Strategic Identity: Bridging Self-Determination and Solidarity Among the Indigenous Peoples of Mindanao, the Philippines

• Main Author: Alejo, Albert E
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: globalization; identity; indigenous people; Lumad; self-determination; solidarity; Indigenous Studies; Social and Cultural Anthropology; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/103; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0725513618763839?journalCode=thea
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article introduces the concept of ‘strategic identity’ as a bridge between the indigenous peoples’ struggle for self-determination and their search for solidarity in the context of globalization, with a focus on the Lumads, or indigenous peoples in southern Philippines. The paper begins with an...