PANAGPAPATANG: VOICES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN DIALOGUE TOWARDS BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS
IN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
GRETCHEN SHAGAMI C. MANGAHAS
Faculty of Information and Communication Studies University of the Philippines
OPEN UNIVERSITY
Collège, Laguna Philippines
2017
This dissertation titled PanagDapatana: Voices of Indiqenous Peoples in Dialogue Towards Building Partnerships in Development Proiects Is hereby accepted by the
Faculty of Information and Communication Studies, U.P. Open University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Communication (DComm).
Members of the Académie Advisory Committee;
Alexander G. Flor. PhP |Q Q 19 17
Chair, Dissertation Committee (Date)
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Serlie ^^Ja^s, PhD IQ 9 19 17
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Member, Dissertation Committee
Reader/Critic (Date)
ALEXANDER G. FLOR. PhD Dean
Faculty of Information and Communication Studies
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ABSTRACT
MANGAHAS, GRETCHEN SHAGAMI COLTING. University of the Philippines- Open University. July 2017. Panagpapatang: Voices of Indigenous Peoples in Dialogue Towards Building Partnerships in Development Projects
Adviser: Alexander G. Flor, PhD
The study analyzed how indigenous communication and panagpapatang as an indigenous form of dialogue was used by the Second Cordillera Highiand
Agricultural Resource Management Project (CHARMP2) in building partnership with the Vanaw T ribe of Malibcong in Abra. Narrative analysis and dialogic analysis were used on the data gathered from participant interviews, participant observation and document reviews and was guided by the assumptions of Blumer's Symbolic
Interactionism (1986), Ting-Toomey's Identity Negotiation Theory (2016), and Servaes' Participatory Development Communication (2005).
Results showed that CHARMP2's Indigenous Forest Management Systems and Practices (IFMSP) research project was based on the principles of the Indigenous People's Rights Act of 1997 which upholds the rights of IPs to their culture and ancestral domains and this underwent a lengthy process of eight (8) years to complété. CHARMP2 employed participatory communication stratégies particularly indigenous communication and panagpapatang and it aiso used development communication approaches: covenants to ensure project
sustainability and participation, and social préparation of the Indigenous Culturel Community (ICC) as a way of understanding the contexts of the iCC.
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It was discovered that there are three differing entities/governing structures implementing forest management in the Vanaw areas which exhibited
convergences and divergences in terms of policies. These are: (1) Department of
Environment and Natural Resources; (2) Local Govemment Units; and (3) Indigenous Poiitical Systems/Customary Govemment. The panagpapatang in the Project became a venue for the exchange of messages between and among the participants who were taking on dualistic and varying rôles. Participants articulated the following in the panagpapatang: belief in a spiritual being,
importance of knowing tribe affiliation, the necessity of représentation of involved parties, conscious distribution of control of the dialogue, the shifling of rôles based on ascnbed identifies, and expression of common goal and understanding.
Participants conveyed messages on achieving sustainable environmental conservation through IFMSPs. the strengthening of IFMSPs through policies and traditional practices. and the need for govemment récognition of IP rights to their
ancestral domain and their Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices
(IKSPs).
The manifestations of participation of the community in the project were seen m the engagement of local offices, the involvement of Indigenous Peuples Mandatory Représentatives (IPMRs) and elders. the motivation of NCIP to continue with IKSP researches. and the Vanaw tribe's unwavering participation
and ownership of the project.
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The proposée! Communication Frameworks for the Implementation of
IFMSP projects in ICCs that were developed from this study may be used by development agencies or organizations to achieve participation and project ownership of ICCs.
Key words: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices, Forest Management, Naturel Resource Management, Participatory Communication, Indigenous Communication, Panagpapatang
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