DANUM Proceedings

2025/11/16 Miu x Sumire

The College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) from the Marinduque State University (MarSU) is back to face-to-face mode for a milestone edition of its Research Colloquium on October 14 to 16 at the MarSU Canopy.

With the theme, “Dalumat CASS Research Colloquium: ShowCASSing Creativity – Research and Innovation towards Social Transformation” puts out an ensemble of research from 2016 to 2024 through paper and poster presentations.

Day one offers preliminaries and opening ceremony with opening remarks from the CASS Dean Dr. Ernesto Largado and inspirational message from the vice president for research, extension and training Dr. Ma. Edelwina Blasé. The CASS Research Coordinator provides a background and rationale then would be launching the CASS Research and Extension Roadmap 2026-2030. In continuation, the BA ELS program chair Asst. Prof. Jholey Rose Lancion who was representated by the CASS Secretary Mam Sheryl Podra imparted some remarks for BA English Language Studies presenters during day 1.

On the second day, the BA Communication program chair Asst. Prof. Jerome Lingon who was represented by Mam Anna Lozada shared some words for BAC presenters for both morning and afternoon sessions. Then on the third day, the BS Social Work program chair Asst. Prof. Rosalinda Punzalan provided remarks with the BSSW presenters. There’s a spotlight for exemplary students from BA ELS, BSSW and BAC students Maria Luisa Lumanog, Pierre Denmar Gutierrez and Lorence Joshua Soto respectively.

Then to cap things off, there would be a roundtable discussion with the research professors of BAC, BA ELS and BSSW namely University Lecturer Neil Cezar Sapungan, Asst, Prof. Cherry Ann Luna and Prof. Panchito Labay. After which, there would a closing ceremony with the words of the MarSU Research director Dr. Evangeline Mandia.

The CASS Research Colloquium is also in celebration of the Museums and Galleries month this October. CASS is also celebrating its 30^th anniversary since its inception in 1995 with the School of Arts and Sciences in Sta. Cruz, Marinduque.

dalumat background and rationale

2025/10/31 Miu x Sumire

Buslo ng Marinduque (BNM) is not a particularly new or just a rehash of the interdisciplinary research journal of the School of Arts and Sciences. True to its vision of serving as a platform for BA Communication, BA English Language Studies and BS Social Work research. The namesake is a Filipino word for basket, symbolizing the aggregated and curated island knowledge and knowledge. Based on the initial proposal of Prof. Panchito Labay, the Tagalog acronym is “Bunga ng mga Sinaliksik sa Loob ng Marinduque” is tantamount to results of research in Marinduque.

In addition, BUSLO also stand for “Building Understanding through Systematic Learning and Observation.” This embodies the Marinduque State University (MarSU) journey to becoming a research university though the humble contribution from the College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS). Guided by the core principles derived from the CASS research roadmap 2026-30 that can be summed up with Island Innovation for Impact. BNM endeavors to promote local studies and scholarship, provide a platform for inter, multi/ transdisciplinary dialogue, inform policy and institutionalize innovation, conserve culture and safeguard heritage of the island and collaborate with foreign/ external scholars.

The open access journal encompasses a wide array of topics within the CASS programs such as social sciences including but not limited to sociology, anthropology, political science and economics with a focus on community development, social issues and public policy in Marinduque. Moreover, BNM is also concerned with research on social welfare, community services and interventions aiming at improving the quality of life for Marinduque islanders. In addition, there is a premium for arts and humanities by exploring Marinduque’s cultural heritage through literature, history, philosophy, visual and performing arts with cultural studies. Likewise, language and communication is a priority, studies on local languages, communication practices, media studies and the role of language in cultural identity and social interaction. At the end of the day, other fields of research including collaborative topics from education, allied medicine, business and entrepreneurship, public governance and political science, tourism, natural and physical sciences and technology incorporating island innovation for impact.

mga ilang puntong hindi napag-usapan sa round table discussion sa Dalumat kolokyum

