This document provides an overview of Filipinology and key figures in the development of social sciences and Filipino studies in the Philippines. It discusses pioneers like Belinda Aquino, Manuel Quezon, Antonio de Morga, and Wenceslao Retana. It also outlines important institutions that have contributed to Filipinology, such as the University of Hawaii's Center for Philippine Studies, the University of San Francisco's Philippine Studies program, the Philippine National Historical Society, and government agencies like the Philippine Social Sciences Council and National Historical Commission. The document emphasizes how these individuals and organizations have helped establish Filipinology as an academic field and indigenized social sciences in the Philippines.

1. Indigenizing the Social Sciences: Is
there a”native intellectual
foundation for social thought?
Josefino Tulabing Larena CPS,CPE,MPA

2. Learning Objective
• 1. examine the social ideas of Filipino intellectuals
who are the founding fathers of Philippine social
science and
• 2. evaluate the role that culture and language plays
in the process of indigenizing Agham Panlipunang
Pilipino.

3. In Search of the Filipino Social Science
• Filipinology
• In general, Filipinology (Filipino: Filipinolohiya) or
Philippine Studies refers to the study of the
Philippines and the Filipino people. Belinda A.
Aquino, former director of the Center for
Philippine Studies at the University of Hawaii at
Manoa, defines Philippine Studies as "studies of
Philippine culture and society, (which) started in
the early 1900s when the Philippines became a
colony of the United States

4. Filipinology Pioneer
• Dr. Belinda A. Aquino, former
director of the Center for Philippine
Studies
• The first-ever awardee of the
prestigious Dr. Jose Rizal Award for
Peace and receiver of the
University of the Philippines (UP)
Alumni Association Lifetime
Distinguished Achievement Award,
Aquino is one of the most
distinguished and renowned
Filipino academics and experts of
her time.
• Aquino is a professor and director
of the Center for Philippine Studies
at the University of Hawaii-Manoa
(UHM) and recently established
the Belinda A. Aquino
International Philippine Studies
endowment.

5. • It encompasses the study of Filipino
history,Filipino culture, Philippine languages,
Filipino society, Filipino life, Filipino psyche or
Filipino psychology, Filipino politics, and Filipino
government. The approaches or perspectives of
Philippine Studies could be theoretical,
interdisciplinary, comparative, transnational, and
global. Filipinology was developed in the
University of the Philippines Diliman and had
become part of curricula in some colleges and
universities inside and outside the Philippines.

6. Filipinology was developed in the
University of the Philippines Diliman

7. Purpose
• Earning 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.

8. • Philippine Studies extend to connecting
contributions of persons of Filipino descent to new
settings and culture (such as Overseas Filipinos to
other countries). Apart from providing education
and awareness about the Philippines, Filipinology
aims to make students of Philippine Studies aware
of Filipino ethnic identity by experiencing
Philippine culture.

9. Filipinologists
• Experts on Filipinology are called filipinologists
(Filipino: Pilipinista; literally “experts in Filipino
culture”). the "foremost" non-Filipino
filipinologist is the Spaniard bibliographer
Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa.
• Other prominent non-Filipino filipinologists are
William Henry Scott, H. Brett Melendy ,
Ferdinand Blumentritt, and A.V. Hartendorp.
Among the prominent Russian filipinologists are
Vladimir Makarenko and Podberezsky.

10. Father of National Language
• Manuel Luis M. Quezon
• Quezon was the first Senate
president 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, due
to amendments to the 1935
Constitution). For pushing
Commonwealth Act No. 184 that
established the National Language
Institute and a consequent
Philippine national language,
Quezon has been tagged as his
country's "Father of the National
Language".

11. Antonio de Morga
• Antonio Morga • He was also a historian. After being
reassigned to Mexico, he published
the book Sucesos de las islas
Filipinas in 1609, considered one
of the most important works on
the early history of the Spanish
colonization of the Philippines. As
Deputy Governor in the
Philippines, he restored the
audencia. He took over the
function of judge or oidor. He also
took command of Spanish ships in
a 1600 naval battle against Dutch
corsairs, but suffered defeat and
barely survived.

12. Wenceslao "Wenchesco" Emilio
Retana y Gamboa
• Wenceslao Emilio Retana y
Gamboa
• also known as W.E.
Retana or Wenceslao E. Retana, was
a 19th-century Spanish civil servant,
colonial administrator, writer,
biographer, political commentator,
publisher, bibliophile,
bibliographer, Filipiniana collector,
Spanish filipinologist,
and Philippine scholar. Retana was a
"onetime adversary" of Philippine
national hero José Rizal who later
became an "admirer" who wrote the
first biographical account of the life
of Rizal entitled Vida y Escritos del
Dr. José Rizal or "Life and Writings of
Dr. José Rizal".Rosa M. Vallejo
described Retana as the "foremost"
non-Filipino filipinologist

13. • William Henry Scott • H. Brett Melendy

14. Ferdinand Blumentritt A.V. Hartendorp

15. Vladimir Makarenko Igor Podberezsky

16. Pioneer in Philippine Studies
Institutions and Government
Agencies

17. Bernardita Reyes Churchill ,PH.D
• Bernardita Reyes
Churchill is the current
President of the
the Philippine National
Historical Society, Inc.,
the oldest professional
organization of historians
in the Philippines
founded in 1941.

