Our Roots

Jessie Varquez

Jessie is a student of anthropology. This brought him to various engagements with Indigenous Peoples, farmers, and fishers, among other communities throughout the Philippines. Primarily a researcher in socio-cultural anthropology, he has worked on topics such as livelihoods, local food systems, indigenous knowledge, and climate change. He has a long-standing interest in food, especially those produced at the community level, and its entanglements on issues of knowledge, values, and power. He has also taught anthropology and social science courses at various universities in the Philippines. Currently, he is finishing his PhD in anthropology at the University of Manitoba exploring human-fish relations, after obtaining his BA and MA in anthropology from the University of the Philippines Diliman. He dreams of having his permaculture farm someday.