Rizal: The Hero as Traveller
Lecture by Prof. Ambeth Ocampo on the
occasion of the one-year anniversary of the Island Tides Initiative
Island Tides Inititative
- Department for Artistic Strategies
The Island Tides Initiative is pleased to collaborate on a lecture by
Prof. Ambeth Ocampo, initiated by the Embassy of the Philippines in Austria, focusing on the travels of José Rizal, the national
hero of the Philippines. Titled “Rizal: The Hero as Traveller”, Prof. Ocampo will explore how Rizal’s journeys, particularly
to Austria, shaped his philosophical and political ideas, which played a significant role in the emergence of the Philippine
nation.
While the words travel and tourism are often used interchangeably,
there is a difference between the two: a tourist travels for leisure, while a traveller seeks an experience as a means of
understanding himself in the context of the foreign. Rizal was deeply shaped by his travels, and reflecting on them helps
us understand his life and the ideas that influenced the Philippines’ path to nationhood.
Following the lecture,
the Island Tides Initiative invites you to a reception with H.E. Ambassador Evangelina Lourdes A. Bernas of the Embassy of
the Philippines in Austria to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the initiative.
This event is organized in
collaboration with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Embassy of the Philippines in Austria, with the
support of the Office of Senator Loren Legarda.
