Tilamsik: The Southern Luzon Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

02/09/2026

𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐄. 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓?
𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐈𝐓.

Your research took time, effort, and countless revisions. Don't let your findings, ideas, and insights end up sitting in a folder on your laptop.
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If your research explores people, society, culture, communication, education, history, language, or the human experience, your work may have a place in TILAMSIK.

WHY PUBLISH WITH TILAMSIK?
🔎 PEER-REVIEWED
Rigorous scholarly evaluation.
🌐 OPEN ACCESS
Freely accessible published research.
💯 NO APC
No article processing charges for authors.

Published biannually by Southern Luzon State University (SLSU), TILAMSIK provides a scholarly platform for research that advances knowledge, deepens understanding of society and culture, and responds to emerging issues in Southern Luzon, the Philippines, and beyond.

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23/05/2025

𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦! | 𝗧𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗶𝗸 & 𝗦𝗶𝘆𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗴 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀
The Editorial boards of 𝗧𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗶𝗸: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 and 𝗦𝗶𝘆𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 are excited to announce the call for papers for their upcoming issues! These refereed, open-access journals, published annually by Southern Luzon State University (SLSU) in the Philippines, seek to publish cutting-edge, high-quality research that significantly contributes to the knowledge base in their respective fields.
𝗧𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗶𝗸: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
This journal focuses on advancing research in the social sciences and humanities with a specific emphasis on issues affecting the Southern Tagalog region and its people. We invite research that addresses critical societal concerns, cultural analysis, and human behavior and offers innovative perspectives.
Areas of Interest:
𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝘽𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 & 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝘼𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚, 𝙋𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮, 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮, 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨.
𝗦𝗶𝘆𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
Siyasig aims to disseminate scientific research that drives technological and scientific progress, particularly in sectors that impact the Southern Tagalog region. The journal is looking for original studies in the applied and natural sciences that contribute to the knowledge economy and meet the growing challenges of the region.
Areas of Interest:
𝘼𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚, 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮, 𝙀𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚.
Submission Guidelines:
We welcome original articles, theoretical essays, case studies, review papers, and research in the areas mentioned above. Submissions from researchers outside of SLSU are also encouraged.
📝 Submit your manuscript through our official Google Form:
For Tilamsik: https://forms.gle/HQD2s2gnZs278Yev6
For Siyasig: https://forms.gle/Ch7hpWzdjWzAtzwF8
📍 Open to scholars, researchers, and graduate students nationwide.
Why Submit?
Open Access: Published research is freely accessible to the global community.
Peer-reviewed: Ensuring high-quality, impactful publications.
Regional Impact: Contributing knowledge relevant to the Southern Luzon region while addressing national and global contexts.
✅ Important: All submissions must comply with our editorial policies, ethics statement, and peer-review requirements.
📬 For inquiries, message us here or email us at [email protected].
Join the growing community of scholars contributing to the advancement of social sciences, humanities, and scientific research. We look forward to your contributions!

13/02/2025

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐒𝐈𝐊 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝!

We are proud to introduce the editorial team behind TILAMSIK: The Southern Luzon Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, the refereed, open-access research journal of Southern Luzon State University (SLSU). With a new board of esteemed scholars and experts, TILAMSIK remains dedicated to fostering research, critical inquiry, and intellectual discourse.

As we move forward, our team is committed to upholding excellence in scholarship and publication. Stay tuned for upcoming issues and groundbreaking research!

03/06/2024

𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧:
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆

𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿:
Norman Vincent A. Paderes
(College of Arts and Sciences, Southern Luzon State University)

𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧
This paper examines the role of Charles Sanders Peirce’s logical theory in the context of poetry. The art of poetry generates a vivid imaginative consciousness of experience or a particular emotional reaction with language, interpretation, and elements. Thus, the researcher explores the possibility of interpreting poetry by utilizing the theory of abduction as its method of criticism that demonstrates and suggests a pragmatic instrument of literary criticism. The said operation focuses on forming an explanatory hypothesis from the poetic proposition. Applying the operation of abduction in poetry can contribute to a horizon of inference in literary criticism. The logical contribution of abduction adheres to the logical reasoning scheme that involves a hypothetical account from the basis of epistemic justifications— a pragmatic inference from the poetic proposition.

Keywords: Abduction, Poetry, Pragmatism, Signs

𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://tilamsik.slsuresearch.info/journal-issues/volume11/paderes2024

𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱: SDG 4- Quality Education

31/01/2024

𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧

𝗬𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗶𝗸𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮?: 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶 𝘀𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴 “𝗥𝗶𝗸𝗶𝘁”

𝗠𝗮𝘆-𝗮𝗸𝗱𝗮:
John Lloyd Cañones
(De La Salle University- Manila)

𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗞
Malaki ang papel na ginagampanan ng wika sa kultural na paghubog ng identidad ng isang lipunan. Taglay nito ang pag-iral ng pagiging kakaiba ng bawat isa sa kanyang kapwa. Binigyang pokus ng mananaliksik sa pag-aaral na ito ang paggamit ng salitang “rikit” sa social media. Inilahad ang orihinal na kahulugan at pinagmulan ng salitang “rikit” sa pamamagitan ng lexical semantic descriptions, at itinampok ang kaugnayan nito sa kulturang Lucbanin batay sa kontekstwal na gamit sa social media gaya ng Facebook. Lumabas sa pag-aaral na mas madalas gamitin ang orihinal na kahulugan ng rikit (pampuri) kumpara sa kabaliktaran nito na ginagamit bilang panlalait. Subalit mas kapansin pansin na ang paggamit ng “rikit” bilang panlait ay maiuugnay sa mga nagmula o matagal na nanirahan sa Lucban. Ipinakita rin ng pag-aaral ang implikasyong dala ng kultura sa paghubog ng identidad tulad ng sa kung paano ginagamit sa Facebook ang salitang “rikit” ng mga nagmula sa Lucban. Sa kabuuan, handog ng pag-aaral na ito ang pagbubukas sa kamalayan ng marami na ang mga pag-aaral sa wika at ilang mga nauusong salita ay isang perspektibong dapat ding pagtuunan ng pansin upang makalikha ng ugnayang malinaw sa pakikipagkapwa.

𝗠𝗴𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮: rikit, Lucban, Tagalog, lexical semantics, cultural descriptions

𝗧𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗸𝘂𝗹𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼: https://tilamsik.slsuresearch.info/journal-issues/volume11/Canones2024

07/08/2023

𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧:

𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿:
Jennifer M. Oestar
(DepEd Lucena City, Philippines)

𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧
This research explored the green school practices and go green programs in Quezon Province with an end view of developing a sustainable green school development program. A quantitative research using the descriptive-comparative design, this study included 16 secondary schools, where 112 teacher-coordinators and school head participants purposively accomplished a survey-questionnaire. Weighted mean and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze the data. Results show that the most common green school practices is Green Healthy Space (gardening) while the least is Resources Sustainability (waste management). A sustainable development pro- gram was proposed to address the reported lack of sustainability of green school programs in the province. The findings of the study can serve as a good basis for DepEd top management for a more localized implementation towards the goal of effecting behavioral change on environment-related matters (increasing recycling, care of neglected areas, promoting green healthy spaces, etc.) within the locality where the schools belong.

Keywords: green school practices, sustainable development, go green program

𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://tilamsik.slsuresearch.info/journal-issues/volume11/Oestar2023

09/08/2022

𝗦𝗜𝗬𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗚 & 𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗠𝗦𝗜𝗞 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀' 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮

For the first time after the reconstitution of the Editorial Boards of the SLSU Journals, the "SIYASIG: The Southern Luzon Journal of Science" and the "TILAMSIK: The Southern Luzon Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities", the Editors in Chief, Associate Editors, and Managing Editors gathered for a virtual meeting on August 8, 2022.

Dr. Nicanor L. Guinto, the Director of the Office of Research Services of SLSU, started the meeting by providing an overview of the institutional journals of SLSU, especially since the Editorial Board has members external from the University. Thereafter, he introduced the newly appointed members for each journal, as follows:

𝗦𝗜𝗬𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗚 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗

Editor-in-Chief
- Wilfredo B. Barrera, Jr. (Southern Luzon State University)

Associate Editors
- Renato R. Maaliw, III (Southern Luzon State University)
- Julieta A. Lindo (Southern Luzon State University)
- Danielle P. Arcon (De La Salle University)

Managing Editor
- April Arianne A. de Leon (Southern Luzon State University)

International Advisory and Review Board (𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥)
- Doracie B. Zoleta-Nantes (Southern Luzon State University)
- Marissa C. Esperal (Southern Luzon State University)
- Nicanor L. Guinto (Southern Luzon State University)

𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗠𝗦𝗜𝗞 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗

Editor-in-Chief
- Nicanor L. Guinto (Southern Luzon State University)

Associate Editors
- Leomar C. Miano (Southern Luzon State University)
- Gino A. Cabrera (Southern Luzon State University)
- Reicon Condes (Department of Education, Division of Quezon)
- Maleselo Edward Montle (University of Limpopo)

Managing Editor
- Alpha Ross A. Alvarez (Southern Luzon State University)

International Advisory and Review Board (𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥)
- Doracie B. Zoleta-Nantes (Southern Luzon State University)
- Marissa C. Esperal (Southern Luzon State University)

Dr. Guinto also presented the publication process flow that the Editorial Board will observe, as well as the publication targets for 2022. He also solicited the assistance of the Board in inviting additional members of the International Advisory and Review Board for each of the journals.

At present, the SLSU ORS is working on having the Open Journal System for the SLSU Journals to expedite the publication process.

For those who wish to submit papers for SIYASIG, the call is still ongoing. The submissions from authors who are not affiliated with SLSU are very much welcome. Please visit https://siyasig.slsuresearch.info/call-for-papers for more details.

// by April Arianne A. de Leon

04/09/2021