Here, There, and In Between: Remembering Markets in Manila and Montréal

This project examines how the disappearance, relocation, and redevelopment of neighborhood markets in Manila reshape cultural memory, daily routines, and community belonging. Markets such as palengke, sari-sari stores, and small commercial corridors have long served as social infrastructures where familiarity, recognition, and shared practices form through everyday interaction. As many of these spaces are demolished or replaced by malls and large redevelopment projects, the environments that once sustained collective life are altered or erased. Through fieldwork in Manila and comparative research in Montreal, this project will document market sites, gather oral histories, and analyze how communities remember and adapt to these spatial changes. The research will strengthen collaboration between Canadian and Philippine institutions and contribute new insight into how urban redevelopment affects cultural memory, community networks, and everyday forms of place-based belonging.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jaret Vadera

Student:

Partner:

University of the Philippines Diliman

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Entertainment and Media; Other; New and Digital Media

University:

Concordia University

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