Note: This event will take place at 7:00 PM EDT.

Indigenous Peoples have struggled to define their identity amid increasing pressures from larger society, which aims to assimilate local cultures to develop national identity. This is exemplified by the experiences of indigenous groups in the Philippines and Taiwan, where centuries of colonization have influenced how these groups understand themselves. This panel will discuss how indigenous groups in the Philippines and Taiwan have instituted programs to define their ethnic identity in relation to the larger society. Examples that will be highlighted in this panel include “reinvention” of culture among the Higaunon (Mindanao, Philippines), working with elders to revive traditional knowledge systems (Ifugao, Philippines), and filmmaking to document Indigenous identity (Tayal, Taiwan).

Panelists Oona Paredes (UCLA); Eulalie Dulnuan (Ifugao State University), Sayun Simong (Sqoyaw, Taiwan), Andrea Malaya Ragragio (University of the Philippines-Mindanao), Margaret Palaghicon Von Rotz (UC Hastings College of the Law), and moderator Justin Dunnavant (Vanderbilt University) will discuss these topics.

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