The Trial of Philippine Studies

• Main Author: Veric, Charlie Samuya
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Philippine Studies; Area Studies; Pedagogy; Anthropology; History; Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/english-faculty-pubs/145; https://kyotoreview.org/pandemic-pedagogy/the-trial-of-philippine-studies/
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The essay reflects on the state of Philippine Studies as a field of research in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Divided into two parts; the essay first revisits the making of a book about the origins of Philippine Studies. Second; it explores the challenges that Philippine Studies confronts to...