Katutubo
What does it mean to be ‘katutubo’ (indigenous) in the Philippine context?
Questions to ponder:
1. How they live at present, their relationship with their environment and with the dominant ‘mainstream’ Filipinos.
2. How some aspects of their cultures have shifted and the factors that caused the shift.
3. How their culture thrives against the impacts of tourism, modernity (Philippine national and local government), capitalism, and Westernized educational system.
4. How they exercise their agency, or to what extent they’re able to determine their present and future.
3 pages and 5 sources cited is important.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOrbP5HAtvc&t=14s&ab_channel=KatharaSociety is the link for the documentary watch it to write the essay.