Alexandria Bergado

Making Sense of Imperial Manila: The Philippine Rural-Urban Divide in the Era of Rodrigo Duterte

The 30th South East Asian Games (SEA Games) hosted by the Philippines in 2019 have caused social cleavages to resurface at a time when the host nation should be presenting a united front. Trouble...

Mayor of Manila: A Portrait of Populism as Performativity

University of the Philippines, Diliman

Last September, I started a new job in Manila City. Despite having lived right next to it for all of my adult life, spending most of my waking hours in a new city – the country’s capital – has taken...