Naming Colonial Histories, Connecting through Kuwentuhan: The Formation of a Critical FilAm Research Group

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Abstract

Barriers to epistemic justice are often rooted in historical education policies. As resistance, marginalized scholars create critical race counterspaces to facilitate knowledge production. In this case study, we examine how a research group emerged as a community-based counterspace for Filipinx/a/o Americans. To investigate our origins, we leveraged our cultural intuition as participant-observers to analyze existing documentation (2020-2025) and engage in collective storytelling (Kuwentuhan). Preliminary findings include the shared desire to name common struggles as people with Philippine ancestry (e.g., ‘they don’t collect data on us’) and connect transdisciplinarily for knowledge production (e.g., ‘research is we-search’). This study illuminates ongoing legacies of colonial education and how scholarly communities may disrupt academic silos through Kuwentuhan.

Authors

• Erin Manalo-Pedro, University of California - Los Angeles

• Krystle Cobian, University of California - Los Angeles

• Elaine Jessica Castillo Tamargo, California State University - Long Beach

• Gabbie Aquino-Adriatico, California State University - Fullerton

• Christine Abagat Liboon, University of California - Los Angeles

• Dina C. Maramba, Claremont Graduate University