The Panditas of the Philippines, 17th - Early 20th Centuries
The article explores the panditas and their role and function in Philippine history, examining selected depictions in Spanish and English sources from 17th century until the early 20th centuries. As precolonial figures that illustrate the link of the Philippines to the broader Malay world, the pandi...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:archipel_2969 https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.2969 urn:doi:10.4000/archipel.2969 en https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/2969 2022-09-09T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/a208 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Panditas of the Philippines, 17th - Early 20th Centuries Archipel Association Archipel info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2104-3655 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0044-8613 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel Baldoza, Jonathan Victor The article explores the panditas and their role and function in Philippine history, examining selected depictions in Spanish and English sources from 17th century until the early 20th centuries. As precolonial figures that illustrate the link of the Philippines to the broader Malay world, the panditas gradually acquired and embodied Islamic elements into their amorphous identity and practice, ultimately becoming figures of knowledge, spirituality, and culture in Muslim communities. By examining representations of the panditas, the article aims to problematize their place in the historical record, as figures of supposedly false religion, primitive civilization, ethnographic interest, occultism, and military regulation, and point to a dynamic history of Islamic communities that adapted, absorbed, and localized religious tenets in varying degrees, so that pre-Islamic figures like the panditas would have a place in new contexts and be understood as Islamic in their own distinctive way. Cet article s’intéresse aux pandita, leur rôle et leur fonction dans l’histoire des Philippines, à travers une sélection de descriptions tirées de sources espagnoles et américaines du XVIIe siècle au début du XXe siècle. En tant que figures précoloniales illustrant le lien entre les Philippines et le monde malais au sens large, les pandita ont progressivement acquis et incorporé des éléments islamiques dans leur identité et leur pratique mouvantes, devenant finalement des figures de la connaissance, de la spiritualité et de la culture dans les communautés musulmanes. Par l’examen des sources, l’article vise à problématiser la place des pandita dans les archives historiques, en tant que figures d’une supposée fausse religion, d’une civilisation primitive, d’intérêt ethnographique, de l’occultisme et de la réglementation militaire. Il vise aussi à mettre en évidence une histoire dynamique des communautés musulmanes qui ont adapté, absorbé et enraciné des principes religieux à des degrés divers, de sorte que les figures préislamiques comme les pandita aient une place dans de nouveaux contextes et soient comprises comme islamiques à leur manière. |
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The article explores the panditas and their role and function in Philippine history, examining selected depictions in Spanish and English sources from 17th century until the early 20th centuries. As precolonial figures that illustrate the link of the Philippines to the broader Malay world, the panditas gradually acquired and embodied Islamic elements into their amorphous identity and practice, ultimately becoming figures of knowledge, spirituality, and culture in Muslim communities. By examining representations of the panditas, the article aims to problematize their place in the historical record, as figures of supposedly false religion, primitive civilization, ethnographic interest, occultism, and military regulation, and point to a dynamic history of Islamic communities that adapted, absorbed, and localized religious tenets in varying degrees, so that pre-Islamic figures like the panditas would have a place in new contexts and be understood as Islamic in their own distinctive way. |
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Baldoza, Jonathan Victor |
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The Panditas of the Philippines, 17th - Early 20th Centuries |
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The Panditas of the Philippines, 17th - Early 20th Centuries |
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The Panditas of the Philippines, 17th - Early 20th Centuries |
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The Panditas of the Philippines, 17th - Early 20th Centuries |
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The Panditas of the Philippines, 17th - Early 20th Centuries |
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2022 |
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