Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 47

Desktop Mascot.View from my work table: laptop, monitor, calendar, pens, and lording it over the clutter “Rizal in Bahag holdin...

Desktop Mascot.
View from my work table: laptop, monitor, calendar, pens, and lording it over the clutter “Rizal in Bahag holding a gong” or better still “Indio-genius” a precious gift from National Artist Kidlat Tahimik.



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Entrance to the recently concluded show on the Manila Galleon at the Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore highlighted by Juan L...

Entrance to the recently concluded show on the Manila Galleon at the Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore highlighted by Juan Luna’s painting of a woman in a Manton de Manila (Ayala Museum Collection) and an impressive 18th century relief on Philippine Hardwood depicting the Immaculate Conception (Intramuros Administration) a pity that the show can’t travel as is to Manila because many objects borrowed from all over the world will never be exhibited together again as it was at ACM. Grateful for...

Over 40 years ago I assisted a visiting ethnomusicologist document and record a Pabasa in Pampanga over three days. Today I was ...

Over 40 years ago I assisted a visiting ethnomusicologist document and record a Pabasa in Pampanga over three days. Today I was invited to a Pabasa in Cardona, Rizal and heard a different kind of chanting. Text in old Tagalog was beautiful.



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Freud was in one of the side chapels of San Agustin Church, Intramuros this afternoon, and asked to be set on a "Palmesel" or "P...

Freud was in one of the side chapels of San Agustin Church, Intramuros this afternoon, and asked to be set on a "Palmesel" or "Palm Donkey."
In some places in medieval Europe an image of Jesus Christ, on an a donkey, was paraded on Palm Sunday to mark his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. In the Philippines we are more concerned with "plasmas" so the poor donkey wasn't set up in the cloister together with the other religious images on carriages for Holy Week processions.



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No Rest for the Wicked. Thursday morning, delivered the Opening Keynote [Left, Photo by Bernie] at the First International ...

No Rest for the Wicked.
Thursday morning, delivered the Opening Keynote [Left, Photo by Bernie] at the First International Conference on Kapampangan Cuisine and Food Tourism at Holy Angel University. Friday morning, delivered a lecture on Philippine Presidents followed by an open forum with Leni Robredo [Right] at the College of St. Benilde, DLSU System.
My Inquirer column today, drawn from the opening keynote is on finding and reading identity from recipe books. Click on the link for ...

Great Libraries of the World. With the closure of the Great Reading Room in the old British Library, the next best thing is the...

Great Libraries of the World.
With the closure of the Great Reading Room in the old British Library, the next best thing is the dome of the main reading room in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. It looks wonderful to research here, but unfortunately the Filipiniana primary sources I need are in a more austere reading room in the nearby Madison Building.



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While women are said to carry half the world, their voice is seldom heard in HIS-tory because most Philippine history is recorde...

While women are said to carry half the world, their voice is seldom heard in HIS-tory because most Philippine history is recorded or written by men.
My Inquirer column today is on the earliest recorded travel account of the Philippines by a woman named Ana d'Almeida published in 1863. Click the link to access the column
https://opinion.inquirer.net/172170/w...



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When in the National Gallery of Singapore, I always visit the Philippine works in their retelling of Southeast Asian History. On...

When in the National Gallery of Singapore, I always visit the Philippine works in their retelling of Southeast Asian History. One wall in one hall is most relevant to me. It is where I feel at home even when abroad. From left to right: Juan Luna’s “El Violinista (on loan from Lopez Myseum), Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo’s “La Banca” (on loan from Eleuterio Pascual Estate), two versions of Luna’s “Espana y Filipinas” (left NGS collection, right on loan from Lopez Museum), finally a copy of Luna’s po...

Contrary to popular belief, even Ambeth Ocampo needs a pat on the back every now and then. Thank you Ateneo de Manila University...

Contrary to popular belief, even Ambeth Ocampo needs a pat on the back every now and then. Thank you Ateneo de Manila University for appreciating the work I do in classroom teaching and Public History.



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Contrary to popular belief, even Ambeth Ocampo needs a pat on the back every now and then. Thank you to the Ateneo de Manila Uni...

Contrary to popular belief, even Ambeth Ocampo needs a pat on the back every now and then. Thank you to the Ateneo de Manila University for appreciating the work I do in classroom teaching and Public History.



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