2025/10/31 Miu x Sumire

* What makes a research study truly meaningful and relevant in the context of the arts and social sciences? (Ano ang nagbibigay ng tunay na kahulugan at kabuluhan sa isang pananaliksik sa konteksto ng sining at agham panlipunan?) Batay sa CASS research roadmap 2026-30, tunay na makabuluhan ang pananaliksik kung sa konteksto ng humanidades at agham panlipunan ay maipagpapatuloy ang nasimulang kultural na pagmamapa at imbentaryo ng pamana para maging basehan ng malikhaing kabuhayan sa isla. Tungkol naman sa Araling Pang-isla at Inobasyon, magiging mas may kabuluhan kung ikokonsidera ang parehong agham panlipunan at natural na agham upang maging salalayan ng inobasyon at matagalang epekto sa komunidad.

* What challenges do professors commonly face in sustaining research engagement, and how can institutions better support you? (Ano ang mga karaniwang hamon na nararanasan ng mga guro sa pagpapatuloy ng kanilang pananaliksik, at paano kayo higit na matutulungan ng mga institusyon?) Na-obserbahan ko, maging sa sariling danas sa huling dalawang siklo ng promosyon at bagong kalatas sa reklasipikasyon, ang nagsisilbing hamon ng mga guro sa pagpapatuloy ng pananaliksik ay ang sagad na load sa pagtuturo, administratibong gawain, pagpapalakas ng sistema ng insentibo para sa parehong siyentipiko at malikhaing saliksik. Maging ang tuloy-tuloy na repository o paglalagakan ng saliksik sa anyo ng kolokyum at paglilimbag kung hindi man paglalahad sa mga kumperensiya sa labas ng pamantasan na medyo dahop sa pondo.

* How can collaboration between Communication, Social Work, and English Studies lead to more meaningful and socially responsive research? (Paano makatutulong ang pagtutulungan ng Communication, Social Work, at English Studies sa paglikha ng makabuluhan at tumutugon sa lipunang pananaliksik?) Makatutulong ang kolaborasyon ng BA Communication, BS Social Work at BA English Language Studies sa paglikha ng makabuluhan at tumutugon sa lipunang pananaliksik. Batay pa rin sa CASS research agenda 2026-30, ang BAC na saliksik ay makapihit mula sa mass communication tungo sa social media na ekosistema. Gayundin, ang ELS na saliksik ay maka-alpas sa linggwistika tungo sa araling wika. Maging ang oryentasyon ng BSSW na may adhikain at pag-oorganisa ng mga komunidad sa isla.

* In your experience, what motivates faculty members to pursue research despite time, funding, or workload challenges? (Batay sa inyong karanasan, ano ang nagtutulak sa mga guro na ipagpatuloy ang pananaliksik sa kabila ng kakulangan sa oras, pondo, o bigat ng trabaho?) Nabanggit din sa Roundtable Discussion, sa talakayan nina Prop Panchito Labay, Neil Sapungan at Katuwang na Prop. Cher Luna, ang ilan sa karanasang nagtutulak sa mga guro na ipagpatuloy ang pananaliksik sa kabila ng kakulangan sa oras, pondo o bigat ng trabaho ay kuryosidad o pagkakaroon ng interes sa mga bagay-bagay. May ilang mag-aaral din ang sumali sa talakayan at nag-ambag imbis na nakabase sa problemang saliksik ay nakasandig sa solusyon o inobasyon. Sa huli, kung hindi katanggap-tanggap ang sitwasyon sa kasalukuyan, maaaring maghanap ng alternatiba o inobasyon bilang reporma sa umiiral na kondisyon.

*How can professors encourage students to see research not just as a requirement, but as a tool for understanding and transforming society? (Paano mahihikayat ng mga guro ang mga mag-aaral na makita ang pananaliksik hindi lang bilang requirement, kundi bilang kasangkapan sa pag-unawa at pagbabago ng lipunan?) Marahil makikita ng mga mag-aaral na higit pa sa kahingian ang pananaliksik kundi pwedeng maging kasangkapan sa pag-unawa at pagbabago sa lipunan kung ang mga propesor ay magtatanim ng mga binhi sa isipan na pwedeng baguhin ang mundo sa pamamagitan ng bunga ng saliksik na nagsisimula sa ideya, pananaw o perspektiba sa daigdig.

