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Dada Docot

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2013
Philippine History and CultureSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesMigration and Labor DynamicsGeographies of human-animal interactionsMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy

Publications

22

Citations

48

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

13

Publishing since 2013

Research summary
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Dada Docot is a cultural anthropologist whose work examines migration, kinship, and colonial history in the Philippines, with particular attention to overseas Filipino workers, hometown ties, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities and rituals such as burial practices. The research draws on ethnographic and visual/photographic methods to explore how colonial legacies, bureaucracy, and language shape everyday life and labor for Filipino migrants and their families. This work would suit students interested in Southeast Asian studies, migration studies, or visual/public anthropology.

Philippine migration and diasporaColonial history and postcolonial bureaucracyCOVID-19 pandemic impacts on communitiesVisual and photographic anthropologyKinship, hometown, and place-based ethnography

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade with occasional gaps (e.g., 2018, 2023) but shows a sharp increase in 2025, suggesting renewed and intensified activity.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications17182019: 3 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 2 publications22232024: 1 publication242025: 7 publications72526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • American Anthropologist×3
  • The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology×2
  • Visual Anthropology Review×2
  • PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review×1
  • Forensic Science International Synergy×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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