Of Gold, Spanish Conquistadors, And Ibaloi Generational Memory
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In the highland reaches of the Philippine Cordillera, where gold once drew the armored ambitions of Spanish conquistadors, the Ibaloi people preserved a living memory far more enduring than any colonial chronicle. Of Gold, Spanish Conquistadors, and Ibaloi Generational Memory by Michael Armand P. Canilao is a rigorous and revelatory work of historical anthropology that reconstructs the collision between indigenous Ibaloi society and Spanish colonial forces through the prism of oral tradition, generational testimony, and archival research. Canilao chronicles the persistent efforts of a highland community to maintain their identity and historical consciousness in the face of conquest, mapping how memory itself became an act of resistance and cultural survival. Published by the Cordillera Studies Center of the University of the Philippines Baguio, this work sits at the intersection of Philippine history, indigenous studies, and postcolonial theory, presenting a scholarly yet deeply humane narrative that challenges Eurocentric accounts of the colonial encounter. With a foreword by Dr. John N. Miksic and the support of the Spanish Program for Cultural Cooperation, the text carries both regional and international scholarly weight. Canilao's methodology — weaving community memory with historical documentation — raises a provocative question that lingers long after the final page: whose version of history has the greater claim to truth?
Author: Michael Armand P. Canilao
Format: Paperback
Published: 2011, Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the highland reaches of the Philippine Cordillera, where gold once drew the armored ambitions of Spanish conquistadors, the Ibaloi people preserved a living memory far more enduring than any colonial chronicle. Of Gold, Spanish Conquistadors, and Ibaloi Generational Memory by Michael Armand P. Canilao is a rigorous and revelatory work of historical anthropology that reconstructs the collision between indigenous Ibaloi society and Spanish colonial forces through the prism of oral tradition, generational testimony, and archival research. Canilao chronicles the persistent efforts of a highland community to maintain their identity and historical consciousness in the face of conquest, mapping how memory itself became an act of resistance and cultural survival. Published by the Cordillera Studies Center of the University of the Philippines Baguio, this work sits at the intersection of Philippine history, indigenous studies, and postcolonial theory, presenting a scholarly yet deeply humane narrative that challenges Eurocentric accounts of the colonial encounter. With a foreword by Dr. John N. Miksic and the support of the Spanish Program for Cultural Cooperation, the text carries both regional and international scholarly weight. Canilao's methodology — weaving community memory with historical documentation — raises a provocative question that lingers long after the final page: whose version of history has the greater claim to truth?