Name:Nathalie Amor Binlayo Section & Time: F-11:48PM

Year and Course: BSN 2

Activity 1
Understanding History
Below is a definition of history by Zeus A. Salazar (1999). Examine it carefully then
answer the questions following the definition.  
“Ang KASAYSAYAN ay SALAYSAY hinggil sa nakaraan o nakalipas na may SAYSAY
–  kahulugan,  katuturan,  at  kabuluhan  –  sa  SARILING LIPUNAN at KULTURA o
kabuuang kinabibilangan. Ito ay iniuulat gamit ang mga konsepto at kategorya ng
sariling kultura”.
A. What  does  the  author  mean  or  imply  by  “Ang  kasaysayan  ay salaysay…
na may saysay sa sariling lipunan at kultura”? 
The author simply implies that history is the complete narrative of past events
and affairs, giving us the root of our culture and society today. He highlights that
history is the story about what we are in the past and made a massive remark of
what we are today and continue to develop on what we are becoming in the
future. The evolution of our culture and society continues to grow as we continue
to look back on our past and learn from those events that happened in which we
can get an idea on how to solve current problems in the present. This progress
from the past to the gift serves as a shred of valid evidence that history has
happened.

B. The statement. “Ito (referring to kasaysayan) ay iniuulat gamit ang mga 

konsepto  at kategorya  ng  sariling kultura,  implies  who  should write a
people’s history. What issues would emerge from (1) a history of  people 
written  and  interpreted  by  an  “outsider”  (a  foreign historian); and, (2) a
history of people analyzed and presented by an “insider” (a local historian)?  

B.1 History written by an outsider

History would be a bit different when written by an outsider for a clear reason
that they only gather data and information from secondary sources in which they
can have their version also in comprehending the history, so it is somewhat they
are writing their own opinion but have basis. Possible issues that would emerge
from a history of human affairs written and interpreted by an outsider would be
very or less accurate, for they only knew a few facts but not the entire story. One
example is that one can translate any different dialogue,   but not all can
translate 
the dialogue well unless it is their own.

B.2 History written by an insider 

History would be well written and delivered if it were in the hands of an insider.
Records in the past would be displayed clearly and accurately for the insider
writer knows the history well; therefore, it is thoroughly analyzed and expressed.
Insider writers are more reliable in gathering information, unlike the outsiders, for
they provide concrete and factual evidence that supports the history out from the
primary source. In most cases, their written story is experience-based because
they intend to give the true witness about how culture and society affect human
affairs to prove that history has happened.