PAMANA: Voices of Philippine Heritage is a Barcelona-based project about Filipino heritage and migration. We seek to empower the Filipino community in Barcelona, to spotlight the richness of Filipino heritage, and to decolonize the discourse on non-European stories. Anyone can donate!

FILIPINO HERITAGE

The roots of Filipino cultures run deep. The Philippines has been inhabited by hominids for more than 700,000 years, and modern Homo sapiens for at least 50,000. The archipelago has been a crossroads for millennia. Today, the country is home to more than 100 separate ethnolinguistic groups— a rainbow of different ways of life.

Trajectories and movements of the Filipino identity Austronesian diaspora Nowadays Arrival of our species in the Philippines 3000 BC to 1000 AD Contemporary 1521 Philippine diaspora years ago 1887 Arrival of Magellan in the Philippines General exhibition of the Philippines in Madrid

Our project tells the story of the peoples of the Philippines in deep time. With the help of archaeological discoveries, it will help the viewer to understand the ancient Filipino past, and in the modern era, it gives a glimpse of the stories of the distinct peoples who call the islands home, as well as those Filipinos who have gone abroad to call other places, such as Barcelona, home.

WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE

Building on our experiences conducting workshops over Filipino heritage at the Museum of World Cultures in Barcelona, we want to take the next step and set up our own exhibition. The exhibition is participative, and gives voice to different actors and stakeholders of Philippine heritage, such as members of the Filipino community in Barcelona, researchers, NGOs, and ethnic minorities. The project seeks to empower the Filipino community in Barcelona, to spotlight the richness of Filipino heritage, and to decolonize the discourse on non-European stories.