Intramuros: memory, violence and national becoming in Manila

Robert Mason; Lauren Istvandity

doi:10.1080/13527258.2018.1475405

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Intramuros: memory, violence and national becoming in Manila

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Intramuros: memory, violence and national becoming in Manila

Robert Mason and Lauren Istvandity

International Journal of Heritage Studies, Vol.24(10), pp.1053-1067

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2018.1475405

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Built Environment and Design

Studies in Human Society

History and Archaeology

colonialism

authorised heritage discourse (AHD)

suffering

memory

violence

Fort Santiago marks the site at which Spanish forces began the consolidation of the conquest of the Philippines, guarding the capital city of Manila from the 1590s. The fort, now in the heart of the Intramuros heritage precinct, was almost destroyed during the Second World War. It was gradually reconstructed in the decades that followed, and formed a centrepiece for the 1998 centennial celebrations of Philippine independence. It is now one of Manila's most popular attractions, with visitors walking along the restored walls and exploring the Shrine to Freedom. The site memorialises José Rizal, a writer and leader of the Philippine independence movement, who was executed by the Spanish in Fort Santiago in 1896. By focussing on his last moments, the Rizal Shrine coopts a language of martyrdom and redemptive suffering, from which a nation was born and continues to evolve. The use of Rizal in the site marginalises alternative forms of suffering that might otherwise challenge the state's use of violence. The tensions between a politicised authorised heritage discourse and acts of legitimated historical violence reveal the ethical dilemmas that exist when heritage management deliberately eulogises some forms of suffering and marginalises others.

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Title: Intramuros: memory, violence and national becoming in Manila
Authors: Robert Mason (Author) - Griffith University
Lauren Istvandity (Author) - Griffith University
Publication details: International Journal of Heritage Studies, Vol.24(10), pp.1053-1067
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2018
DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2018.1475405
ISSN: 1352-7258
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450839302621
Output Type: Journal article

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