Dispatches: Contestations and Celebrations on the Filipino Heritage Consciousness by Edgar Allan M. Sembrano is a collection of articles and reports which have been previously published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer in 2013 to 2018. Covering a range of topics in the arts, culture, heritage, and heritage conservation, the book sums up the state of the Philippine cultural landscape in recent years defined by both natural and man-made calamities, and heightened consciousness on heritage preservation.

1.Philippines ? History. 2.Philippines ? Social life and customs. 3.Philippines ? Civilization.