Lecture 1 - HISTORY.pptx

HISTORY Definition, Nature, and Importance History  Historia (Spanish)  Historie (French)  Gesichte (German)  STORY History  Greek noun Historie or Historia  Learning, inquiry or investigation  Used by the Greek Philosopher Aristotle. History  Kasaysay...

HISTORY Definition, Nature, and Importance History  Historia (Spanish)  Historie (French)  Gesichte (German)  STORY History  Greek noun Historie or Historia  Learning, inquiry or investigation  Used by the Greek Philosopher Aristotle. History  Kasaysayan (Filipino)  Salaysay – narrative or a story  Saysay – meaning  Without both, you cannot have true history. (Ambeth Ocampo, 2014) History  It is a branch of Social Sciences that deals with the systematic study of the past, a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events and which concerns people and human nature. Historiography  It refers to the study of history itself.  It analyzes who is the history writer, the motives of the writer, the sources of the writer, theories applied and other historical records. Elements of HISTORY  The Historian  Place  Period  Sources Nature of History as an Academic Discipline History has no subject matter of its own Covers all the persons and all events that have happened in the past. Cover everything that has happened in the society including all aspects from political, economic, social, culture. History synthesizes knowledge from other fields Analyzes the relations of different events, their cause and effects using also the knowledge used in other fields of Social Sciences such as Anthropology, Sociology, Economics, etc. History illuminates pieces of the past Provides explanation of things that happened in the past. By looking at the relationships of different events and phenomena, it provides explanations for unexplainable gaps. History is constantly changing An historian makes an analysis based only on available sources of data. When new data are discovered, previous historical accounts can be changed. History in Relation to other Social Science Archaeology Scientific study of material remains of past human life and activities. Through investigations of artifacts, the historian can draw important analysis and interpretation for them and make description of the lives and culture of people that owned the artifacts. Archeologist Anthropology The study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relation, and culture. Anthropologist  Importance of the Study of History  It provides us with the capacity to analyze previous events and phenomena which therefore will provide us with proper basis on how to view the present and the future. Will provide us with a strong basis for providing answers for problems that pervades at present. Our historical view will in itself provide us with the manner by which we view the present and how we prepare for the future. E. Kent Rogers To know about the roots of our current culture. To learn about human nature by looking at the trend that repeat through history. To learn about mistakes of those who have gone before us. Ambeth Ocampo History can be a mere narrative of past events, while kasaysayan is not just a narrative or salaysay – it must have saysay or meaning. Saysay gives us a way or looking at the world, a Filipino viewpoint that influences the way we see the past, the present, and hopefully the future. Ambeth Ocampo History is making people see their past, thereby giving them a sense of being Filipinos. If memory gives us our individual identities, then history will contribute to a national memory and eventually national identity. HISTORY DOES NOT REPEAT ITSELF. WE REPEAT HISTORY. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPDLYjN_oQY Xiao Time: Ano ang Kasaysayan