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Development of Science and Technology in The Philippines

This document summarizes indigenous science and technologies in the Philippines. It describes traditional medical practices including the use of herbs, oils, and folk healing techniques. It also outlines traditional methods for food preservation like salting, drying, and fermentation. Indigenous farming practices such as swidden farming are discussed. The document also provides brief overviews of traditional energy production through charcoal burning, as well as art forms like weaving, jewelry-making, pottery, woodcarving, and tattooing. Burial practices involving mummification are also summarized. The second part of the document outlines the primary goals and pillars of the Philippine Development Plan to build a future with a high quality of life for Filipinos.

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Development of Science and Technology in The Philippines

This document summarizes indigenous science and technologies in the Philippines. It describes traditional medical practices including the use of herbs, oils, and folk healing techniques. It also outlines traditional methods for food preservation like salting, drying, and fermentation. Indigenous farming practices such as swidden farming are discussed. The document also provides brief overviews of traditional energy production through charcoal burning, as well as art forms like weaving, jewelry-making, pottery, woodcarving, and tattooing. Burial practices involving mummification are also summarized. The second part of the document outlines the primary goals and pillars of the Philippine Development Plan to build a future with a high quality of life for Filipinos.

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GSTS | Saint Louis University (PH)

Study guide, definitions & notes

Development of Science & Technology in the


Philippines
Sunday, 3 October 2021 1:28 pm

➢ Indigenous science & technologies in the PH

A. Medical Care & Health Practices


1. Traditional Self-Medication
- Chinese oils/ointments
- Folk healing techniques
• Ventosa
2. Local Healers
- Variety of treatment like use of herbs & roots
➢ Various types of healers
• Midwives
• Masseurs
• Specialists
• Faith healers
• Folk healers - indigenous allies
- In CAR, kankana-ey women are healers (mambunongs)
- For people of Badeo: unseen beings & spirits = diseases

B. Food preservation
1. Salted coupled with drying as preservative
- Salted, smoke and/or dried fish and meat products are staples if filo
diets & cuisine
2. Salt coupled with fermentation as preservative
- Bagoong & patis
3. Fat as a preservative
- Certain way of cooking a dish with fat to preserve it for more than a
week.

C. Farming Practices
1. Swidden farming
- Described as the oldest form of agroforestry practice in Ifugao.
• Apuyan (burning) - done to avoid unwanted burning damages to
adjacent areas
• Latong (fencing) - fences are established
• Mungabut (weeding) - removal of unwanted grasses
2. Seed preservation and storage and crop protection

D. Energy Production
• Charcoal burning
- Charcoal is a domestic fuel for cooking & heating.
- Ham-ak approach generates more and better-quality charcoal but
requires close monitoring.
- Charcoal is the most popular barbecue fuel in the world.

E. Art & Crafts


1. Weaving
Art of weaving in Cordillera (north)

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- Art of weaving in Cordillera (north)
- Piña cloth; produced Antique, popularly used in barong tagalog
- Abaca fiber; came from abaca plant, popular in making a rope,
handbag.
2. Jewelry making
- 2 major product category of fine jewelry:
• Precious metal jewelry (gold & silver)
• Pearls, precious stones & semi-precious stones; precious
gemstones
3. Pottery
- Usually w/ geometric design
- Palayok, kalan
4. Woodcarving
- Carvings of the anitos, saints, statues of Christ & Blessed mother
5. Tattoo
• "batok" - general term for tattoos
- Widespread in CAR w/ different terms
- Inscription of culture in the body, memories, tradition & ethnic
identity
- Tattoos were found on mummies
- Female mambabatoks were rare
- Used to be a painful rite of passage

F. Burial
- Mummifying of Ibalois using salt and herbs & fire
- Might take up to 2 years
- Wooden tomb

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PH Development Plan
Sunday, 3 October 2021 1:31 pm

PDP - Philippine Development Plan


➢ Primary Goal
To build a future where every Filipino enjoys a matatag, maginhawa, at panatag
na buhay

➢ AmBisyon Natin 2040


Executive order signed by the President

Target Pillar Strategic


outcome
High Trust & Resilient Society • Trust
Pillar 1: “Malasakit” • Justice
Enhancing the social fabric • Respect

Inclusive grown Pillar II: “Pagbabago” • Economic


Inequality-reducing equality
Transformation • Human
valuation
• Protection
• Security
Globally competitive knowledge Pillar III: “Patuloy na • Social growth
Economy Pagunlad” • Economic
Increasing growth potential Growth

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