Efenita Taqueban
Biographic Data
| ID | 6568191 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Efenita Taqueban |
| GIVEN NAMES | Efenita |
| FAMILY NAME | Taqueban |
| SIGNATURE | TAQUEBAN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Anthropology Department, University of Philippines Diliman |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Connecting the Dots: A Collaborative Ethnography of Plastic Leakages in Indonesia and the Philippines
Plastics are valued for their affordability, durability, and adaptability, making them widely used in industries like packaging, electronics, and healthcare. However, plastic waste has surged, prompting the United Nations to push for a legally binding global treaty to regulate plastics by 2024. Despite ongoing negotiations, no agreement has been reached, highlighting the complexities of global plastic governance. Beyond visible pollution, plastic…
Beauty precarity in a southern Philippine city
Like many cities in Southeast Asia, the Philippines is fast urbanising. Many young people are gravitating to cities to improve their lives and partake of the urban lifestyle. This article examines how young rural‐to‐urban migrant women in southern Philippines negotiate belonging to the city through everyday beauty practices. Situated within urban neoliberal labour regimes, these embodied performances reveal how young women are embracing and conte…
Plastic pollution and the open burning of plastic wastes
The open burning of plastic wastes is a practice that is highly prevalent across the globe, toxic to human and environmental health, and a critical—but often overlooked—aspect of plastic pollution. Most of the countries where such burning is widespread have laws and policies in place against it; open burning continues nevertheless. In this article, using data from ethnographic fieldwork in urban and rural sites in India, Indonesia, the Philippine…
Plastic pollution and the open burning of plastic wastes
The open burning of plastic wastes is a practice that is highly prevalent across the globe, toxic to human and environmental health, and a critical—but often overlooked—aspect of plastic pollution. Most of the countries where such burning is widespread have laws and policies in place against it; open burning continues nevertheless. In this article, using data from ethnographic fieldwork in urban and rural sites in India, Indonesia, the Philippine…
Plastic pollution and the open burning of plastic wastes
The open burning of plastic wastes is a practice that is highly prevalent across the globe, toxic to human and environmental health, and a critical—but often overlooked—aspect of plastic pollution. Most of the countries where such burning is widespread have laws and policies in place against it; open burning continues nevertheless. In this article, using data from ethnographic fieldwork in urban and rural sites in India, Indonesia, the Philippine…
Beauty precarity in a southern Philippine city
Like many cities in Southeast Asia, the Philippines is fast urbanising. Many young people are gravitating to cities to improve their lives and partake of the urban lifestyle. This article examines how young rural‐to‐urban migrant women in southern Philippines negotiate belonging to the city through everyday beauty practices. Situated within urban neoliberal labour regimes, these embodied performances reveal how young women are embracing and conte…
Connecting the Dots: A Collaborative Ethnography of Plastic Leakages in Indonesia and the Philippines
Plastics are valued for their affordability, durability, and adaptability, making them widely used in industries like packaging, electronics, and healthcare. However, plastic waste has surged, prompting the United Nations to push for a legally binding global treaty to regulate plastics by 2024. Despite ongoing negotiations, no agreement has been reached, highlighting the complexities of global plastic governance. Beyond visible pollution, plastic…
Ethnography (2 works) · Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (2 works) · Plastic Waste (2 works) · Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (2 works) · Beauty (1 works) · Emotional Labor in Professions (1 works) · Engineering (1 works) · Environmental Science (1 works) · Everyday life (1 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (1 works)