Reclaiming the Indigenous Body: Discourse, Social Media, and the Aesthetic of Igorot Activism

• Main Author: Calabias, Jose Kervin Cesar B.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: fetad; Igorot; Philippine Anti-Terror Law; red-tagging; strategic essentialism; Worcester archive
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss39/25; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/2004/viewcontent/KK_2039_2C_202022_2024_20Forum_20Kritika_20in_20Honor_20of_20Edel_20E._20Garcellano_20__20Calabias.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This essay analyzes online activist media addressing the red-tagging and trumped-up criminal charges against members of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance in the wake of the Anti-Terror Law in 2020. Engaging with critical scholarship on the archiving, colonial discourse, and representation of the Igoro...