INDIGENIZING

THE SOCIAL
SCIENCES
Indigenizing
is a process of making something or someone more native to suit a
local culture, especially through the used of more indigenous
people.

Social Sciences
is a category of academic discipline concerned with society and the
relationships among indiviuals within a society.
 Indigenization in Social
Science
The indigenization crisis currently happening in the social
sciences stems from the inability of a researcher to
observe and interpret social phenomena from the
perspective and the meaning systems of the culture within
which the research is taking place and from which data is
to be gathered.
Filipinology

(Filipino: Filipinolohiya)
or Philippine studies
refers to the study of the
Phillipines and the
Filipino people.
Did you know?
Filipinology was
developed in the
University of the
Philippines.
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Belinda A. Aquino
Filipinology pioneer

Former director of the center

for Philippine studies.
 Purpose

Learning goals of Filipinology include the comprehension,

appreciation, and critical evaluation of the Philippines
through Philippine History, contemporary issues in
Philippine community, and Philippine Humanities such as
Filipino philosophy, Filipino music, Filipino art, Philippine
literature, and Philippine dance.
The incorporation of Philippine Humanities
through literary readings, listening to musical
recordings, film viewings, and field trips provide
development of cultural acceptance and
aesthetic sense.
Filipinologist

Experts on
filipinology.
Literally experts in
filipino culture.
WILLIAM HENRY SCOTT

Born on 10 July 1921, in Detroit,

Michigan, where he was
christened Henry King Ahrens.
A historian of the Grand
Cordillera Central and
Prehispanic Philippines.
 HOWARD BRETT
MELENDY

Born in Eureka, He lived in Humboldt He was a prominent

County during the American historian,
California, on May writer, researcher,
first twenty-six years
30, 1924. publisher,
of his life. autobiographer, dean,
history professor, and
filipinologist.
 HOWARD BRETT
MELENDY

He was a prominent Melendy was a professor

American historian,
and administrator at the
writer, researcher,
publisher,
San José State University in
autobiographer, dean, California and the University
history professor, and of Hawai'i.
filipinologist.
FERDINAND
BLUMENTRITT
Born: 10 September 1853, Prague, Czechia
Died: 20 September 1913,

He was born in Prague (now the

Czech Republic, then the capital of
Kingdom.
He was an Austrian teacher,
secondary school principal in
Leitmeritz, lecturer, and author of
articles and books in the Philippines
and its ethnography.
ABRAHAM VAN HEYNINGEN
HARTENDORP

Born: 3 September 1893, Haarlem, Netherlands

He commonly known as A.V.H. Hartendorp or A.V.
Hartendorp, was an American writer, editor, Thomasite, and
Filipinologist.
He was interned by the Japanese at Santo Tomas
Internment Camp for 37 months during World War II.
MANUEL QUEZON
Father of National Language
Was the first Senatepresident
elected to the presidency, the
first president elected
through a national
election,and the first
incumbent to secure re-
election(for a partial second
term, later extended, dueto
amendments to the 1935
Constitution).
ANTONIO DE MORGA
SÁNCHEZ GARAY
( 29 November 1559 – 21 July 1636)

Was a Spanish soldier, lawyer

and a high-ranking colonial
official for 43 years, in the
Philippines
He was also a historian. After
being reassigned to Mexico, he
published the book Sucesos de
las islas Filipinas in 1609
Wenceslao E. Retana
Was a 19th-century Spanish civil
servant colonialadministrator, writer,
biographer, politicalcommentator,
publisher, bibliophile,
bibliographer,Filipiniana collector,
Spanish filipinologist, andPhilippine
scholar.
Wenceslao Emilio Retana's name is
omnipresent in any important work of
Philippine historiography, as the
foremost bibliographic contributor
and writer on 19th-century Hispanic
Philippines.
Retanawas

A "onetime adversary" of Philippine national hero José Rizal who later

became an"admirer" who wrote the first biographicalaccount of the life
of Rizal entitled Vida y Escritosdel Dr. José Rizal or "Life and Writings of
Dr. JoséRizal".
Philippine Studies-University of
San Francisco
One of the few programs in the United States and one of
the largest in the world, the Yuchengco Philippine
Studies Program (YPSP) is an interdisciplinary minor
specializing in Philippine, Pilipino, and/or Filipino
American history, literature, sociology, politics, religion,
art, and language.
Philippine National
Historical Society
In 1941, through the efforts of Rodriguez and Eufronio
M. Alip, this mere student club evovled into a national
organization, named Philippine Historical Society which
aimed to encourge and undertake the study of
Philippine History.
Philippine Social Sciences Council
The Philippine Social Science Council, Inc. (PSSC) is a non-
stock, non-profit organization of professional social science
associations and social science research and instructional
institutions in the Philippines
Philippine Historical Association

The Philippine Historical Association is a professional association of

historians in the Philippines. It was founded on September 18, 1955 by
a group of prominent historians at Carbungco Restaurant located at
Lepanto St. Manila
The National Historical
Commission of the Philippines
Is a government agency of the Philippines. Its mission is
"the promotion of Philippine history and cultural heritage
through research, dissemination, conservation, sites
management and heraldry works.
The Filipinas
Heritage Library
A division of the Ayala Foundation, Inc. (AFI), is a one-stop
electronic research center on the Philippines. The Library provides
access to the wealth of Filipino heritage through the latest in
information technology and telecommunications.
The National Library of the
Philippines
(Filipino: Pambansang Aklatan ng Pilipinas or Aklatang Pambansa ng
Pilipinas, abbreviated NLP) is the official national library of the Philippines.

The complex is located in Ermita on a portion of Rizal Park facing T. M.

Kalaw Avenue, neighboring culturally significant buildings such as the
Museum of Philippine Political History and the National Historical
Commission. Like its neighbors, it is under the jurisdiction of the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
The Cebuano
Studies Center
Is a center of research on all aspects of Cebuano culture.
It functions as a special library to house source materials
pertaining to Cebu, as well as the predominantly Cebuano-
speaking areas in the country
The Center is administered by the Office of the President of the
University of San Carlos, and is officially affiliated with the
College of Arts and Sciences.
Thank you!
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