History has served as both a target and a tool of politics. Historical revisionism and misinformation is currently saturating social media with backlash taking the form of deploying history as a means to forward political moral standards. Why is this the case? What is the relationship between History and Politics? How is History written? How can we have better conversations about History? We discuss this and more with our friend Mike Tabuyan who, as a citizen-academic, is currently engaged in the popularization of Philippine history.
0:00 Music
0:11 Intro
0:45 Politics and History
4:50 Mike Tabuyan and History engagements
9:40 How Mike got into Polsci and History
20:30 What is the relationship between Political Science and History
24:50 How is history written? History is written by the winners?
28:30 History for our generation and Historical Contestation
31:20 How can History writing be objective?
38:40 Dealing with many voices within History
42:10 How do historians handle debates and the multiplicity of historical narratives?
50:00 Bridging National and Local History
53:20 The issue of using History in promoting moral standards
56:40 Historians and the political discourse
1:05:50 How should we teach political history?
1:18:20 Recommendations
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Recommendations:
Talking history: Conversations with Teodoro Agoncillo
https://www.lazada.com.ph/products/talking-history-conversations-with-teodoro-a-agoncillo-by-ambeth-r-ocampo-i1210064104.html
Ambeth Ocampo books
https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/ambeth-r-ocampo/859743/
https://shopee.ph/New-Complete-Looking-Back-Series-by-Ambeth-R.-Ocampo-(15-books)-with-FREE-4-pcs.-blank-notebook-i.16154913.13320752553
Veneration Without understanding by Renato Constantino
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00472337185390141?journalCode=rjoc20
Kasaysayan: The Story of the Filipino People
https://www.amazon.com/Kasaysayan-Story-Filipino-People/dp/9622582249
Thucydides and the Meaning of Political History by Leo Strauus
https://fdocuments.in/document/leo-strauss-thucydides-meaning-of-political-history-ocr.html
Theses on the Philosophy of History by Walter Benjamin
https://www.sfu.ca/~andrewf/CONCEPT2.html
Social Science and Humanism by Leo Strauss
https://archive.org/stream/LeoStraussSocialScienceHumanism1956/Leo%20Strauss%20-%20Social%20Science%20%26%20Humanism%20%5B1956%5D_djvu.txt
Ang Babae sa Septic Tank part 3
https://www.netflix.com/title/81499164
History with Lourd
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5HOfFlVmenbP-Qg5vICWpaPigCg3lKl0
