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Ambeth Ocampo

(1961) Historian

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Ambeth Ocampo is a historian.

Quick Facts About Ambeth Ocampo

Born: January 1, 1961
Profession: Historian

About Ambeth Ocampo

[Wikidata] Filipino historian... | [Wikipedia] Ambeth Raymundo Ocampo is a Filipino public historian, academic, cultural administrator, journalist, author, and independent curator. He is best known for his definitive writings about Philippines' national hero José Rizal, and for popularizing Philippine history and art through Looking Back, his lo

Quotes by Ambeth Ocampo

“Even a quick reading of Rizal's trial will prove that those who take Constantino's works uncritically are likewise guilty of "Veneration Without…

Learning

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“I was to discover that like the overcoat that snugly wraps Rizal in all his statues and photographs, Rizal is obscured by…

Philippine-history

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“We make Rizal in our own image and likeness. Our image of Rizal is usually formed or deformed in school through numerous…

Rizal

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“Mahirap ngayon ang educational system. They're out for the degree, not knowledge.”

Education

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“If we cannot agree on what was important yesterday, what more on events that happened a hundred or three hundred years ago?…

History

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“Doreen Fernandez' foreword to "Rizal Without the Overcoat": His essays remind us that history need not and should not be relegated to…

History

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“Rizal's greatest misfortune is being national hero of the Philippines.”

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“Filipinos have an aversion to blank walls.”

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“Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country?”

Colonization

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“Rizal" is a compulsory course in school, but few teachers make Rizal's novels interesting. If students are taught to enjoy Rizal's works…

Mind reading

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