TY - JOUR
T1 - Through indigenous lenses
T2 - ecotopia according to vernacular music videos from Benguet, Philippines
AU - Telles, Jason Paolo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The indigenous groups in Benguet, Philippines, have begun to produce their own music videos and other media products to express themselves and to correct ill-informed portrayals about them. Through such, they have achieved self-representation by textualizing their cultures and worldviews, including their perspectives on the natural world and its ideal state. Employing a textual analysis that is grounded on the concepts of postcolonial appropriation and Ginsburg et al.’s “screen memories,” this article discusses how two indigenous-produced music videos, which tackle the environment, represent their imaginations of an ecotopia. These, once recognized in environmental discourse, would ideally result in the formulation of more effective, cost-efficient, and socially just environmental plans and practices. As the world clamors for a sustainable and more ideal state of the planet, exploring indigenous perspectives on an ecotopia could be beneficial, as they may provide legitimate, ethical, and context-appropriate alternatives that have been neglected due to “othering.”.
AB - The indigenous groups in Benguet, Philippines, have begun to produce their own music videos and other media products to express themselves and to correct ill-informed portrayals about them. Through such, they have achieved self-representation by textualizing their cultures and worldviews, including their perspectives on the natural world and its ideal state. Employing a textual analysis that is grounded on the concepts of postcolonial appropriation and Ginsburg et al.’s “screen memories,” this article discusses how two indigenous-produced music videos, which tackle the environment, represent their imaginations of an ecotopia. These, once recognized in environmental discourse, would ideally result in the formulation of more effective, cost-efficient, and socially just environmental plans and practices. As the world clamors for a sustainable and more ideal state of the planet, exploring indigenous perspectives on an ecotopia could be beneficial, as they may provide legitimate, ethical, and context-appropriate alternatives that have been neglected due to “othering.”.
KW - Benguet
KW - Cosmovisions
KW - Ecotopia
KW - Igorot
KW - Indigenous studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067912453&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5325/utopianstudies.30.1.0045
DO - 10.5325/utopianstudies.30.1.0045
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067912453
SN - 1045-991X
VL - 30
SP - 45
EP - 66
JO - Utopian Studies
JF - Utopian Studies
IS - 1
ER -