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  1. “Polyvocality in Graffiti: A Semiotic Study of Bahrain’s Zallaq Ruins”. Presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social Science and Business Management (ICHSSBM), World Research Forum for Advances in Science and Engineering (WRFASE). Dubai, UAE, 27 August 2023.

  2. “Viyág (Life), Jáyaw (Honor), Sanikwá (Property): Vital Aspects of the Indigene’s Struggle for Self-Determination.” Presented at the AGI: Tripartite Synergy of the Academe, the Government and the Industry, LAWIG PH, Inc., 30 October 2021.

  3. “Community Protocols & FPIC: The Case of the Vanaw Language Documentation Project.” IPRA @ 24: Charting Developments in Philippine People’s Rights. University of the Philippines Baguio, 27 October 2021.

  4. ”Lagutaw’s Revolt: Timeless Import of a Short-lived Resistance.” Presented at the Indigenous Responses to Colonial Incursions Conferrence: An Online Conference, Archaeological Studies Program-University of the Philippines Diliman, August 2021.

  5. “Kulligong: Kalinga Ethnopop Artists at the Interstices and Margins of Tradition.” Presented at the International Virtual Conference on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices, Kalinga State University, 10.26-28.2020.

  6. “Research and Indigenous Worldview: Reflections from a Kalinga Village Hearth.” Presented at The 24th Young Scholars’ Conference on Philippine Studies in Japan, Nagoya University, 08.24.2019 (Nagoya, Japan); Indigenous People’s Day Lectures, University of the Philippines, 08.09.19

  7. “The Bodong as a Platform for Radical Indigenism.” Presented at the 10th Nakem International Conference, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, 5.21-23.14.

  8. “Market and Sanctuary: Awichon as Background Potentiality.” Presented at the First Regional Conference on Cordillera Material Culture Studies, 05.30-31.14, UP Baguio.

  9. “Writing Ethnicity: Searching for an Igorot ‘Native Clearing.’” Presented at the Taboan: 2nd Philippine International Writers’ Festival, Cebu City, Philippines, 02.10-12.10.

  10. “Otto Scheerer’s On Baguio’s Past as a Postcolonial Text.” Presented at the Baguio Centennial Conference, University of the Philippines Baguio, 03.06-07.09.

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Academic Papers

The Archaeological Studies Program (ASP) of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) hosted the “Indigenous Responses to Colonial Incursions” Conference on 23-24 August 2021 via Zoom.

My talk, “Lagutaw’s Revolt: The Timeless Import of a Short-lived Resistance,” reflects on a little-known uprising led by the Kalinga hero Lagutaw in the late 1700s against the Spaniards in northern Philippines.

The paper is an expanded, academic version of  a short essay I posted on this website (HERE).

ABSTRACT

The Spanish Empire facilitated global trade and scientific development across four continents and three centuries. Conversely, it also  brought disease, death and division to its colonies, especially in the American and Asian continents. In the Philippines, Spanish colonization was no less destructive of the lives and cultures of the natives many of whom rose against the invaders. In the late 1700s, a revolt against the Spaniards led by the Kalinga warrior Lagutaw erupted in northern Luzon amidst a smallpox pandemic. The otherwise dramatic event, as narrated by William Henry Scott, was short-lived and marked a resounding suppression of indigenous resistance against Spanish rule.

This paper analyzes the Lagutaw narrative using an Indigenous paradigm which necessitates the deployment of selected concepts and principles drawn from Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices (IKSP), particularly those from the cultural repertoire of the Kalingas. It discusses how the Lagutaw narrative illustrates the natives’ responses to colonial incursions (i.e., submission and defiance), and the Iberian colonizers’ tactics of conquest (i.e., reducción, indoctrination, and political appointment). It also reflects on the implications of this historical text on contemporary exchanges among academics involved in Indigenous Studies.

Key Words: Spanish colonization, pandemic, Indigenous Peoples, Kalinga, Lagutaw, indigenous resistance

“Indigenous Responses to Colonial Incursions” Conference

Lagutaw’s Revolt: The Timeless Import

of a Short-lived Resistance

by Scott Magkachi Saboy, originally posted on 16 August 2021