Author: Clinton Balbontin

Fat and Disconnected: An Advice on New Year’s Resolutions

McDonaldization is characterized by efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control in the production of food (Ritzer 1993). Such mechanisms tend to drive individuals to overlook the importance of the five senses when it comes to consuming and savoring food because the harmony between environment and ‘taste’ is disrupted. (Image from chronicle.com)

Of having an opinion and mattering

Published by Clinton Balbontin

Having an opinion on a matter concerning public interest and voicing this out is important in creating an ideal speech situation. However, achieving an ideal speech situation will always be a challenge. (Image from townsquarebuzz.com)

The Dialectical Process of Cultural Identity: Some Reflections on my Ateneo Cultural Laboratory – Kalibo 2013 Experience and on Being a Palaweño

Published by Clinton Balbontin

Ultimately, cultural identity is a dialectical process that engages both personal or insider reflections and outsider views that interpret the locality’s culture.

VERSTEHEN

Connecting public and private worlds.

Author: Clinton Balbontin

Fat and Disconnected: An Advice on New Year’s Resolutions

Of having an opinion and mattering

The Dialectical Process of Cultural Identity: Some Reflections on my Ateneo Cultural Laboratory – Kalibo 2013 Experience and on Being a Palaweño