Dalumat: Exploring and Embracing Indigenous Concepts As Alternatives to Western Sociological Terminologies

Monday, 7 July 2025: 09:00-10:45
Location: SJES008 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis (host committee)
RC16 Sociological Theory

Language: English

The Western, English-language Sociological Canon extrudes Western ideas and concepts to fit local experiences of the Global South. This often leads to indescribable and alienating discussions of local societal experiences. Therefore, this session aims to create a space to discuss local and indigenous sociological concepts from the Global South. As a springboard, we can learn from the term “dalumat”, a Filipino term used to describe a depth of understanding and comprehension towards any subject matter. It may also serve as a means of embracing sensibilities to the native and indigenous way of living in order to conceptualize, theorize, and discern a certain phenomenon or experience. Informed by the principle that considers language as a vessel of cultures and knowledge, this session aims to uncover deeper understandings of our societal experiences from our own local societies. It is an invitation for scholars to consider their local experiences and cultures as repositories of valuable knowledge, and set alternatives to Western sociological canon. Largely, this session shall stimulate discourses on possible pathways to rethink Western sociological terminologies, and navigate our ways to decolonize Sociology by exploring and embracing local and indigenous knowledges. It welcomes scholars from every walk of life to share their valuable local knowledges and native agencies on different societal experiences.
Session Organizer:
Mr. Glen Christian TACASA, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
Chair:
Mr. Glen Christian TACASA, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
Oral Presentations
On the Monopoly of Violence: Ideal Types of Settler Colonial Violence and the Habitus of Summud
Areej SABBAGH-KHOURY, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Indigenous Universities As Comunal Public Sociology: Decolonial Challenges to Sociological Knowledge Production
Vincent KRETSCHMER CALDERÓN, University of Vienna, Mexico
Conceptual Analysis in Southern Social Theory and Southern Social Ontology
Andrey OREKHOV MIKHAILOVICH, Russian Federation
Toward a Decolonial Lexicon
Mohammed BAMYEH, University of Pittsburgh, USA
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