Sustainable Islands Course

2025/09/24 Miu x Sumire

brief bio and professional background
description of current work, projects in the island
statement of motivation and expected outcomes from the course
short video introduction

Randy Nobleza is an academic with almost 20 years of experience. He is an advocate for gender, environment, heritage and creative innovations. He’s a mentor of young creatives, innovators and changemakers. He has contributed and continues to be involved in local culture, traditions, rights of nature and heritage education. He is a facilitator for cultural mapping, heritage inventory. He was part of a technical evaluation committee for grassroots innovation, saliklakbay (saliksik-research, lakbay-adventure) immersion and solutions mapping. He was an Island Innovation Ambassador and founding representative of Island Innovation Academic Council.

At the moment, Randy Nobleza is serving the College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) of the Marinduque State University (MarSU) as a research coordinator. He handles courses in foreign language (Japanese), Philippine Popular Culture, Cross Cultural Communication and Introduction to Communication, Culture and Society. He has worked for the fruition of the Marinduque centennial in 2020 just before the global pandemic. He continued with the 400 founding anniversary of Marinduque’s capital town of Boac. He is a constant supporter of Union Locale, the emerging creative industries in Marinduque and the region of Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan). He is also handling some courses in Graduate Diploma in Cultural Education (GDCE) in La Consolacion University, Philippines, Isabela State University and MarSU. He also sits in research panels, as an external panelist and reviewer of both graduate and postgraduate in Manila Business College, Philippine Women’s Unibersity, Quezon Educational College Inc and Eastern Quezon College.

In 2023, during the better half of my sabbatical I have been selected as an Island Innovation Ambassador. I took up the Islands of Innovation online course and was selected in the social innovation challenge. But during the third quarter, I was involved in a car accident with my father and wife. Luckily, we all survived. I have been a faculty scholar and received fellowships and endowment for my academic work. I feel obliged to return the favor and have a return service to my island. I believe there must be a reason for a second chance. I hope I can still continue what I have started in 2023 and prior to that in making a difference in Marinduque, the heart of the Philippine archipelago.

I am Randy Nobleza, I come from Marinduque, heart of the Ph archipelago

in 2023 I was an Island Innovation ambassador. and become a founding member of Island Innovation academic council.

But in August 20, 2023 together with my family, we met an accident in Tiaong, Quezon en route to my island. It took us at least five months to recover with head trauma, broken bones and all.

I was able to come back in July 2024, Marinduque State College was already converted to Marinduque State University.

Since September 2024 to April 2025, Department of Science and Technology (DOST Mimaropa) gave me a break to go around my neighboring islands for Grassroots Innovation for Inclusive Development (GRIND). That was my chapter of book contribution for Seas of Change and I hope it would get published soon. I hope this online course would guide me to serve my island better.

green crib spiels

2025/06/23 Miu x Sumire

“From the farm to the table” _is the concept of Green Crib, an outdoor restaurant located by the river bank in Brgy. Quatro. Standing in a half hectare farm, Green Crib was established in March 2020 with the partnership of Raul Z. Sosa, a farmer, and his daughter Marie Krisma, a chef. Surrounding the restaurant are Indian and apple mango trees whose fruits, when in season, add color to the vicinity. Adja-cent is a vineyard supported by DAR, a garden of organic vegetables, rows of pineapple plants, and more trees: jack fruit, guava, lemon, calamansi and coconut. The fruits and vegetables from the garden are served to their customers. Marie Krisma, who worked as a part time chef in Dubai, has ventured in this business as a continuation of her job abroad and her love for cooking.

malbog spiels

2025/06/22 Miu x Sumire

This natural sulfur springs is located on the edge of the Malindig volcano, a famous picnic attraction of the locales and its sulfuric waters is said to be an effective treatment for skin maladies.. Its unique location, at the heart of Southern Tagalog, creates a panorama that encompasses Mindoro, Verde Island, and Southern Luzon all the way to Bicol and Burias Island.

