Intramuros Learning Sessions episode no. 11
Overview
The Philippine post-colonial ideology saw the emergence of cultural growth as an integral part of national development. Culture, history, and heritage play a fundamental role in shaping the meaning of being a Filipino. This talk will discuss the policy history that fundamentally shaped the practice of built heritage conservation in the Philippines—set it in its cultural and political context. Policies and frameworks may seem to be one of the many subjects that constitute the heritage conservation discipline, but it holds lasting implications and plays a crucial role in shaping our future in general, and the future of our past—our heritage.
- Guest speaker: Claudia Montero
- Moderator: Rancho Arcilla
About the Speaker: Claudia Montero
Claudia Isabelle Violeta Montero has a Masters Degree in Architecture from the University of Santo Tomas and a Master in Philosophy from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is at present an incoming PhD student at the Department of History at the later university.
Her main academic interests are in history and historiography of colonial urban spaces (in the Philippines), built heritage, and heritage conservation practice. She is additionally interested in the articulation of the national politics of memory and identity.
In 2018 she was a Junior Fellow for the Global Humanities Campus at the Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. An active member of the International Committee for Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), she has been involved in several heritage activities in the Philippines.
About the moderator: Rancho Arcilla
John Paul Escandor Arcilla, known professionally as Rancho Arcilla, is the author of the Intramuros Register of Styles (2021). He served as Chairperson of the Intramuros Technical Committee on Architectural Standards (TCAS) from June 2022 to May 2024. As TCAS Chairperson, Arcilla oversaw the review of all development, including new constructions, in the Walled City.
Arcilla was also the first Archivist of the Intramuros Administration. With a mandate from Atty. Guiller Asido, Administrator of Intramuros from 2017 to 2022, Arcilla established the Administration’s Archives and Central Records Section, serving as its first Section Head from July 2019 to June 2024.
He has an MA in Philippine Studies from UP Diliman and a BA in Asian Studies from the University of Santo Tomas. Arcilla specializes on colonial architecture.
In 2021, Arcilla was instrumental in the development of the Revised 2021 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Presidential Decree No. 1616, the main framework and legal instrument in the management of Intramuros District. The architectural provisions of the IRR and the Intramuros Register of Styles (2021) is based on his MA thesis Walls within Walls: The Architecture of Intramuros (2021).
About the Intramuros Learning Sessions
The Intramuros Learning Sessions (ILS) is the educational lecture series of the Intramuros Administration (IA). The IA is an attached national government agency under the Department of Tourism.
Topics are interdisciplinary and cover themes related to Intramuros and Manila studies, Philippine studies, as well as cultural heritage studies. Pursuant to IA’s charter, the ILS aims to contribute to the strengthening of the Filipino’s national identity and sense of belonging and pride.
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