Foreword, "The Tayabas Chronicles, the Early Years, 1886-1907", Umali/Berthelsen (original) (raw)

Childhood in the Preconquest Philippines: Clues from the Early Spanish Chronicles

ABSTRACT: At the base of kinship systems and their persistence are children who are often seen as culture bearers to the next generation, ensuring the continuity of kin groups and entire communities. However, the world of children in the islands that Spain would colonize in the sixteenth century to form the contemporary Philippines has been largely obscured. But the prehispanic world of children, which revolved around hunting, gathering, fishing, and farming, can be reconstructed by extracting information from diverse sources: remnants of material culture, archaeological artifacts, the early Spanish chronicles, oral myth and folklore, as well as vestiges that may be gleaned from present-day indigenous ethnic communities. Although drawing from various sources, this paper will discuss clues and signs scattered in the 16th and early 17th century chronicles written by Spanish missionaries who recorded their observations of indigenous societies during the period of contact. The caveat of course is that, while they were recording the beliefs and realities of indigenous societies as they observed them, they were already putting into play the processes that they hoped would change those beliefs and practices. At the same time, these chronicles are useful because they recorded the shock of Spaniards in seeing marked differences between Spanish and indigenous Philippine childrearing practices.

Into the Frontier Studies on Spanish Colonial Philippines. IN Memoriam Lourdes Diaz-Trechuelo

A conference was held in honor of Lourdes Diaz-Trechuelo organized by the History Department of Asia and the Pacific. It gathered Filipino and Spanish historians who examined her pioneering contribution to Spanish colonial Philippine history. This particular paper draws from the editor's dissertation which was guided in part by the Diaz-Trechuelo: Ciriaco Gonzalez Carvajal's Development Programs: Promoting Prosperity in Eighteenth-Century Philippines.

Earning a livelihood from one's home: The Castillo Ladies of San Miguel de Allende

2016

The CRP Field Trip to San Miguel Allende in August 2016 revealed several facets of Mexican urbanism, including social histories that helped to reveal the city’s development. In this article, Professor Hemalata Dandekar describes one such enriching experiences, noting its implications for planning. Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/focus Part of the Urban, Community and Regional Planning Commons This International Exchange is brought to you for free and open access by the City and Regional Planning at DigitalCommons@CalPoly. It has been accepted for inclusion in Focus by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@CalPoly. For more information, please contact mwyngard@calpoly.edu. Recommended Citation Dandekar, Hemalata C. (2016) "Earning a livelihood from one's home: The Castillo Ladies of San Miguel de Allende," Focus: Vol. 13: Iss. 1, Article 21. Available at: http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/focus/vol13/iss1/21 FOCUS 13 International...