman Sports Committee
•  Wellness and Healthy Lifestyle Committee
UP Diliman’s institutional
affiliations
•  International Council of Museums (ICOM)
•  International Federation of Social
Science Organizations (IFSSO)
•  Promotion of Sustainability in
Postgraduate Education and Research
Network (ProSPER.Net)
Museums within UP Diliman
•  Vargas Museum
•  H. Otley Beyer
Museum of
Anthropology
•  Asian Center Museum
•  College of Home
Economics Museum
•  Bulwagan ng Dangal
Community outreach/
extension programs
•  Public lectures
•  Community/school
lectures
•  Museum exhibits at
local communities
U.P. Anthropology Field
School
•  1965 – Tabon Caves,
Palawan (under Robert
Fox)
•  1966 – Davao (under E.
Arsenio Manuel)
•  1971 – Oton, Iloilo
•  1976 - Cagayan Valley
•  1984 – Magallanes,
Sorsogon
•  1988 – Mayoyao, Ifugao
U.P. Anthropology Field
School
•  1995 – Uyugan, Batanes
•  2002 – Novaliches,
Kalookan City
•  2005 – Balbalan,
Lubuagan, and Tinglayan,
Kalinga
•  2007 – Sabah, Malaysia
•  2011 – Naga City
•  2012 – Brooke’s Point,
Palawan
•  2015 – Paete, Laguna
Museum collection and
exhibition
Pasig City MuseumUP Anthropology Department
Cooperation
•  2007 Exhibit: “The H.
Otley Beyer Collection of
the U.P. Department of
Anthropology”
•  2009 Exhibit: “Hubog sa
Putik: Etnoarkeolohiya
ng Pagpapalayok sa
Pasig”
•  2011 Exhibit:
“Kasuotan, Sandata,
Musika”
Hubog sa Putik
9 February – 12 May 2009
Student Research Papers
Anthro 173: Urban Anthropology
•  Ang Plaza Rizal Tuwing Hapon: Espasyong
Kultural at Urbanisasyon sa Pasig
•  Mutya ng Pasig City Public Market:
Updating the Outdated
•  Lasang Pasigueño: Pagkain at
Urbanisasyon sa Lungsod Pasig
•  Biglang Liko: Ang Pagtatalik ng Espasyo,
Kahulugan, at Pagbabago
Video Production
•  Palayok: Hubog
Kultura (Isang
Dokumentaryo
tungkol sa
Pagpapaso sa Pasig)
•  Produced by
Broadcast
Communication
students of UP
Students visiting the exhibit
•  Pasig Elementary School
•  Rizal High School
•  Sagad High School
•  Pasig Catholic College
•  La Immaculada
Concepcion
•  Pamantasan ng Lungsod
ng Pasig
Land area of UP Diliman
•  UP Diliman
=
4.93 sq. kms.
•  Monaco
=
2.00 sq. kms.
•  Vatican
=
0.44 sq. kms.
Barangays of UP Diliman
•  Within UP Diliman
boundary
–  U.P. Campus
–  Krus na Ligas
–  San Vicente
•  Overlapping with UP
Diliman boundary
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– 
– 
– 
Botocan
Culiat
Old Capitol Site
Pansol
Vasra
Population
NAME OF
BARANGAY
2000 Population
2010 Population
17,933
20,781
15.9
San Vicente
6,132
6,157
0.4
U.P. Campus
23,226
36,486
57.1
47,291
63,424
34.1
Botocan
7,402
8,118
9.7
Old Capitol Site
1,956
2,122
8.5
Pansol
19,002
28,537
50.2
Vasra
6,256
8,111
22.9
Krus na Ligas
Sub-total
Quezon City
Population
Increase (%)
27.0
Communities intended for faculty
and staff housing
•  Area 1
•  Area 2
•  Area 17
•  Hardin ng Rosas
•  Hardin ng Bougainvilla
•  Hardin ng Doña Aurora
•  UP Employees Village A
•  UP Employees Village B
•  Pook Amorsolo
•  UP BLISS
•  Sikatuna BLISS
Informal settlers’ communities
•  Pook Aguinaldo
•  Pook Sumakwel
•  Pook Arboretum
•  Pael Compound
•  Pook CP Garcia
•  Lambak
•  Pook Daang Tubo
•  Sitio Malinis
•  Pook Dagohoy
•  Sitio Pechayan
•  Pook Libis
•  Village C
•  Pook Libis Annex
•  Pook Palaris
•  Pook Ricarte
Culiat Creek communities
Installation art around the
campus
Campus design initiatives
Cultural performances every
flag retreat
Continuing existing traditions
Lantern Parade
Creating new traditions:
Parada ng Parangal
UP Diliman Transportation
Vision 2020:
Bike sharing initiatives
Introducing e-vehicles
Wellness and healthy lifestyle
initiatives
Transformation of 17-ha. UP
Arboretum as a National Botanical
Garden
ISF activities within UP
Arboretum
Tree planting at UP Arboretum
Involving ISFs in protection
efforts
Converting MRF site into an
art gallery and leisure park
UP Stud Farm as leisure park
UP Stud Farm as art gallery
Recommendations
•  Need for existing museums, agencies,
and academic institutions to link up with
local communities and support their
initiatives.
•  Need for ICOM to provide technical
expertise and training to these local
communities.
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