Enchanted Worlds: Visayan Children's Perspectives on Living amongEngkanto

In the Visayan Philippines, engkanto are a diverse category of spirits and supernatural entities. Children are seen as especially susceptible to contact with and harm from engkanto, yet their views on these spirits have not been researched. Based on conversations with and drawings by a group of children from an impoverished periurban community, we examine their anxieties, ideas about and experiences of engkanto. Previously conceptualised as...