Dr. Felipe Landa Jocano, Sr., born in Cabatuan, Iloilo in 1930, was one of the Philippines’ pioneering anthropologists and a key figure in documenting Filipino culture and history. Despite financial hardships, he pursued education in Manila, Arellano High School. and Bachelor’s degree in Literature at the Central Philippine University in Iloilo, eventually earning advanced degrees in Anthropology from the University of Chicago. He is known for his fieldwork on the Hinilawod epic of the Panay Bukidnon and for co-leading the discovery of the Oton Death Mask, a significant archaeological find. Jocano introduced participant observation in Philippine research and challenged existing migration theories with his Core Population Theory, emphasizing a gradual cultural evolution in Southeast Asia. As a professor and director at the University of the Philippines, he helped shape the Philippine Studies graduate program and authored widely used educational texts.
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