On The Antiquity of the Ifugao Rice Terraces with Stephen Acabado
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Show notes 01:15 The kinds of truths that set you free 05:45 About Stephen 07:20 Products of the Philippine educational system 10:35 Change entails unlearning 11:20 On Beyer's "Waves of Migration" theory 14:15 A need to think critically 15:00 2,000 year dating is not based on any scientific data 18:15 (The perils of) clinging to romanticism 20:05 On the centrality of rice 23:45 Terracing is part of a larger system 26:10 Perspectives on "kaingin" in farming 28:40 Implications of the long history model 30:40 Epics of the Philippines: "Hudhud" 33:50 Taro was here 35:40 Rice came with the Spanish 38:45 Not much supports "Out of Taiwan" theory either 39:55 Archaeology tests hypotheses 41:35 Starting the Ifugao Archaeological Project 42:10 The Old Kiyyangan Village 44:10 Terraces are BUILT UP, not dug down 47:20 Cross-section of a terraced field 49:05 90 years by 5 people: Energetics study 50:25 On terracing irrigation systems 53:00 A typical day of excavating artifacts 58:05 How old is this residue? 01:02:20 "Identity is now" 01:04:50 On local reactions 01:06:05 How do we empower the Ifugao community? 01:07:45 Rice, not isolation, prevented Spanish conquest 01:10:55 An indigenous education centre at today’s Kiangan 01:12:10 Takeaways 01:13:50 Future projects
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