Description

What does it mean to think globally while standing firmly in Mindanao?

Sansinukuban 2: International Studies from Mindanao is not merely a collection of undergraduate research—it is a declaration. A declaration that the margins are thinking, that the peripheries are theorizing, and that the South is no longer content with being observed, but insists on observing the world on its own terms.

In this second volume of the Sansinukuban series—the official scholarly platform of the Ateneo de Davao University’s International Studies Department—young scholars map the shifting terrains of institutions, identities, and power across transnational spaces. From youth-led environmental action in the Visayas, to faith-based peacebuilding in the Bangsamoro, from Türkiye’s soft power projection to the cultural politics of Japan’s Gundam universe, and the transnational diffusion of Hindutva in Davao City, each chapter probes how global forces are localized, negotiated, and reimagined in lived contexts.

But beyond its themes, this book carries something deeper: a voice. A distinctly Mindanawon voice—critical yet grounded, analytical yet personal—shaped by histories of struggle, coexistence, and resilience. Here, theory meets terrain. Concepts meet communities. And International Relations becomes not just a discipline, but a lived experience.

In a world marked by contested meanings, overlapping identities, and fragile orders, Sansinukuban 2 invites readers to rethink where knowledge comes from—and who gets to produce it.

This is not just scholarship.

This is the universe, seen from the South.

CONTENTS

Publisher’s Foreword
Mansoor L. Limba, PhD, SCL

Introduction
The Editors

Chapter 1
From Global Strategies to Community Practices: Analyzing the Localization of International Anti-Marine Pollution Norms by Filipino Youth Organizations in the Visayas Waters

Chapter 2
A Neo-Gramscian Analysis on Six US-affiliated Christian Faith-Based Organizations and their Peacebuilding Efforts in the BARMM

Chapter 3
Turkish Soft Power Projection in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

Chapter 4
Japanese Cultural Nationalism in the Lost Decade through the Gundam Mecha Anime Series

Chapter 5
Hindu Nationalism Beyond India: An Exploration of the Transnational Diffusion of Hindutva by the Indian Hindu Migrants in Davao City

Index