PANTAYONG

PANANAW
 PANTAYONG PANANAW AND ITS FATHER

◆ Pantayong Pananaw is a discourse

within the indigenous tradition that
was developed by Dr. Zeus Salazar.

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 Dr. ZEUS SALAZAR
◆ A History professor from the
History Department of
University of the Philippines
Diliman and considered as
the “Father of Pantayong
Pananaw”.

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 THE CONCEPT OF “PANTAYONG PANANAW”

◆It is a programmatic discourse developed as a response

to the westernized perspective of the study of Philippine
history and historiography.
◆Considered as the most theoretically advanced and
productive in terms of the number of research outputs on the
indigenization of the social science, the Pantayong
Pananaw introduces a communication-based theoretical
innovation that is focused on the study of Philippine
Historiography.
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 EXCERPT FROM
"PANTAYONG PANANAW”
By: Zeus A. Salazar

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Sa lahat ng mga wikang Filipino, may
mga konseptong katumbas ng “tayo”.
“kami”, “sila”, at “tayo” na tumutukoy
sa mga nagsasalita at lahat ng kanyang
kausap, kasama kahit na iyong
wala.
 PANTAYONG PANANAW

◆ Itcame from the words “pantayo” and

“pananaw”.

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 PANTAYONG PANANAW

Tayo which means “we” the plural from of the

first person pronoun and the prefix “pan-”
which means “for”.
While Pananaw means “perspective” in
English.

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 PANTAYONG PANANAW

◆ It is Understood as a single term, Pantayong

Pananaw means “A For-Us Perspective” or in
modern translation “A From-us-for-us”.

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◆ Salazar used “tayo” as basis for the theoretical

base of the perspective and not the pronoun
“kami” because according to Salazar the latter refers
to “we-speaking to others” as opposed to the
former which means “we speaking among
ourselves”.

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 PANTAYONG PANANAW

◆ The Pantayong Pananaw introduces a “closed

circuit of interaction”, a context where
discourse is carried on by and among Filipinos,
without the inclusion or interference of outside
participants or dominant perspective who are
unwelcoming to Filipino interests.

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 PANTAYONG PANANAW

◆Through this perspective, Filipinos can communicate

freely through the use of their own concepts, language,
thought patterns, manner of relating, and interests.

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 ACTIVITY

◆ Who is the Father of “Pantayong Pananaw”?

◆ What is Pantayong Pananaw?
◆ What is the First Translation of Pantayong
Pananaw to English?
◆ What is the Modern Translation of Pantayong
Pananaw to English?

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