SOCIAL ANALYSIS

Who am I as a social being & part of asocial institution?

Who is an Atenean?

A Man & Woman for

Others

Today our prime educational objective must be to form men-

and-women-for-others ; men and women who will live not for

themselves but for God and his Christ...

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men and women who cannot even conceive of love of God which does

not include love for the least of their neighbors...

- Fr. Pedro Arrupe, 1973 -

What is Social Analysis?

A systematic process towards social awareness

An attempt to analyze a situation/social reality through the observation of any given contextAn attempt to discover the cause of the problems & establish the relationship among these factors

Why do it?

A tool for discernmentSee bigger picture

ACTION

EXPERIENCE

ANALYSIS

REFLECTION

Social Analysis helps us in discerning our mission and

identity as Ateneans, as Filipinos, and as God's children

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Man & Woman for Others

- Fr. Pedro Arrupe, 1973

It is this "indifference," in the sense of lack of differentiation, this not being tied down to anything except God's will that gives (to the Society and) to the men and women it has been privileged to educate what we may call their multi-faceted potential, their readiness for anything, any service that may be demanded of them by the signs of the times.

Social Analysis Framework

A modified, simpler version of the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework

Considered the limitations of the Junior Engagement Program (16-hour engagement, lack of integration to people because of a tight work schedule, etc.)Aims to see the bigger picture in relation to the JEEP student, the people in the area, threats and vulnerabilities, social structures and processes

Social Analysis Framework

SHOCKS

SEASONALITY

TRENDS

POVERTY

Peoples’ Asset

Divide into groups of 4-5 members each

Identify within the group the assets of the community/ sector engaged

Peoples’ Asset

HUMAN CAPITAL

FINANCIAL CAPITAL

SOCIAL CAPITAL

NATURAL CAPITAL

PHYSICAL CAPITALAccess to EducationAccess to health servicesCapacity, skills, knowledge

Networks and connectednessMembership of groups& organizationsRelationships of trust, reciprocity & exchanges

Access to creditAccess to remittances

Access to a clean and healthy environmentAccess to land

Access to roads & affordable transportationAccess to adequate shelter/housingAccess to potable water supply & sanitationAccess to affordable energyAccess to communications

1. Shocks2. Seasonality3. Trends & Changes

Threats & Vulnerabilities

External environment in which people exist & which they have no control of

The vulnerability context can either destroy or create assets. It does not have to be entirely negative

SHOCKS

SEASONALITY

TRENDS

POVERTY

Poverty & Marginalization

People tend to experience poverty because of a weak set of assets and a big threat due to vulnerabilities

Poverty is more than a lack of income. Poverty is a deprivation of and lack of access to essential assetsIn the Philippines, vulnerabilities exacerbate poverty because it deprives people of access to essential assets. It also weakens/decreases the assets of the people

Poverty & Marginalization

Marginalization happens when individuals cannot fully or even partially participate in various economic and social opportunities that could help themPoverty leads to marginalization and marginalization leads to greater poverty

Social Structures &

Processes

It cushions and protects the people from the impact of vulnerabilities, decreasing the chance of further poverty and marginalization

It also provides access to essential assets such as education, health and finances

Ideal structures and processes should lead people out of poverty and marginalization

Social Analysis Framework

SHOCKS

SEASONALITY

TRENDS

POVERTY

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino

Program

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A human development program of the national government that invests in the health and education of poor households

The Pantawid Pamilya provides cash grants to beneficiaries provided that they comply with the set of conditions required by the program.

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino

Program

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Objectives:1. Social Assistanceto provide cash assistance to the poor to alleviate their immediate need (short term poverty alleviation); and

2. Social Developmentto break the intergenerational poverty cycle through investments in human capita

BUT…

Dehumanization of ourselves and dehumanization of others.  For by thus making egoism a way of life, we

translate it, we objectify it, in social structures. 

Starting from our individual sins of egoism, we become exploiters of others, dehumanizing them and ourselves in the process, and hardening the process

into a structure of society which may rightfully be called sin objectified. 

- Fr. Pedro Arrupe (1973) -

Is there Hope?

“How [do weescape from this vicious circle?  Clearly, the whole process has its root in egoism – in the

denial of love.  But to try to live in love and justice in a world whose

prevailing climate is egoism and injustice, where egoism and injustice are built into the very structures of society – is this not a suicidal, or at least a fruitless

undertaking?”

- Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ -

Synthesis

What needs of the world or society have I identified based on my JEEP experience?

How am I invited to respond to this need?

What would be the possible outcomes of this response?

What do you think would happen if we don’t answer the call to this invitation?

The Challenge

Who are we as humans and as social beings?Who are we in relation to social institutions?Who are we as Ateneans?

Synthesis: What is to be

done?

To be just, it is not enough to refrain from injustice.  One must go further and refuse to play its game, substituting love for self-interest as the driving force of society

Live more simply

No unjust profits

Change unjust structures

Posts of power

‘For in the last analysis, it is the oppressed who must be the principal

agents of change.  The role of the privileged is to assist them; to reinforce with pressure from above the pressure exerted from below on the structures

that need to be changed.’

-Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ -

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