Far from Isolation: The Spatial Politics of the Relocation of the Main Campus of the University of the Philippines, 1930s–1970s

• Main Author: Pante, Michael D
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: Manila; Quezon City; Diliman; the University of the Philippines; urbanization; education; suburbs; urban poor; radicalism; historical geography; Education; History; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies; Urban Studies and Planning
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/78; https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/2352
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The first campus of the University of the Philippines, which was founded in 1908, was located in Ermita, Manila. Three decades later, its location in the rapidly urbanizing and politically volatile capital led university and government officials to move the university to Diliman in suburban Quezon C...