Banwa Publications is the multidisciplinary publishing press of the University of the Philippines Mindanao. Managed by the Office of Research since 2004, it produces a diverse range of academic materials, including journal articles, monographs, manuals, and other scholarly works.

 

In the vernacular, the term banwa / banua is commonly understood in its modern social and geopolitical sense as “community” and “territory.” But this term, within the context of the Austronesian or Malayo-Polynesian family of languages, encompasses a whole range of meanings. The banwa, therefore, can be understood as the totality of the world; a space, both physical and conceptual, that encapsulates the whole gamut of human-nonhuman interlockings, with emphasis not only on human individuals and groups—and by extension, human constructs—but also on the various aspects of nature that they engage in, in complex and contingent ways.

Journals

  • Banwa Series A. Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

    Banwa Series A. Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences publishes both scholarly and creative works across a range of disciplines. We focus on the arts and humanities as well as the social sciences, including anthropology, sociology, architecture and design, communication and media studies, history, linguistics and languages, literature and literary studies, philosophy and religious studies, and visual and performing arts. by the journal. Submissions may be written in English, Filipino, or other regional languages.

  • Monographs and Manuals

    Banwa Publications produces monographs and manuals based on research from the University of the Philippines Mindanao, covering a wide array of topics such as sago production, reef fish biology data collection and analysis, and Mindanaoan epics, among others.

     

    We also warmly welcome requests from local institutions that may not have their publication resources, offering our assistance in publishing their research findings.

     

  • Mindanao Symposium Series

    The Mindanao Symposium Series is organized by the Office of Research of the University of the Philippines Mindanao, in partnership with other university units and external collaborators, to foster discussions among various stakeholders about various issues affecting Mindanao and the rest of the country as well as help shape the agenda for R&D in shared areas of concern—namely, the agrifood system, biocultural diversity, smart and sustainable environments, sports development, health, innovation, and various cross-cutting concerns.  All books of abstracts will be made available on this page.