The research aims to examine indigenous agency and the dynamics of space and power in early modern Philippine history.
Analyzed historical texts and sources from the early modern Philippines and the Spanish Pacific.
Compared historiographical trends between East and Southeast Asia, and colonial Latin America.
Developed theoretical frameworks to reinterpret agency and spatial dynamics in colonial contexts.
Identified three new perspectives on indigeneity that reshape understanding of historical agency.
Revealed how spatial dynamics influenced indigenous power relations during colonial times.
Highlighted connections between Philippine historiography and broader regional narratives in East and Southeast Asia.
Abstract
Over the past decade, the early modern Philippines and the so-called Spanish Pacific has surged forth as a subfield connecting East and Southeast Asian historiographies to those of colonial Latin A...