UP Manila – Museum of a History of Ideas
March 10–21
March 10 is the 106th birthday of the historian Renato Constantino. We share a warning he issued two years before the EDSA uprising against the dangers of merely replacing faces and names without changing the very economic policies that has kept our nation poor and underdeveloped. #RenatoConstantino #UsableHistory [READ]
Today is the 121st death anniversary of the Filipina hero, Apolonia Catra. She was killed in combat by U.S. occupation forces on March 5 in 1905. Her date of birth is unknown and there is no known portrait or photograph of the revolutionary. With pride we share with you three images created by Mari Laila Tulio and Chris Jerald Ubaldo, students of the esteemed teacher, Prof. Mitzi Mari Reyes, in their UP Diliman Fine Arts class in 2020, just before the pandemic lockdowns were imposed. The students were asked to imagine how Apolonia might have looked like. (Discover more in the coming Alas ng Bayan 2.0 exhibit at the UP Manila Museum of a History of Ideas from March 10-21.)
Renato Redentor Constantino, The Poverty of Memory: Essays on History and Empire (FNS-2006), p. 52-55
“Memory says, ‘I did that,’” Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote. “Pride replies, ‘I could not have done that.’ Eventually, memory yields.”
Three years ago in America, on September 11, airplanes fell from the sky and thousands died. Countless numbers mourned the mass murder. Countless mourn still. On the same day 31 years ago, the sky fell in Chile when the democratically-elected Allende government was overthrown in a bloody coup staged by the American government. Who mourns the Chilean sky?
Remembering is a political act, wrote Boston Globe columnist James Carroll. “Forgetfulness is the handmaiden of tyranny.”
In 1953, the United States engineered a coup in Iran which ousted the government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh — an Iranian colossus who happened to live in a frail [READ]
Lester Rodriguez, distinguished artist from Binangonan, begins the day with a watercolor workshop with Sagay youth. It’s a great platform – later, we’ll lead a workshop with teachers on how to use art in appreciating and interrogating history and science.
Sunrise just before the 13th Nature Encounter Arts Month Celebration opens in Sagay, Negros Occidental. Themed “Duta, Tubig, Hangin,” the festival was initiated in 2013 by the celebrated artist Nunelucio Alvarado. Festivities commence early morning at the coastal spot of Kape Albarako, with body painting, dancing, performance art, and kites flying against a backdrop of the open sea. Led by Pintor Kulapol and other local artist groups, films will be shown with dances and visual art exhibits. A number of art and history appreciation sessions will be held with local teachers, which the Constantino Foundation is contributing to.
Photos © ConstantinoFoundation.
Walang permanenteng tagumpay, at wala ring permanenteng kabiguan. Pagkatapos ng aklasang EDSA, maraming nagising. Marami rin ang muling natulog. Hinarap ng marami ang bukas at ang iba nama’y tinalikuran ang nabawing dangal. Ang ikalimang tula, pagkatapos ilikas at iligtas ng U.S. ang pamilya ng mga Marcos at tuluyan nang bumagsak ang diktadura, ay kanta mula sa komposisyon ng gitaristang si Karina Constantino-David ng grupong #InangLaya, muhon ng mabuting pamamahala, aktibistang lider sa pagpapabagsak ng diktadura, guro, at peminista. [READ]
Pagkatapos ng rebolusyon, hindi natapos ang rebolusyon. Pang-apat na tula sa ikaapat na araw ng EDSA, serye ng berso para sa EDSA-40, mula sa sinulat ni Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo, dakilang makata ng bayan na, tulad ni Lacaba, Popa, at Sunico, hinahangaan ng Constantino Foundation.
Pagkatapos ng Rebolusyon
Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo
Walang nagbago, walang nag-iba
Sa lakad at pakay ng mga nilikha.
Naroon pa rin sa kanto ang Santol
Ang batang magsasampagita,
Inilalako ang puri at kamusmusang
Tumanda na.
Banilin pa rin ang magdidiyaryong
Kamatayang sumasabit sa mga estribo.
Sa Impong Sela, nakikipamista pa rin,
Nagrosaryo sa Edsa, natulog, kumain,
Sumilong siya noon sa tangkeng pumarada,
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