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Reading in Philippine History - Lesson 1

This document discusses the definition and methodology of history as an academic discipline. It explains that history was traditionally defined as the study of the past through written documents, but this definition has broadened to include additional valid historical sources like oral traditions, artifacts, and collaborations with other fields. The document examines what counts as legitimate evidence in history and how the discipline's philosophy has progressed over time to be more inclusive of various civilizations and social groups.

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Reading in Philippine History - Lesson 1

This document discusses the definition and methodology of history as an academic discipline. It explains that history was traditionally defined as the study of the past through written documents, but this definition has broadened to include additional valid historical sources like oral traditions, artifacts, and collaborations with other fields. The document examines what counts as legitimate evidence in history and how the discipline's philosophy has progressed over time to be more inclusive of various civilizations and social groups.

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Reading in

Philippine History
Mr. Herwin S. Gatdula
Lesson 1

Introduction to History: Definition,


Issues, Sources, and Methodology
Learning Objectives
 Understand the meaning of history as an
academic discipline
 Familiarize the underlying philosophy
and methodology f the discipline
 Apply the knowledge in historical
methodology and philosophy in
assessing and analyzing existing
historical narratives
 Examine and assess critically the value of
historical evidences and sources
 Appreciate the importance of history in
the social and national life of the
Philippines
What do we want to know?
Tackles the task of
History as a discipline the historian as the
and as a narrative arbiter of facts and Definition of the history
evidences

Analyze the distinction


Discuss several issues in between primary and
history secondary sources
So, what is history?

This is not wrong…. It does not


give justice
to the
complexity
of the
Has always been known as subject
the study of the past

places
dates
and its
importance
to human
civilization
names events
Wars,
revolutions and
other important
In the early parts of 20th
breakthroughs
century, history became
an important academic
Existed 2,400 discipline
years ago

Became known as the account historian’s duty


Monarchs,
of the past of a person or a to write about
heroes,
group of people through written the lives of
saints and
documents and historical important
nobilities
evidences individuals
It is thus important to ask:

What counts as history?


It means that unless
a written document
can prove a certain
historical event,
then it cannot be
considered as a
historical fact.
Traditional historians lived
with the mantra of “no
documents no history”.
Progressed and opened up the possibility of valid
historical sources, which where not limited to written
documents.

Giving premium to written documents essentially


invalidates the history of other civilizations that do not
keep written records.

Some were keener on passing their history by word of


mouth. Others got their historical documents burned
or destroyed in the events of war or colonization
Discrimination
Restricting historical Social Classes
evidence as
exclusively written is
Nobilities,
Was monarchs,
recognized elite and
by the middle class
historians

Peasant or
Loophole Epics, songs,
indigenous
They started artifacts,
groups
using other architecture, Were not given
historical and memory much thought
sources
With the aid of
Became more
archeologists,
inclusive and
historians can use
started
artifacts from
collaborating with
bygone era to study
other disciplines
ancient civilizations

Scientists can help


Linguists can also with the study of
helpful in tracing the past through
historical evolutions analyzing genetic
and DNA patterns
of human society

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