Remembering love: Memory work of orphaned children in the Philippine drug war

• Main Authors: Ofreneo, Mira Alexis P, Canoy, Nico A, Martinez, Luz Maria, Fortin, Pacita, Mendoza, Merlie, Yusingco, Mara Patricia, Aquino, Michaela Grace
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: feminist social work; memory work; children; trauma; critical theories; social work; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/251; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1468017320972919
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Summary The “war on drugs” in the Philippines has left a generation of Filipino orphaned children in deep grief and social disarray. Using feminist memory work as critical methodology and intervention design, this study examines accounts of 56 orphaned children and how they exercise agency embedded...