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| Personal Name | Barriemtos-Baez, Kathleen; Kathleen Barrientos-Baez |
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| Resource Title | “Alam na namin ngayon!”: Feminist Environmental Praxis through Engendered Community Science in Pagbilao, Quezon |
| Date Issued | January 2026 |
| Abstract | Community science has emerged as a participatory approach to democratizing knowledge production and addressing socio-ecological challenges. However, when gender and power relations are left unexamined, community science initiatives risk reproducing existing inequalities. This study examines how engendered community science functions as a form of feminist environmental praxis by exploring the participation of women fisherfolk in Pagbilao, Quezon, and their role in fostering conscientization and collective action toward coastal resource management. Anchored in Freire’s pedagogy of conscientization, feminist political ecology, and feminist participatory action research (FPAR), the study employed a qualitative research design grounded in feminist ethnography and relational, participatory methods. Data were generated through pakikipamuhay (community immersion), pakikipagkuwentuhan (narrative conversations), community mapping, collective reflection, and sustained engagement with women members of the Oyster Growers Association of Pagbilao. The researcher’s reflexive positionality as both a community science practitioner and researcher informed the analytical process. Findings reveal that women’s participation in co-designed community science facilitated a shift from individualized experiences of environmental hardship toward collective awareness of structural, epistemic, and gendered inequalities. Through processes of knowledge co-production, women fisherfolk asserted their authority as knowledge producers, challenged dominant scientific narratives, and strengthened collective identity and solidarity. These processes enabled pathways from conscientization to collective action, manifested through organizational strengthening, advocacy engagements, and claims for recognition within coastal governance spaces. The study demonstrates that when intentionally engendered, community science becomes a transformative feminist envi |
| Degree Course | Master of Community Development |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | engendered community science; women fisherfolk; feminist environmental praxis; conscientization; collective action; coastal resource management; feminist participatory action research |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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