Indigenous knowledge recognizes the multiple and collective origins of knowledge as well as its collaborative dimensions” (p. 7). Who has the right to create or produce knowledge? Wane (2002) explains that “knowledge production is not merely an exercise for the academy but is also for lay people, since knowledge is acquired through our everyday experiences” (p. 54). Moreover, according to Elabor-Idemudia (2002) in her article The Retention of Knowledge of Folkways as a Basis for Resistance argues that “the sense of cultural identity and belonging that African peoples thereby acquire has always been central to their survival throughout hardships such as those imposed by slavery, colonialism, and the imperialism exemplified by present-day development programs” (p. 102). This proves that embracing our culture is clearly essential in our existence in this neo—colonialism society.
Conclusion
These are some of the ways to rapture the problems of the Philippines. We have been suffered so much by the hands of the colonizer and now the neo-colonizer and of course the Filipino people who choose to collaborate to these people. However, we can not let them ruin our future and dehumanize us. It’s time to rapture their boundaries and interrogate their ways. It’s time to decolonize the colonial ways of treating Filipino people. Contributed to Bulatlat
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