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History

1. FINAL

2.   Chapter 5 Critical Evaluation and Promotion of Local and Oral History, Museums, Historical Shrines, Cultural Performances, Indigenous Practices, Religious Rites and Rituals

3. LESSON 1. Local and Oral History as Fields of study

4. History is the study of life in society in the past , in all its aspect, in relation to present developments and future hopes. It is the story of man in time, an inquiry into the past based on evidence. It is a field of study towards an inquiry into what happened in the past, when it happened, and how it happened. It is an inquiry into the inevitable changes in human affairs in the past and the ways these changes affect, influence or determine the patterns of life in the society, hence, It is an attempt to re-think the past. Moreover, history thus helps us to understand the present-day problems both at the national and international level accurately and objectively.

5. The “history of the (local) common people” is often, if not always, neglected without knowing that their “history” is indispensable to fully and holistically understand the history of the whole nation, hence, capsulizing “history of the common people” of different localities is undeniably imperative towards coming up with a bigger picture of national history. It is interesting to note that local and oral history works complementarily as they provide methods and processes to further go beyond the sensible reality of lived experiences and histories of the people towards discovering their meaning and significance and making it relevant to the lives of the people and to the whole nation as well.

6. As pointed out by Candelaria et.al., 2018, historical shrines and museums are portals of the past. In addition, tangible and non-tangible cultural heritage which include crafts, clothing, metallic inventions, language patterns, dancing practices, wedding ceremonies, local social psychology, other cultural objects and the like that used for survival are also living testimonies and integral part of history of a particular group of people.

7. However, many local “stories” are not being written or documented in one way or another that can serve as a repository of cultural knowledge and understanding . Hence, lack of cultural intelligence is still a pressing issue even unto this time. But with the advent of modernization and with the aid of technology, everything is already accessible, making almost of global citizens interactive, even cultural aspects such as shrines, museums, and the like.

8. LOCAL HISTORY Meaning, Scope, Importance, and Sources

9. (Meaning) Local history is the study of people , places , factual events, cultural heritage , genealogy ( the study of family origins and history) , and folklore ( the whole of oral traditions shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes tales, myths, legends, proverbs, poems, jokes, and other oral traditions .) of particular geographical area .

10. (Scope ) Landscape history : a single building (such as a castle, an archaeological site, a church and graveyard, a monument – or your school), a street Geo-political history : an area like a village or housing estate, a whole town. Local culture , indigenous knowledge systems and practices of a particular group in a geographical area, folklore, myths, epic, and songs/music. Family history , life of a particular individual, etc.

11. (Importance) It gives us a holistic view about crucial and controversial events that took place (or are taking place) in our local communities and its effect vis-à-vis to national affairs. It paves the way to clear understanding of historical patterns and their connections with each other that procures vivid view of history in general. allows us to study national events within the context of local communities

12. (Sources) Local environments Example: google maps, street signage, old post-boxes, signs, plaques foot scrapers and other forms of street furniture building clues monuments, landmarks, drawings, paintings, photographs, house plans, building plans, documents from local priests land titles from LGU or Registry of Deeds,

13. eyewitnesses, archaeological crafts, school records, newspapers, journals, letters etc. (Methodology) Interview, content analysis for documents, archival research, archaeological excavations

14. ORAL HISTORY: Meaning, Scope, Importance, and Sources

15. (Meaning) Oral history is the systematic collection of living people’s testimony about their own experiences . (Park, 2013) can be defined as the recording, preservation and interpretation of historical information, based on the personal experiences and opinions of the speaker. ( Centre for Urban History-University of Leicester )

16. (Scope) Geo-political history : an area like a village or housing estate, a whole town. Local culture , indigenous knowledge systems and practices of a particular group in a geographical area, folklore, myths, music history, epic, etc. Family history, life of a particular individual, etc

17. (Importance) helps us understand how individuals and communities experienced the forces of history. Teaches us what has changed and what has stayed the same over time. preserves for future generations a sound portrait of who we are in the present and what we remember about the past . (Baylor University Manual for Oral History)

18. (Sources) Eyewitnesses Priests tribal elders members of a particular group.

19. (Methodology and Ethics) Oral interview, recording (audio-video) but needs informed consent, and data transcription.

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