Part 1

• to reconstruct our precolonial history

  • curiosity, remove pre-conceived biases
  • sources we can use are very oral, can be changed and mahirap identify ang origin
  • physical evidence intentional na sinisira sometimes
• modern nation state boundaries - pagsstate ng limitations and boundaries are products of colonialism (wala sa panahon ng precolonial)
• Pilipinas bilang bahagi ng TS Asia

  • modern nation state boundaries
  • pag-igting ng panloob na ugnayan ng mga komunidad sa kapuluan + ugnayang panlabas sa mga kapitbahay na estado
  • pakikipag-ugnayan sa malalayong kaharian like china, japan
• Sinaunang Pamayanan (sources)

  
  

  • oral sources
  • written accounts
  • archaeological evidence
• oral sources/traditions - pinapayaman ang pag-ugnawa sa isang punto ng kasaysayan na wala pang nakasulat na talaga tungkol sa ating kasaysayan
• who made the oral sources?

  our ancestors or sinaunang pilipino
• examples of oral sources

  • epiko
  • tradisyong pasalita
  • kwentong bayan
• written accounts

  • the very first written texts
  • there are also chinese accounts, arabic or sanskrit accounts but spanish accounts were more extensive and detailed
• who was the first one to document our history?

  mga paring missionaries
• what was the content of parish missionaries?

  inilarawan ang mga doings ng spanish and pamumuhay/estado ng mga katutubong nadatnan nila sa pilipinas
• what are the characteristics of these parish missionaries?

  • contains "untampered" precolonial culture
  • written by people na "tagalabas" so magkakaroon ng contrast/perspective (bias)
• examples of written accounts

  • mission accounts
  • spanish chronicles
• archaeological evidence

  • ceramics or mga banga
  • materyal na kultura
  • living heritage/tangible heritage
• boxer codex (late 16th century) - offer some of the earliest images of people living in the archipelago and its Asian neighbors at the time
• boxer codex - first depictions, images, or evidence of indigenous people