Here goes nothin'! 😁🌟 Excited to kick off the very first entry of the Time Trowel series! This is going to be a once-a-month column featured on Rappler (big shoutout to Rappler for this amazing opportunity!). 🚀🕰️ #TimeTrowel #HistoryFun #rapplercolumn
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December 23, 2023 at 4:40 PM
Here goes nothin'! 😁🌟 Excited to kick off the very first entry of the Time Trowel series! This is going to be a once-a-month column featured on Rappler (big shoutout to Rappler for this amazing opportunity!). 🚀🕰️ #TimeTrowel #HistoryFun #rapplercolumn
www.rappler.com/voices/thoug...
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#TimeTrowel essay this week.
Debates on precolonial identity reflect the present more than the past.
“Austronesian origins” offer a clean frame over a plural past.
Not a people -- or even a language -- just the appeal of origin, not the work of history.
tinyurl.com/2493ne22
Debates on precolonial identity reflect the present more than the past.
“Austronesian origins” offer a clean frame over a plural past.
Not a people -- or even a language -- just the appeal of origin, not the work of history.
tinyurl.com/2493ne22
[Time Trowel] The precolonial Filipino you’re looking for never existed
The search for an authentic precolonial Filipino rests on the wrong premise. It turns history into a purity test. It asks anthropology and archaeology to validate myths of origin.
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March 29, 2026 at 1:55 PM
#TimeTrowel essay this week.
Debates on precolonial identity reflect the present more than the past.
“Austronesian origins” offer a clean frame over a plural past.
Not a people -- or even a language -- just the appeal of origin, not the work of history.
tinyurl.com/2493ne22
Debates on precolonial identity reflect the present more than the past.
“Austronesian origins” offer a clean frame over a plural past.
Not a people -- or even a language -- just the appeal of origin, not the work of history.
tinyurl.com/2493ne22
What do balikbayan boxes tell us about heritage, migration, and memory? My latest Time Trowel piece explores the stories packed inside these cardboard containers.
Read here: shorturl.at/d0Pte
#BalikbayanBox #FilipinoDiaspora #TimeTrowel #Heritage
Read here: shorturl.at/d0Pte
#BalikbayanBox #FilipinoDiaspora #TimeTrowel #Heritage
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May 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What do balikbayan boxes tell us about heritage, migration, and memory? My latest Time Trowel piece explores the stories packed inside these cardboard containers.
Read here: shorturl.at/d0Pte
#BalikbayanBox #FilipinoDiaspora #TimeTrowel #Heritage
Read here: shorturl.at/d0Pte
#BalikbayanBox #FilipinoDiaspora #TimeTrowel #Heritage