2 hectare-land owned by the Municipality of Buenavis-ta. The light blue colored hot water of the pool which emits a smell slightly similar to a rotten egg is from Mt. Malindig. It consists of four pools; two of them are the main spring resources which are not used for swimming. The rest of the pools are for swimming. The butterfly-shape pool with a depth of 4 feet is for adults while the other, with a depth of 2 feet is for kids. Further, there are also six cottages, two comfort rooms, a conference hall and accommodation rooms for overnight stay. Other amenities are being constructed to cater to the needs of visitors or tourists.

the 13th U.S. Infantry stricken with dysentery were transported to Buenavista, Philadelphia Medical Journal published in 1903 Dr. T.H. Weisenburg

During the Spanish and early American occupation, water from this hot spring was sold in bottles and was labeled “Agua de Boac” Agua de Carabana” and “Agua de Vichy” from Europe. At the 1904 World’s Fair in New Orleans,ang Botica de San Nicolas sa Maynila

Local Culture x History of Marinduque

2025/06/18 Miu x Sumire

Marinduque Ph Experience

Community Guide training

June 17-23, 2025

Local Culture and History of Marinduque

Marinduque centennial projects

Marinduque local history and cultural literacy dictionary

local history

Marinduque History 2 Storytelling and storybook package

History of Marinduque excerpts (freelipiniana)

Chapter 3 Ramon Madrigal

Marinduque
source of the name Marinduque
establishment of towns

chapter 4 the town of Marinduque

old towns
name of the town
the other three towns

cultural history of Marinduque perfecto mirafuente

the hospitality in Marinduque
Marinduque as a tagalog province
customary practices about marriage
superstitions and beliefs about marriage
customary practices, beliefs and superstitions about death
practice, beliefs and superstitions related to death and burial
visits superstitions, practices and beliefs about visits
myths, legends, beliefs, interpretation and superstitions
local myths about the origin of the first man
games and amusements

Kasaysayang Lokal: Marinduque (DepEd Mimaropa)

Pambungad
historiograpiya: mga batis
konteksto
daloy ng kasaysayan

Balangkas ng Kasaysayang Lokal: Bayan ng Boac

C. konteksto

D. daloy ng kasaysayan

II. panahon: peryodisasyon

Mga bayani at mahahalagang tao sa kasaysayan
mga makasaysayang pook
toponomiya
mga pamanang bayan (arkitektura, pagkain, damit, tradisyon atbp)

mga Kasaysayan ng Marinduque (pedro madrigal)

panimula

manga kasaysayan ng marinduque

pinangalingan ng wikang Marinduque

ang mga bayan

laban ng mga Pilipino at amerikano

Bionote RTN

2025/06/06 Miu x Sumire

Dr. Randy T. Nobleza is an Associate Professor II at the College of Arts of Social Sciences (CASS) of Marinduque State University (MarSU) where he handles courses in foreign language and cultural heritage. He earned his doctorate in Philippine Studies: Language, Culture, Media from De La Salle University (DLSU) Manila and a masters degree in Philippine Studies at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman.

His research interests focus on heritage conservation, cultural mapping and traditional arts. Dr. Nobleza has published a monograph series for Center of Philippine Studies at Polytechnic University of the Philippines. He also serves as a reviewer of Kritika Kultura of Ateneo de Manila University, Agos of UP Diliman Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, and Jurnal Penyuluhan of IBP (Institut Pertanian Bogor) University in Indonesia.

He is an active member of Ugat (Anthropological Association of the Philippines), PASCHR and MMAAP Mimaropa. Dr. Nobleza was selected as Island Innovation Ambassador in 2023 and among the founding members of Island Innovation academic council.

