HABI: A Philippine Textile Exhibit
HABI: A Philippine Textile Exhibit
Luce Common Room (2nd Floor)
In celebration of Filipino American History Month, Indigenous Peoples’ Month in the Philippines, and the 80th Anniversary of U.S.–Philippines Diplomatic Relations, Yale’s Council on Southeast Asian Studies presents HABI: A Philippine Textile Exhibit at Luce Hall.
HABI brings together a curated selection of Philippine textiles representing diverse communities and traditions from across the Philippines, with textiles on loan from the Philippine Consulate General in New York (PCG-NYC) and the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in New York (PTIC).
The launch program will feature remarks from Yale and Philippine institutional partners, followed by an online talk by renowned Filipina anthropologist Dr. Analyn Salvador-Amores, Professor at the University of the Philippines Baguio, Founding Director of Museo Cordillera, and Project Lead of the Cordillera Textiles Research Project. A reception will follow.
This initiative is supported by the Council on Southeast Asia Studies, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale Peabody Museum, Collaborations to Study Materiality and Objects (COSMOS), Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, Yale Office of International Affairs, Philippine Consulate General in New York, and Philippine Trade and Investment Center in New York.
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Talk by Dr. Analyn Salvador-Amores
Luce 203 (2nd Floor)
Ties that Bind in Philippine Ikat: Cultural Heritage, Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability
Abstract:
Why is ikat relevant in weaving communities in the Philippines? What are the ties that bind them together? How can ikat-making in the Philippines relate to Southeast Asia? In the Philippines, there is a rich and vibrant tradition in Luzon and Mindanao, and currently being revived in Visayas. Drawing on field research from the different regions in the Philippines, ikat (tie-dyetechnique) reflects a masterfully crafted tradition that binds weaving communities in the region. While it faces challenges in terms of its sustainability, it also open avenues for deepening our understanding on the practices: transmission, preservation, documentation, appreciation and revitalization of Philippine ikat through its master-weavers and younger generation of weavers.
Dr. Analyn Salvador-Amores is a social anthropologist whose research interests include the anthropology of the body, non-Western aesthetics, ethnographic museums, material culture, and colonial photography in Northern Luzon, among others. She is the first Filipina to hold a master’s degree and doctorate degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Oxford University in the United Kingdom. She is currently a Professor of Anthropology and was the founding director of the Museo Kordilyera, the ethnographic museum of the University of the Philippines Baguio. She curated the exhibition entitled, Handwoven Tales: The Warp and Weft of Cordillera Textiles and has published extensively on the subject. Her current book project is in collaboration with German museums is Hunting for Artifacts: 19th Century German Travelers in the Luzon Cordillera (2025), edited by Professor Emeritus Delfin Tolentino, Jr. and published by the Cordillera Studies Center, UP Baguio.