The SCOPUS ISI indexed GLOCAL Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2021, The third GLOCAL CALA, September 1-4, 2021 at the University of The Philippines Diliman, The Philippines, symbolizes a significant leap forward for Asian Linguistic Anthropology, and for Linguistic Anthropology in general, from the highly successful GLOCAL CALA 2019 Cambodia and GLOCAL CALA 2020 Malaysia, to further problematize perspectives on and praxis in Asian Linguistics, Anthropology and Society.