Understanding Culture,

Society, and Politics

Quarter 2 – Module 10
New Challenges to Human
Adaptation and Social
Change
Transnational Migration and
Overseas Filipino Workers
Migration
Defined as the process of geographic
mobility, or the change of residence of a
person from one community to another
with the intention of settling temporarily
or permanently.
Transnational migrants
People who are having migrated from
one nation-state to another, live their lives
across borders, participating and building
multiple connections across different
countries.
Overseas Filipino Worker
Person of Filipino origin who lives and works
outside of the Philippines.

This term applies to Filipinos who are abroad

indefinitely as citizens or as permanent residents of a
different country and to those Filipino citizens who
are abroad for a limited, definite period as workers or
as students.
Responding to Social, Political, and
Cultural Change
Inclusive citizenship and Participatory
governance
Forms of direct democracy in which all
citizens are involved in policy making and the
government of their city. Participation is a
fundamental goal of most government
institutions.
Social networking
More casual form of social media. The
most popular example is Facebook. Social
networking is just one of the different
forms and types of social media.
Social movement
Defined as a set of attitudes and self-
conscious actions by people seeking to
change society. Social movements involve a
large number of people mobilize to endorse
or resist any social and cultural change.
Environmentalism
Social movement whose advocacies are
in line with concerns for the environment –
its protection and improvement.