Leonardo O. Munalim, PhD, LPT Chief Editor Felina C. Young, PhD Honored Consultant Philippine Women’s University Volume 1 2021 ISSN 2782-9995 Bidlisiw (print) ISSN 2783-0004 Bidlisiw (online)
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCHOLARLY JOURNAL Volume 1, Issue 1 (Maiden Issue) May 2021 Published by Philippine Women’s University Manila, Philippines www.pwu.edu.ph © Philippine Copyright 2021 by the Philippine Women’s University ISSN 2782-9995 Bidlisiw (print) ISSN 2783-0004 Bidlisiw (online) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Except in the form of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews, portions of this Issue may not be used or reproduced in any manner or form without the prior written permission both of the Authors and the RDO. Inquiries and permission should be addressed to: Research and Development Office Philippine Women’s University 1743 Taft Avenue, 1004 Manila, Philippines Tel no. +63(2) 8465-1777 Fax no. +63(2) 8526-6935 E-mail: rdo@pwu.edu.ph
BIDLISIW: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCHOLARLY JOURNAL Starting the Academic Year 2020-2021, Bidlisiw is the fourth type of publications together with the PWU Research Journal, Sabangan, and Compendium of PWU Thesis and Dissertation Abstracts. This peer-reviewed journal welcomes and publishes academic papers such as speeches, keynote speeches, presentations of papers in local and international conferences, commentaries, visiting professorial lectures, short critiques, book review, critical review of literature, squibs, occasional full-blown research papers, and other related academic articles, which are worthy of dissemination within the academic and professional communities, thus which are likely to elevate academic discourses. It is published in May and December of the same year. The lexical item “bidlisiw” is a Cebuano word, which means “rays of the sun,” in Tagalog “sinag.” In a semiotic lens, the rays of the sun signal the coming of the new day and promise. Situating this to research, “bidlisiw” alerts all academic and professional communities to the discovery and the coming of the new sets of information. It may also signify the academic, professional and vibrant cultivation and propagation of new dimensions of knowledge base, which can be criticized, enjoyed and consumed by all academic and professional communities of scholars, not only at the local, but also in the international research spheres. Just like the rays of the sun, the academic papers published in this Journal will prompt and ignite more healthy lively discourses that are worthy of dissemination. The choice of this autochthonous Cebuano word, thus a nationalistic term, neatly sits well with the original logo of the Philippine Women’s University, where it illustrates the rays of the candle. Like the “bidlisiw” or the rays of the sun, the light and rays of the candle mark their potent source of inspiration among the educators and scholars in the continual search for knowledge, and therefore try to bridge the gap between academic and family life. The “bidlisiw” or the rays of the sun indeed are enough to meld different societal institutions into one coherent society of knowledge seekers for the betterment and advancement of human lives in particular and in the human society in general.
The Bidlisiw logo honors the seven PWU founders: Francisca Tirona Benitez, Paz Marquez Benitez, Clara Aragon Villanueva, Carolina Ocampo Palma, Mercedes Rivera, Concepcion Aragon Santiago, and Socorro Marquez Zaballero. They are represented in the seven women-icons who collectively welcome the coming of the new day. To be specific – historically – one case that attests to the Filipinos’ confidence in English was the publication of the first modern short story in English written by Paz Marquez Benitez, a Philippine Women’s College founder in 1919. Her short story, Dead Stars published in 1925 marked the landmark of the maturity of the Filipino writer in English. The fulcrum of research endeavors is always the researcher who is situated inside the circle. The researcher is conceptuallymetaphorically represented as a bird as he/she freely explores the spaces of the bodies of knowledge. His/her scholarship is fueled by a book, considered as the wellspring and testament of knowledge and discovery. The 14 sets of sunray represent the 14 major Schools at PWU whose light runs within the circle and confines of the continual search for knowledge.
Many students write with some trepidation because writing entails formidable control over a number of writing conventions and rules. Professionals in the university level are never spared from this fear of writing. In fact, the long tedious traditional publication processes dishearten us to write full-blown research papers. The punctiliousness of the templates and standards required by many journals is also consequential to meager faculty publications. Deeper still, it remains ironic when research papers are prepared for many days and months to conform to the standard of the target journal; yet, it will only take a few minutes for the Editorial Team to reject the submissions. This is disconcerting to all of us! The tradition of academic publications is fortunately getting more and more inclusive in terms of welcoming different written genres. Many journals now accept short papers, short research articles, abstracts, conference papers, critical essays, squibs, working papers, raw data, proposals, among other shorter academic papers. In my valuation, the Data in Brief journal by Elsevier is a promising journal for publication without qualms on longer paper lengths. Another journal by Elsevier, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, also piloted a novel and evolving genre to complement the traditional fulllength research articles. Short papers up to 4,000 words are accepted. The publication of this maiden May 2021 Issue of Bidlisiw of the Philippine Women’s University is an attempt to subscribe to this inclusive and pluralized practice of publications. Bidlisiw is ideally the best venue for PWU scholars and researchers to remain active in academic writing and publication. We hope that our PWU community of scholars and researchers will find this multidisciplinary and scholarly journal as the best alternative in engaging with academic writing opportunities without losing sight of the lofty purpose of academic publication – filling in the research spaces and silos in order to advance bodies of knowledge. The increasingly diverse academic written genres in our spheres will mean, hopefully, that more and more PWU scholars and researchers may now find themselves engaging with academic writing as we cultivate the culture of research. Because if we do not cultivate it now, cuando? Full Prof. Leonardo O. Munalim, PhD, LPT Chief Editor, Bidlisiw: A Multidisciplinary Scholarly Journal Director, PWU Research and Development Office
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