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English Title

Whose Heritage?: Weaving Ilocano Identity in Luce F. Melegrito’s Self-portrait Mask (2021)

Abstract

Hinaharap dito ni Tabunan ang Self-portrait Mask 1 (2021), isang ilustrasyong digital ni Luce Melegrito, upang pag-aralan ang kasalimuotan ng usapin ng identidad na hinubog ng kasaysayan at karanasan ng migrasyon at diaspora. Isinusulong niya ang performatibong kalikasan ng identidad sa paggamit ng wika at paghabi ng mga imaheng hinango sa personal na buhay, binuo ng magkakahidwang puwersa ng turismo, at kinilala bilang integral na bahagi ng kultural na pamana. Sa halip na ituring na instrumento ng pagkukubli, nagiging obheto ng paglikha ang maskara sa loob ng pagsusuri ni Tabunan. Ginagawan niya ng paralelismo ang kasaysayan ng pagkakatatag ng Calle Crisologo sa Vigan bilang World Heritage Site at ang napakapersonal na kasaysayan ni Melegrito sa pagpupunyagi nitong buoin ang kaniyang sining. Nagiging analohiya kay Tabunan ang paghabi ng abel ng paglikha ng identidad na Ilokano.

English Abstract

Tabunan engages with Self-portrait Mask 1 (2021), a digital illustration by Luce Melegrito, to explore the complexities of identity shaped by the history and experience of migration and diaspora. He highlights the performative nature of identity through language and the weaving of images drawn from personal lives, shaped by the conflicting forces of tourism, and recognized as an integral part of cultural heritage. Rather than being considered an instrument of concealment, the mask becomes an object of creation in Tabunan’s analysis. He draws parallels between the history of the establishment of Vigan’s Calle Crisologo as a World Heritage Site and Melegrito’s deeply personal history of striving to perfect her art. For Tabunan, the weaving of abel becomes an analogy for the construction of Ilocano identity.

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