On The Antiquity of the Ifugao Rice Terraces with Stephen Acabado Exploring Filipino Kitchens

Show notes
01:15 The kinds of truths that set you free
05:45 About Stephen
07:20 Products of the Philippine educational system
10:35 Change entails unlearning
11:20 On Beyer's "Waves of Migration" theory
14:15 A need to think critically
15:00 2,000 year dating is not based on any scientific data
18:15 (The perils of) clinging to romanticism
20:05 On the centrality of rice
23:45 Terracing is part of a larger system
26:10 Perspectives on "kaingin" in farming
28:40 Implications of the long history model
30:40 Epics of the Philippines: "Hudhud"
33:50 Taro was here
35:40 Rice came with the Spanish
38:45 Not much supports "Out of Taiwan" theory either
39:55 Archaeology tests hypotheses
41:35 Starting the Ifugao Archaeological Project
42:10 The Old Kiyyangan Village
44:10 Terraces are BUILT UP, not dug down
47:20 Cross-section of a terraced field
49:05 90 years by 5 people: Energetics study
50:25 On terracing irrigation systems
53:00 A typical day of excavating artifacts
58:05 How old is this residue?
01:02:20 "Identity is now"
01:04:50 On local reactions
01:06:05 How do we empower the Ifugao community?
01:07:45 Rice, not isolation, prevented Spanish conquest
01:10:55 An indigenous education centre at today’s Kiangan
01:12:10 Takeaways
01:13:50 Future projects