Thematic History

• Misinterpretation


  The act of forming a wrong understanding
• Misconception


  The act of forming wrong judgment towards something
• Disinformation


  The act of altering information with the intent to deceive
• Misrepresentation


  A false or misleading statement or a material omission which renders other statements misleading, with intent to deceive
• Deconstruction


  A form of philosophical and literary analysis that questions the fundamental conceptual distinctions, or "oppositions," in Western philosophy through a close examination of the language and logic of philosophical and literary texts
• Partial Interpretation


  • Applying when a certain text is not interpreted holistically
• Historical Revisionism


  • The collective noun for a group of historians is an "argumentation," and for good reason. At the very dawn of historical inquiry in the West, historians were already wrestling over the past, attacking each other, debating the purposes and uses of historical knowledge, choosing different subjects to pursue, and arguing about how to pursue them.
• History is written by Victors is popularized by Winston Churchill (2019). This notion provides the authority of writing history to those who conquers. During the period of colonization, several revolutionary works or pieces are eliminated for the sake of maintaining colonial power.
• Decolonization


  • A movement to trace historical events or happenstance that are written without prejudice by colonization
• The Contest of Facts: History is always in the making


  • This trend is also known as "Not all are written by victors". This saw decolonization practices are excessively done which is anchored with political agenda, debunking, fanatism and ethnocentric ideas.
• Neutrality stigma


  The reason why we often reject the concept of debate in history, as being neutral means to not support anything, even the good in the face of the bad.
• Uncertainty


  The reason why we often tend to be silent because of the fear that we lack understanding and analysis of the information.
• Ethics for Historians


  • Don't plagiarize. Acknowledge authors.
  • Faithfully transcribe your sources. Do not embellish.
  • Don't ignore contradictory evidence. Always open to learn.
  • Acknowledge your biases. Challenge your views.
  • Acknowledge the biases in your source material. Scrutinize
  • Maintain transparency in research. Do not conclude a story-telling-a-lie.
  • Use the most up-to-date data available. Acknowledge soundness of data.
  • Have your work read critically by those in the know. Work with others.
  • Be professional. Be educated when committing mistake.
  • Always back up your research. Document properly.
• Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.
• Phases of Philippine history

  • Colonization
  • Decolonization
  • Political and Cultural History
  • Modern History
• Biases are common. However, intentional alteration of facts and resistance to learning is dangerous.
• Yellow journalism


  A suitable source for fake news corpus in cases of obvious or exposed falsification, fabrication, or exaggeration, and may require investigation.
• Hoaxing


  Another type of deliberate fabrication or falsification in the mainstream or social media. Attempts to deceive audiences masquerade as news and may be picked up and mistakenly validated by traditional news outlets.
• News satire sites, news parody, a.k.a. literally fake news


  One specific genre with numerous sites that present news in a format typical of mainstream journalism but rely heavily on irony and deadpan humor to emulate a genuine news source, mimicking credible news sources and stories, and often achieving wide distribution.