Old ways and new fears bayanihan and covid-19

Bankoff, Greg

Abstract

© Ateneo de Manila University. In times of trouble, Filipinos traditionally turn to one another for help. This form of community assistance is popularly known as bayanihan. Historically, Filipinos have met the challenges of life in their perilous homeland, whether it be from natural or human causation, by working together. Except, apparently, it no longer does, and Filipinos are now told that the same properties that made their communities so resilient in the past have been transformed by the Covid-19 pandemic into their greatest vulnerability. Even the term bayanihan has been overtly redefined through legislation and government programs to reflect entirely different purposes.

Citation

Bankoff, G. (2020). Old ways and new fears bayanihan and covid-19. Philippine studies, historical & ethnographic viewpoints, 68(3-4), 467-475

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 19, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Oct 28, 2020
• Publication Date: Oct 28, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jun 19, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 17, 2020
• Journal: Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
• Print ISSN: 2244-1093
• Electronic ISSN: 2012-2489
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 68
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 467-475
• Keywords: Bayanihan​; Covid-19
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3523624
• Publisher URL: http://www.philippinestudies.net/ojs/index.php/ps/article/view/5047
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