Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand 
why the old poets of China went so far
and high 
into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

8:15 AM – 9:45 AM
PANEL 7: COLONIAL IMAGES AND NARRATIVES

Revisiting the Boxer Codex: How the Filipino “Indio” within Early Modern Colonial Encounters Uncovers the Construction of the Filipino Identity
          Jessica Nicole R. Manuel, University of the Philippines Diliman • Watch on YouTube

The Mingling of Asian and European Art Traditions in the Boxer Codex Illustrations
         Clio Kimberly R. Tantoco, University of the Philippines Diliman • Watch on YouTube

Búyo in the Narratives of Early Spanish-Austronesian Intercultural Encounters
          Mark Anthony B. Cabigas, Samahan ng mga Mag-aaral ng Kasaysayan, Philippine Normal University • Watch on YouTube