Itawit Architecture: An Emic Approach

Michael Tabao; Junar Tablan

doi:10.51094/jxiv.589

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Michael Tabao School of Engineering, Archirtecture, and Information technology Education, University of Saint Louis https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1075-9446 https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mVkZAYQAAAAJ&hl=en
Junar Tablan Architecture, Industrial Design, and Built Environment, Mapua University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51094/jxiv.589

Keywords:

Itawit, sustainable architecture, ethno-sustainability, indigenous knowledge, grounded theory, comparative analysis

Abstract

This study presents and defines Itawit Architecture as a distinct architectural practice still existing in various areas of Cagayan in the Northern Philippines. The data culled are from two distinct architectural practices in the province of Cagayan: the Middle Cagayan style and the Southern Cagayan style. This research includes elicited data from the respondents (building owners, carpenters, shamans, and elders) from the Middle Cagayan area being those of Piat, Tuao, Santo Niño, and Amulung, and the Southern Cagayan includes the towns of Iguig, Tuguegarao City, Solana, Enrile and Peñablanca. Coding, memoing (a.k.a. “theory building”), and other similar approach is undertaken to develop a good interpretation of the data being taken from the Itawit (individual or community); this combination of approaches, known as bricolage, was done by the Researcher as the “bricoleur.” The bricoleur is an Itawit and an architect, hence being emic and authoritative in nature. Central with this documentation is the idea of sustainability as practiced by the locals, and the transferring of knowledge via oral tradition, apprenticeship, and others. This resulted in a comprehensive collection of terminology, visualizations, photographs, and other media showing their enduring building traditions an example of Sustainable Architecture of the ethnic group in the archipelago.

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Author Biographies

Michael Tabao, School of Engineering, Archirtecture, and Information technology Education, University of Saint Louis

Instructor (Full Time), Architecture Department, School of Engineering, Architecture, and Information Technology Education

Junar Tablan, Architecture, Industrial Design, and Built Environment, Mapua University

Associate Professor, Architecture, Industrial Design, and Built Environment

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