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Streetprint Manila is a research project that is part of a larger research endeavour called “Six Continents and Between”. Initiated by Prof. Gary Kelly of the University of Alberta, 6CAB seeks to investigate popular print culture across various geographical, sociocultural, and ethnolinguistic contexts. More specifically, it aims to look at reading patterns and preferences of the Filipino Everyman, or those whom we would largely consider members of the “masa” class.
Once I walked out of the Church, vendors of sampaguita and religious texts rushed towards me. It is a strategy that I’m sure they have mastered for so long. They know the market so well that they have set-up stalls beside the Church and that they have produced different kinds of products that will capture the attention and the pockets of devotees.
