![]() That is a material or external manifestation of culture. Filipinos’ view of the jeepney as a cultural icon is solely based on a romanticized remembrance of it in its gaudy glory in the ’70s. Culture is not static it changes but ever so imperceptibly. I suppose it is because most Filipinos have a narrow understanding of culture as something that belongs in the past as part of tradition, rather than features of a community that constantly get renegotiated by its constituents in the present. The jeepney phaseout as a cultural issue gets rarely discussed. But one that ought to provide us with common ground is the cultural aspect of the jeepney. As such, people have different positions on the issue. The position one takes is largely shaped by who one is or where one is in life. It intersects with others, such as livelihood, the environment, safety, culture, and social justice. The jeepney phaseout – or modernization, or whatever you want to call it – is not solely a transport issue. ![]()
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