A Nation Aborted

Floro C. Quibuyen obtained his Ph.D. in Political Science and M.A. in Anthropology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and his B.A. on Philosophy at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. His professional work ranges from teaching various social sciences and humanities courses (at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the University of the Philippines, and the University of Santo Tomas) to filmmaking and video production. He has served as video consultant in Hawaiis largest restaurant chain, and has worked as a certified director, producer, editor, and cameraman for Hawaii’s community television. He wrote, filmed, and directed a feature documentary on the lost science and art of Polynesian transoceanic navigation, Hokulèa: Stars across a Sea of Time. His contributions to higher education include designing the A.B. Behavioral Studies Program at the University of the Philippines College of Arts and Sciences, Manila, and introducing innovative courses at the Asian Center, U.P. Diliman, such as The Philippines and Global Futures, The Philippines and the Asia-Pacific Region, Visual Anthropology, and Filipino Perspectives on Development. He has edited a journal and conducted public seminars on the impending convergent crises of peak oil and climate change.