Presently, he works for the Australian mining company Orica, which had quadrupled his salary from a previous job with the Canadian multinational, Manulife.
Spain had never realised a post-imperial bloc like the British Commonwealth or La Francophonie a similar French equivalent , despite attempts to do so in the early 20th-century, which spoke of a pan-Hispanic identity linking together Latin America, Spain and the Philippines — known as la Hispanidad,.
Dr Casanova noted that there "had been attempts to create a post-colonial contact with Spanish-speaking countries like La Francophonie or the Commonwealth", which involved creating a community under the cultural and economic leadership of Spain. She also cited Real Instituto Elcano, a Spanish Association that in the early s that published papers proposing that Spain acts as an economic "gateway" between Latin America and Asia.
For Dr Casanova, Madrid's recognition of the Philippines in the Hispanophone world has been a relatively new phenomenon, given the increased trade opportunities with one of South-East Asia's fastest-growing economies. This perceived invisibility of the Philippines in the Hispanic world has had significant impacts on Filipino self-perception. While a sizeable number of Filipinos have Spanish surnames following an decree that Hispanicised Filipino surnames , chances are most people have a tenuous, or no link to Spanish ancestry.
This notion was also identified by Dr Casanova, who said Spanish had a "classy" value despite Spain's chequered history in the Philippines. For Dr Sales, the historically negative perceptions against Spain have affected the Philippines' origin stories which have suffered from ideologically-inflected mistranslations.
The translation by Leon Maria Guerrero carried anti-Spanish biases that "added layers of meaning that weren't there", Dr Sales said. But with more of an interest in Spanish, Dr Sales said this could trigger greater consideration of Spanish-Filipino literature, which blossomed in the first half of the 20th century in retaliation to American colonial rule.
Curiously enough, this process is to begin in Antwerp in collaboration with Filipino institutions, as Dr Casanova is leading a digitisation project of early 20th-century Spanish-Filipino newspapers and periodicals, which will eventually see them translated into the Philippines' various languages and dialects. While the project will make the historical record accessible, it will also unlock a vast archive of Spanish-Filipino literature, as publishing with newspapers and periodicals at the time was cheaper and more popular.
In time, Dr Casanova hopes the project makes accessible a vast archive of Filipino history that has been overlooked, or simply left to gather dust in libraries and archives across the Philippines. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Key points: A third of the Filipino language is derived from Spanish words Filipinos bilingual in English and Spanish could find higher-paying jobs The return of Spanish could present Madrid with a chance to reset its relationship with its former colony.
Can language curb racism? Which languages should children be learning to get ahead? For example, Angeles says the surname Maanbong means "graceful" in Visayan; and Mababang-loob means "humble" in Tagalog; or Mabanglo, which means "sweet-smelling" in both Tagalog and Pampangan. Some Filipinos with unique names have wrestled with how and when to use them in Western contexts. Girly Joy Abasta says she struggled with using her first name when she first moved to Canada in She would regularly go by her middle name in social and professional situations.
But she believes her personality is written directly into the name her parents gave her. And, since moving back to the Philippines for work, Abasta says she has grown to embrace her first name once again. Do you have a story to share about the Filipino community in B. We want to explore the people, cultures and perspectives in the province's Filipino community and we need your help.
Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts. Read more stories from Mabuhay B. Anthony C. Ocampo explores how Filipino Americans, while classified as Asian by the U. He suggests that the concept of ethnic and racial identity is a social construct, which means human beings create these identities. The Spanish colonial period of the Philippines began when explorer Ferdinand Magellan came to the islands in and claimed it as a colony for the Spanish Empire.
The period lasted until the Philippine Revolution in The U. In , it was recognized by the U. Ocampo noted that when Filipinos immigrated to the U.
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