Sikolohiyang Pilipino

Trends and Developments of an Indigenous Psychology: The Case of Sikolohiyang Pilipino

I am currently doing a research paper concerning Sikolohiyang Pilipino. This research concerns the history (1970-1989), trends and development of SP (1990-2004). I have been interested in the field after my exposure with it during my lasst semester at the New Era University, Diliman under the supervision of Dr. Josefina Malibiran, (SpEd and Educational Psychologist, UP Diliman). [See next section why i got interested!!!] I started this blog so that i could reach anyone out there who has any access or papers concerning recent or latest publication concerning this field.

There has been difficulty in searching papers about SP in 1990-2004. This is according to my research. If there are any, these are not under the principle of Sikolohiyang Pilipino but under Philippine Psychology published in the Philippine Journal of Psychology (PJP) of the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP). Although the existence of Pambansang Samahan ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino (PSSP; National Association for Filipino Psychology) enabled the course of SP in cycle, their annual conventions only accounts the vast majority of research being done. Efforts of practicing publication research such as journal/newletter is absent. (However, my recent contect with Jay Yacat (2003), representative of PSSP, confirmed that the association would be re-launching its journal entitled Diwa. This is still to be seen whether it would triumphantly arise after its silence.) Dr. Gastardo-Conaco also confirmed this (with my correspondence) that the University of the Philippines, Department of Psychology (UPDP) has been lately not practicing publication journal or that their publication--Sikolohiya--'has been erratic in coming out', the fact that this is the primary institution wherein SP was formulated and established. The last appearance of that journal was in February 1997 and that copies of the said journal are rare to found elsewhere except at UP. The Dept. of Psychology in De La Salle University has practised publication journal. They entitled their journal, Layag. However, the publication has been discontinued but successfully able to publish three volumes. The highlight of indigenous psychology or sikolohiyang pilipino is highlighted on Layag's maiden issue. Why both universities are stated here is that they became the primary institutions where the late Dr. Enriquez, who passed away in 1994,professionaly practised teaching Filipino psychology-the former, his first teaching stint and SP's establishment; the latter, Enriquez became a visiting professor. During Dr. Enriquez' time, publication of SP was active such as in Kaya Tao, DLSU Dialogue, and PJP (vol. 10-13).

Sikolohiyang Pilipino generally is a study of Filipino psychological processess, orientation and consciousness born out of the use of the local language and culture. Founded by Dr. Virgilio Gaspar Enriquez in late 1970, SP is a new discourse in psychology that is against Anglo-Eurocentic mainstream psychology. It's effort is to establish Filipino consciousness, identity and liberation against colonial imperialism of Western psychology.

Partial list of references that are of best work in SP:

Church, A.T. & Katigbak, M.S. (2000, July) Indigenization of psychology in the Philippines. Paper read during the Symposia in Indigenous Psychology Development chaired by John Adair at the XXVII International Conference of Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden. [Revision of this paper sent to me by Dr. Marcia Katigbak-Church].

Enriquez, V.G. (1994a) From colonial to liberation psychology: the Philippine experience. Manila, Philippines: De La Salle University Press. [Still in print, available at DLSU Press]

Enriquez, V.G. (1994b) Pagbabangong-dangal: Cultural empowement and indigenous psychology. Quezon City, Philippines: PPRTH. [Still available at the PSSP]

Pe-Pua, R.E. & Protacio-Marcelino, E.P. (2000) Sikolohiyang Pilipino (Filipino Psychology): A Legacy of Virgilio G. Enriquez. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 3(1). [Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Asian Association of Social Psyhchology & Japanese Group Dynamics Association]

Protacio-Marcelino, E.P. & Pe-Pua, R.E. (Eds.) (1999) Unang Dekada ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino: Kaalaman, gamit at etika. [The First Decade of Sikolohiyang Pilipino: Knowledge, Applications and Ethics] Quezon City, Philippines: PSSP. [No information, contact PSSP]

Sta. Maria, M.A. (1996) Is the indigenization crisis of social sciences solved around sikolohiyang Pilipino? Layag, 1. [Out of Print by Dept. of Psychology, DLSU]

Sta. Maria, M.A. (2000) Ethnopsychology, indigenous psychology, cultural psychology and cross-cultural psychology: implications for sikolohiyang Pilipino. Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, 1(1). [no information, contact College of Liberal Arts, DLSU]