Ano ang sabi sa lapida? Isang pag-aaral ng mga lapida sa Tagalog Region noong 1860 hanggang 1950

The 4th Consuelo J. Paz Lecture
26 March 2025 | Wednesday | 1:00 PM
Pilar Herrera Hall, Palma Hall

To register for this free and public F2F lecture, please go to <bit.ly/PazLecture>.

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To honor Dr. Paz’s unparalleled contributions to Philippine linguistics and culture studies, the UP Department of Linguistics launched the Consuelo J. Paz Lecture in 2019, as a biennial lecture to be given by a distinguished scholar, whose body of work in the field of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics, and cultural studies enriches our knowledge of language & culture and promotes Philippine languages & dialects.

The 4th Paz Lecture will be given by Prof. Grace Barretto-Tesoro of the UP School of Archaeology (UPSA).

ABSTRACT

Ang lecture na ito ay tungkol sa aking pag-aaral sa mga lapida na matatagpuan sa loob ng mga simbahan na itinatag noong panahon ng mga Kastila. Nakapokus ang pag-aaral sa mga nakaukit na salita at disenyo at kaugnayan nito sa kamatayan, paniniwala, hinagpis, at kaginhawaan. Ang mga nakaukit na salita ay nagsasabi din ng katayuan o estado ng taong namatay. Nais kong magtapos sa pamamagitan ng pagbigay diin sa pagsakop ng mga Pilipino sa isang espasyo ng isang kolonyal na institusyon.

BIONOTE

Grace Barretto-Tesoro is a Professor at the UP School of Archaeology (UPSA), where she served as Director during two terms (2017-2020 and 2021-2024). Her scholarly work focuses on mortuary practices, status, identity, cosmology, and historical archaeology. After completing her Diploma and MA in Archaeology from UP Diliman, she earned her PhD in Archaeology from the University of Cambridge in 2007. Her doctoral research explored the agency of local populations in the Philippines, examining how communities asserted and negotiated their identities through material culture, particularly earthenware pottery and foreign ceramics. This work was published in the 2008 book, “Identity and Reciprocity in 15th Century Philippines”.

Through UP Press, she published two books: the edited volume “Exploring Philippine Cemeteries” in 2016 and “The Ruins of Pinagbayanan: A Photo-Essay on the Archaeology of a Late Nineteenth Century Philippine Town” in 2021.

She served as editor for “Hukay: Journal for Archaeological Research in Asia and the Pacific” (1998-2003, 2007-2016) “Social Science Diliman” (2019-2021). In 2025, she will edit two volumes for the Banwaan Journal.

She has been appointed as: a Committee member of the National Museum for deliberating significant cultural properties (2015-2020), SPAFA Journal Editorial Board member (2016-2020); a member of the Institute for Southeast Asian Archaeology Early Career Award Committee (2014-2024); and Executive Council representative for UPSA at the National Committee on Monuments and Sites of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (2023-present).

Her work has been recognised through awards such as the ONE UP Professorial Chair for Research and Public Service (2022-2024), UP-Scientist-1 designation (2022-2024); multiple UP Diliman Centennial Professorial Chairs, Centennial Faculty Grants, and International Publication Awards. In 2022, she was inducted as an Associate Member of the National Research Council of the Philippines.

Since 1999, she has been an active member of the Kapisanan ng mga Arkeologist sa Pilipinas, Inc. Through the UP-Extension Grants and in partnership with local government units and TUKLAS Pilipinas, she works to promote heritage consciousness among high school teachers and heritage groups in Batangas.