Manila's "Chinatown": Globalization and Built Heritage

Philippine society and culture are generally viewed as the convergence of indigenous Austronesian and Hispanic elements. Often overlooked, however, are the significant contributions of the Chinese. In this article, we trace Chinese contributions to the built heritage of Manila beginning in the sixte...

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Main Authors: Akpedonu, Erik, Saloma, Czarina
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.socialtransformations-11262024-11-07T06:24:03Z Manila's "Chinatown": Globalization and Built Heritage Akpedonu, Erik Saloma, Czarina Philippine society and culture are generally viewed as the convergence of indigenous Austronesian and Hispanic elements. Often overlooked, however, are the significant contributions of the Chinese. In this article, we trace Chinese contributions to the built heritage of Manila beginning in the sixteenth century and examine the process of globalization as “glocalization.” Our main proposition is that in Manila’s “Chinatown,” these contributions are a refraction of Chinese architectural and art styles through local architectural and art traditions. Such mixing, blending or adapting of two or more processes accompanied the evolving search of Chinese migrants (notably artisans) from (primarily) Fujian Province and the subsequent Tsinoy community for a local identity and localities. Necessarily, the material and temporal settings matter. Manila’s “Chinatown” developed in tandem with the Spanish city, Intramuros, further explaining why it is glocal in nature: its constituting elements are the very essence of the buildings, a design that contrasts with the “pastiche” architecture of many other “Chinatowns” elsewhere. With the global and the local constantly in a flux, the challenge is how to continue to sensibly blend and adapt the new and the global to local conditions, and vice versa. 2017-09-30T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol5/iss2/2 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/socialtransformations/article/1126/viewcontent/5.2_20Article_20Akpedonu_20and_20Saloma._20Nov_202024.pdf Social Transformations Journal of the Global South Archīum Ateneo Glocalization cultural refraction Chinese diaspora art and architecture built heritage Chinatown Tsinoy
institution Ateneo De Manila University
building Ateneo De Manila University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider Ateneo De Manila University Library
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topic Glocalization
cultural refraction
Chinese diaspora
art and architecture
built heritage
Chinatown
Tsinoy
spellingShingle Glocalization
cultural refraction
Chinese diaspora
art and architecture
built heritage
Chinatown
Tsinoy
Akpedonu, Erik
Saloma, Czarina
Manila's "Chinatown": Globalization and Built Heritage
description Philippine society and culture are generally viewed as the convergence of indigenous Austronesian and Hispanic elements. Often overlooked, however, are the significant contributions of the Chinese. In this article, we trace Chinese contributions to the built heritage of Manila beginning in the sixteenth century and examine the process of globalization as “glocalization.” Our main proposition is that in Manila’s “Chinatown,” these contributions are a refraction of Chinese architectural and art styles through local architectural and art traditions. Such mixing, blending or adapting of two or more processes accompanied the evolving search of Chinese migrants (notably artisans) from (primarily) Fujian Province and the subsequent Tsinoy community for a local identity and localities. Necessarily, the material and temporal settings matter. Manila’s “Chinatown” developed in tandem with the Spanish city, Intramuros, further explaining why it is glocal in nature: its constituting elements are the very essence of the buildings, a design that contrasts with the “pastiche” architecture of many other “Chinatowns” elsewhere. With the global and the local constantly in a flux, the challenge is how to continue to sensibly blend and adapt the new and the global to local conditions, and vice versa.
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author Akpedonu, Erik
Saloma, Czarina
author_facet Akpedonu, Erik
Saloma, Czarina
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title Manila's "Chinatown": Globalization and Built Heritage
title_short Manila's "Chinatown": Globalization and Built Heritage
title_full Manila's "Chinatown": Globalization and Built Heritage
title_fullStr Manila's "Chinatown": Globalization and Built Heritage
title_full_unstemmed Manila's "Chinatown": Globalization and Built Heritage
title_sort manila's "chinatown": globalization and built heritage
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2017
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol5/iss2/2
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/socialtransformations/article/1126/viewcontent/5.2_20Article_20Akpedonu_20and_20Saloma._20Nov_202024.pdf
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