R.I.P., Rest in Pieces: Mnemonic Transnationality, Travel, and Translation of the Marcos Burial in the Heroes’ Cemetery

• Main Author: Martin, Jocelyn
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Lieu de mémoire; Memory; Philippines; Libingan ng mga Bayani; Agency; Body; Asian History; History
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/english-faculty-pubs/120; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10767-019-09330-x
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

On 18 November 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte allowed the interment of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani or Heroes’ Cemetery. This essay interrogates the discrepancy between two mnemonic signifiers that lay claim to patriotism and nationhood: the Libingan and...