Our collective stories at the Museo ng Muntinlupa

First of 2 parts

WHEN we talk about history as the study of the past, we often look at the stories of leaders. This is because the traditional way of studying history is based on documents. In a recent column, my fellow Manila Times columnist, historian Van Ybiernas, wrote about how we learned from our professors in the university that "records have a bias in favor of the wealthy and educated who have the ability to keep written records of [past] events."