Buwan ng Pambansa at Lokal na Pamana

2025/06/06 Miu x Sumire

Tuwing sasapit ang buwan ng Mayo, anihan, pista ng mga patron at Santa Cruzan. Dati-rati’y bakasyon o walang pasok, uwian sa mga probinsya at panahon ng mga reunion o alumni homecoming. Higit pa sa mga nabanggit, ang Mayo ay para sa Pambansa at Lokal na Pamana. Kaugnay nito ang mga gawaing nagtataguyod ng kultura, tradisyon, sining at kultura. Magsasagawa ng ang lalawigan ng Quezon ng Pamanang Quezonian para talakayin ang national flag at heraldic law. Gayundin, mapag-uusapan ang mga bagong probisyon ng RA 11961 o inamyendahang batas para sa pamana.

Simula noong Abril 2018, sumailalim ako sa pagsasanay ng Cultural Mapping sa Pambansang Komisyon para sa Kultura at mga Sining (NCCA), ang unang dalawnag toka sa akin ay ang bayan ng Mogpog at Buenavista. Marami pang sumunod dito, pero naunang natapos ang kabisera ng Marinduque sa pamamagitan ng pagsasanay sa Kagawaran ng Edukasyon (DepEd) Boac North at Boac South na mga distrito. Salamat kay Dr. Eric Zerrudo at sa University of Santo Tomas (UST) Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics (CCCPET), nagkaroon ng modelo ang Marinduque.

Mula noong Marso 2020, bagamat naidaos naman ang sentenaryo ng pagsasarili ng Marinduque sa lalawigan ng Tayabas (Quezon ngayon) ay natengga din ang mga cmap na proyekto. Pero nakakuha ng pagkakataon ang Santa Cruz at Gasan upang makapagsanay sa paraang hybrid, sinasadya ko ang dalawang bayan habang ang mga kasama kong tagapagpadaloy ay via zoom o online na platform. Nakatapos ng CMAP ang parehong bayan at nakapagturn over ng kani-kanilang mga local cultural profile. Samantala ang bayan ng Boac at lalawigan ng Marinduque ay kani-kaniyang gumawa at nagpasa ng kanilang Philippine Registry of Cultural Property (PRECUP) sa NCCA.

Samantala noong Agosto 2023, pagkagaling sa Philippine Book Festival at Panagtapok Book Nook conference Davao bago simulan ang community validation sa Bayan ng Mogpog, hindi na ako nakabalik hanggang katapusan ng taon sa bisperas ng pista ng Boac ng Disyembre 8. Sa paggitan nito ay nakatapos na ang bayan ng Torrijos ng kanilang cultural mapping sa tulong ng Grupo Kalinangan Inc, at nakapaglahad ako sa UST ng komparatibong analisis sa NCCA, GKI at CCCPET ng cultural mapping sa okasyon ng ika-20 taon ng UNESCO convention for safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Nang bumalik sa pamantasan, ganap na ang Marinduque State University mula sa pagiging college. Pinapatuloy ko ang naismulang bokasyon para sa pamana. Noong May 2023, bago ma-aksidente sa Tiaong, nakapaglahad pa ako sa lalawigan ng Quezon kasama ng halos 50 bayan at lungsod nito ng tungkol sa CMAP at PRECUP. Ngayon ấy makapagbahagi muli tungkol sa Philippine Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory (Ph ICH Inventory).

Pagpapatuloy ito ng panata para sa pamana, bilang munting ambag sa lokal at pambansang usapin sa Marinduque at Quezon. Kinikilala kahit sa content creation, Science and Technology at storytelling spaces ang ganitong tunguhin. Para sa akin, pinakamahalaga ay ang stories associated na magiging basehan ng kahalagahan o significance ng mga pamanang hindi natitinag (built), natitinag (movable) at maging buhay na dunong (intangible). Para matukoy ang ubod ng kwenta at kuwento ng pamana, upang mabigyan ng proteksyon o safeguarding measures ito. Hindi lamang sa atin, sa komunidad, rehiyon o bansa kundi kahit sa labas nito ay mabibigyan ng karagdagang halaga at istorya ang pamana.