The study is focused on mapping out the various ideas and sentiments of Filipinos regarding post-pandemic scenarios and possibilities by tracing discourses of post-pandemic futures circulated via online content and platforms. While the scope and focus of this project are limited, this forms part of an envisioned larger multipronged program aiming to gather insights that could prove useful for transitioning to a post-pandemic life. In the immediate future, results of this research will inform the overarching program which is composed of three projects that are interdisciplinary and multi-method in approach, covering quantitative, qualitative, discursive, social, and developmental aspects of imagining a viable future even as the world still presently grapples with the changes in personal and social life occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The present study is exploratory in approach, allowing for a diversity of data source in terms of genre (e.g., blog, social networking sites (SNS) posts, online news articles, institutional write-ups), platform (e.g., websites, blog sites, social media), and mode (e.g., write-ups, images, video, audio). Moreover, it acknowledges the diversity of voices in terms of, for instance, class, gender, cultural differences, and political persuasion in the discourses culled from the data. Analysis is thematic with attention to discourse (i.e., text-internal themes are framed in wider systemic contexts) initially through a qualitative analysis software and ultimately via collective data interpretation, where potential meanings of cases are discussed by the research team bringing in various epistemological premises from different disciplinal backgrounds. Results of the study are hoped to inform policies and programs that aim to create a more just and robust future for Filipinos beyond the confines of the present pandemic.