18. UHM Center for Philippine Studies
• The Center for Philippine Studies
(CPS) was originally established
as a Program in 1975 by an Act of
the Hawai’i State Legislature to
recognize the contributions of
Filipinos to the history of Hawai’i
, and to highlight the academic
expertise on the Philippines at
the University of Hawai’i at
Mānoa. It was subsequently
established at the University of
Hawaii as a Philippine Studies
Program under the Asian Studies
Program, which later became the
Center for Asian and Pacific
Studies.

19. 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.

20. Philippine National Historical Society
• In 1941, through the efforts of Rodriguez
and Eufronio M. Alip, this mere student club
evolved into a national organization, named
Philippine Historical Society, which aimed to
“encourage and undertake the study of
Philippine history.” The society included
renowned historians of that time among
them were Antonio K. Abad, Elias M.
Ataviado, Evergisto Bazaco, O.P., Conrado
Benitez, Manuel I. Carreon,Horacio V. de la
Costa, S.J., Jose Lopez del Castillo, Gabriel F.
Fabella, Leandro H. Fernandez, Tomas S.
Fonacier, Mariano del Prado
Goyena, Maximo M. Kalaw, Pura Villanueva
Kalaw, Leoncio Rizal Lopez, Paz Policarpio-
Mendez, Camilo Osias, Jose Villa
Panganiban, William C. Repetti, S.J., Walter
Robb, Miguel Selga, S. J., Benito T.
Soliven, Leopoldo B. Uichanco, Jaime C. de
Veyra, Gregeorio Yabes, Nicolas A. Zafra,
and Gregorio F. Zaide.

21. Philippine Social Sciences Council
• The Philippine Social
Science Council (PSSC)
is a private, non-stock,
non-profit organization
of professional social
science associations
and social science
research and
instructional
institutions in the
Philippines.

22. Philippine Sociological Society

23. 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. Among the group were
Encarnacion Alzona, Gabriel Fabella,
Gregorio Zaide, Nicolas Zafra, Celedonio
Resurreccion, Teodoro Agoncillo and
Esteban de Ocampo. PHA is affiliated
with the National Historical Commission
of the Philippines (NHCP), the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA) and the Philippine Social Science
Council (PSSC). It also a founding
member of the International Association
of Historians of Asia (IAHA).

24. National Commission for Culture &
Arts
• In 1987, then President Corazon C.
Aquino penned Executive Order
No. 118 creating the Presidential
Commission on Culture and Arts.
Five years later, in 1992, this
presidential directive was enacted
into law– Republic Act 7356,
creating the National Commission
for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
The original bill was jointly
authored by Senators Edgardo
Angara, Heherson Alvarez, Leticia
Ramos Shahani, and Congressman
Carlos Padilla.

25. National Historical Commission in the
Philippines
• The National Historical Commission of
the Philippines (Filipino: Pambansang
Komisyong Pangkasaysayan ng
Pilipinas, abbreviated NHCP) 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." As
such, it "aims to inculcate awareness
and appreciation of the noble deeds
and ideals of our heroes and other
illustrious Filipinos, to instill pride in
the Filipino people and to rekindle the
Filipino spirit through the lessons of
history.

26. Filipino Heritage Library
• As a one-stop electronic
research center on the
Philippines, the Filipinas
Heritage Library (FHL) houses
contemporary and rare
volumes on Philippine art,
history, and culture; vintage
recordings of Philippine
music; vintage photographs;
and maps, periodicals, and
multimedia materials.
Owned by Ayala Foundation

27. National Museum
• The Museum of the
Filipino People, also
known as the National
Museum of Anthropology,
is a component museum
of the National Museum
of the Philippines that
houses the anthropology
and archaeology divisions

28. National Library
• 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.

29. Cebuano Heritage Studies Center USC
• The Cebuano Studies Center is a
center of research on all aspects of
Cebuano culture. It functions as (1) a
special library to house source
materials pertaining to Cebu, as well
as the predominantly Cebuano-
speaking areas in the country; (2) a
research center devoted to studies
pertaining to Cebu in the area of the
humanities and social sciences; and
(3) a special office assisting in the
promotion of Cebuano culture and
the arts.

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