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Papers by Jocelyn Celero

In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, 2023

A multitude of studies have investigated the opportunities and limitations of telemedicine pre-an... more A multitude of studies have investigated the opportunities and limitations of telemedicine pre-and post-COVID-19 pandemic. However, most of the research has focused on telemedicine's constraints in the context of international, regional, and developed nations, with few studies examining the specific challenges that may affect telemedicine's progress in developing countries where the pandemic may have exacerbated existing technological and geographical difficulties. This study takes the Philippines as a case study due to its archipelagic location, use of English as an official language, and other factors that influence its adaptability to international telemedicine. We assessed the barriers and challenges to the advancement of telemedicine from four viewpoints: policy, organization, individual, and collaboration between organizations. Therefore, the significance of this study is twofold: (a) to concentrate on international telemedicine education by contrasting domestic and international practices, and (b) to newly reveal connections between each component, as prior research highlighted barriers and difficulties but did not clarify relationships among different elements. We surveyed and interviewed 38 physicians, technicians, coordinators, and staff involved in telemedicine education in the Philippines. The study found that (1) public support yields favourable results, (2) a strong correlation exists between domestic and international telemedicine, (3) communication and technical obstacles are interconnected, (4) unity and cooperation in intra-hospital collaboration are critical, and (5) comprehending the "significance of work" has a positive impact. This study underscores the intersectionality of several barriers to telemedicine development. It also recommends providing greater support for telemedicine education in developing nations and promoting collaboration between developing and developed nations.

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, 2023

Handbooks of sociology and social research, 2023

The Palgrave International Handbook of Mixed Racial and Ethnic Classification, 2020

The diversity of Filipinos is an outcome of migration, intermarriage, and centuries of colonialis... more The diversity of Filipinos is an outcome of migration, intermarriage, and centuries of colonialism. Classification and stratification of ethnic peoples according to differentiated physical features, social class, religion, language, and geopolitical location show that ethnic, racial, and national categories in Philippines contain historical, political, and socioeconomic meanings. Since independence, the Philippines has been preoccupied with building a nation-state with political institutions and legislations that raise the primacy of Filipino national identity. Recognizing ethnic diversity has become of marginal significance to the advancement of national integration and development. Nation-state enterprise has yet to incorporate people of mixed heritage. Nevertheless, notable institutional and legislative mechanisms have been introduced in recent years to measure mixedness in the Philippines to a certain extent. Ethnic codification, circulation of nationality data, and the Dual Nationality Act may be regarded as milestones in the census system. Local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have played a crucial role in broadening recognition of people with mixed ethnic and racial identities. Certain structural changes and ethnographic surveys are necessary to effectively define and measure mixedness in the Philippines.

Thinking Beyond the State

Routledge Handbook of Asian Migrations, 2018

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 2020

This chapter is concerned with Filipina single mothers’ access to diverse forms of welfare assist... more This chapter is concerned with Filipina single mothers’ access to diverse forms of welfare assistance in Japan and its impact on their decisions, aspirations and capabilities for migration and settlement. It fundamentally asks: Does access to the welfare system make Filipina migrant mothers settle in or move away from Japan? I argue that welfare arrangements significantly affect Filipina single mothers and the ways in which they raise their children and manage a transnational household. Access to child-rearing, subsidised living and housing benefits in Japan, combined with private welfare arrangements in the Philippines, have enabled them to navigate various life-course events. Analysis of their welfare access across time and space suggests that Filipina immigrants’ migration and settlement aspirations are contingent upon macro-level factors such as the restrictive nature of Japan’s immigration, welfare and labour policies, the ambivalent attitudes of Japanese society towards immigr...

Global Social Welfare, 2014

The paper primarily aims to (1) highlight the profile, perceptions, and politics of using seikats... more The paper primarily aims to (1) highlight the profile, perceptions, and politics of using seikatsu hogo (living subsidy allowance) of Filipino migrant mothers whose everincreasing participation in the labor sector and society has inevitably shaped the public's expectations on family-related and welfare policies of Japan, (2) locate, through their subjective experiences as consumers, the impact of seikatsu hogo on their lives as non-citizens who are currently reconfiguring the Japanese family and society. This study utilizes life vignettes obtained from in-depth interviews with (30) Filipino mothers residing and leading their family in Tokyo. It also illustrates that Filipino migrant mothers are, in the existing dual welfare hierarchies vis-à-vis Japanese and other migrants, occupants of the lowest tier. Beyond dichotomization between Japanese and non-Japanese poor, Filipino mothers are further fragmented in terms of how welfare support reconfigures family life. While some regard it as a status determinant, others claim it as a resource for socioeconomic empowerment. Their politics of welfare use intersects with the politics of family relations in which Filipino mothers value parenthood over marriage. Family relations reinforce family solidarity through migrant mothers' "best mother" and "model adult citizen" aspirations. As Japan grapples with exacerbating demographic problems and economic stagnation, it may have to reconsider facilitating migration and view immigrant women as potential source of labor force. However, in making women, citizens, and non-citizens, more visible in the labor market, welfare policies should vigorously work toward allowing them to balance work and family life by having greater access to childcare.

(NOTE: The current document is a compilation of selected papers from the aforementioned conferenc... more (NOTE: The current document is a compilation of selected papers from the aforementioned conference. The following abstract is for my individual work, "Performing the Nation: Representing Japanese Nationalism(s) in the NHK’s Taiga Dramas.")

Contemporary representations of events and personages from the late Tokugawa era and the early Meiji era as presented in the NHK’s annual taiga dramas continue to reproduce undercurrents of nostalgia for the modernised-yet-traditional Japanese ethos following the wakon-yōsai ("Japanese spirit, Western techniques") ethic of modernity and industrialisation. They continue to traverse the fine line between an official “political nationalism” which marks its uniqueness as its contribution to the global-international community, and its spirit of "cultural nationalism" which harks back to the rich imperial and pre-modern cultural/societal norms of Japanese society (and its many extremist manifestations). My study analyses two dramas: Shinsengumi! (新選組!, 2003) and Ryōmaden (龍馬伝, 2010), which were chosen based on their contemporary time period and their portrayal of similar characters and events. Comparing and contrasting the portrayals would exhibit a consistency of upholding a particular image of Japanese history which emphasises, in many ways, the nihonjinron way of thinking that highlights the uniqueness of the Japanese ethos vis-à-vis other worldviews. This valorisation, in a way, is also complicit with the reproduction of a Japanese self-image that underlies its alleged integration into the global political setup, while simultaneously subverting Orientalist perceptions of Japanese uniqueness.