Dr. Pamela Cajilig
@anthropam
anthropology, disaster/climate, design futures | Fellow @BrownCHRHS | @RMIT Architecture & Urban Design alum | Senior Fellow @equityinit @atlanticfellows
My open access article with @evidence_pilot "NGO Decision-Making During Typhoon Disaster Response" is out 🔊 The context: Typhoon Odette, Palawan As climate disasters intensify alongside authoritarianism,the role of NGOs in filling response gaps becomes more crucial & fragile 1/

Have you ever seen an impeachment so dramatic that the entire system seems to bend over backwards to protect a vice president whose only consistent trait is mediocrity? From fake news peddlers, spineless senators, and now, even the Supreme Court is stepping in. They all rally…
Been getting new notifs from this nearly year-old story, because yes, the lack of movement in this project is partly why we're in this problem today:
NEW: Inaugurated in 2018, the $500M Metro Manila Flood Management Project Phase 1 was to finish 2024 with 36 rehabilitated pumping stations and 20 new PS to help Manila cope with floods. Seven years later, it has only begun making headway. What happened?🧵 newsinfo.inquirer.net/1990415/delays…
Just saw a vid of barangay captain making the rounds in flooded areas. Wearing full protective gear habang pinapayungan. While the people with him doing the actual rescues were in their regular clothes. Kairita.
Until 1987, Filipino married women could not open their own bank accounts or buy property on their own or take out bank loans without the dignature of their husbands. The Administrative Code signed by President Cory Aquino made all these possible.
May ganito pala akong nasulat tungkol sa Street Floods sa Inquirer 10 years ago. opinion.inquirer.net/90724/moving-f…
no one talks about the personality shift as you get older. where you no longer want to be impressive, you want to be rested. you want to be regulated and completely unavailable to anything that drains you
Another casualty 😔 "The Mellon Foundation is no longer a source of funding... neither is the Ford Foundation. The U.S. Fulbright program, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, & other grantors are facing draconian cuts, restrictions or elimination."
The Wenner-Gren Foundation has made the difficult decision to halt the creation of new content for SAPIENS Magazine at the end of 2025. Read President Danilyn Rutherford’s letter to our community. buff.ly/Gol3kMM
I want an entirely new set of leaders in 2028. No familiar surnames. No generations of baggage. No thieves and murderers. No old money. No epal. No misogynists. No palamunin. Just competent, kind, proactive people who will do the work of honest governance that we deserve.
We must not overlook the fact that Mark Villar held the position of DPWH Sec for an extended period. His tenure significantly contributed to the shortcomings and lapses that have worsened the problem of severe flooding.
Jusko hindi pa tayo over kay #CrisingPH at #DantePH may #EmongPH na Mas ramdam natin ang bagyo ngayon. Hindi dahil dumadami ito. Ang epekto ng climate change ay wala sa dami ng bagyo kungdi sa lakas ng ulan,hangin. At dahil mas bulok na ang sistema mas maselan din tayo sa sakuna.
HEAVY RAINFALL WARNING for STS #EmongPH & Habagat 8AM, July 24, 2025 🔴 Red Level • Occidental Mindoro • Oriental Mindoro 🟠 Orange Level • Metro Manila • Bataan • Rizal • Laguna • Cavite • Batangas • Albay • Calamian Islands, Palawan
7 day work week
What's the craziest thing academia accepts as totally normal?
Gone too soon 😔
“Sinong nagdudusa 'pag winawasak ang kalikasan? Sino? 'Yung mahihirap. ... And whose duty is it to protect our people? It is the government. And when you make decisions based on business interests, you have shirked your responsibility." -Gina Lopez
Thanks to @bworldph @katienzareports for including social scientists like myself in examining ongoing 🇵🇭 flood problems. Here I spotlight the urgent need to frame flooding as a crisis of systemic injustice -rather than a purely technological issue. google.com/url?q=https://…
Spain has the best social housing designs
More fantastic social housing in Barcelona, designed by Cierto Estudio Mass timber structure, with an amazing mint green and red colour scheme - a thread 🧵
May mangyayari bukas sa The Hague!! Watch party tomorrow July 23, 8:30pm? For what? Para lang naman sa "defining moment" ng climate justice. Bukas malalaman na natin kung ano ang sasabihin ng world court tungkol sa obligasyon ng mga bansa para lutasin ang climate crisis.…
Terrific to see rescue efforts for pets and strays trapped in the flood 🐶😺 But I know the ones saved are the minority. I think a lot about the majority who don't make it 💔
PETS ARE FAMILY, TOO 🙏 A man carrying his dogs gets off a boat along a flooded road in Marikina City, following heavy rain from the enhanced #HabagatPH on Wednesday, July 24. 📷 Lisa Marie David/Reuters UPDATES: trib.al/M2lWAaP