Welcome to Streetprint Manila

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.

Send Me A Story: Literature From The Masses

Perhaps this culture of sharing stories can be attributed to the way that social structures are set up in the Philippines: while great value is placed on the immediate nuclear family, Filipinos rarely live outside the boundaries of an extended family, with families choosing to live in close proximity with other members of the clan, or sometimes having relatives such as grandparents, aunts or uncles, and cousins living together under one roof.

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