May 29.
2023
STUDENT’S PERSONAL SWOT ANALYSIS ON PHILIPPINE HERITAGE
CONSERVATION
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
• Connection with the • Lack of monetary
past is a much- funding allotted for
needed thing, conservation
culturally and projects
linguistically. Not only • The labor and
we learn the beaty of materials needed to
the historic sites, but do the restoration
also how our and preservation of
ancestors the heritage sites
communicate and are expensive and
their culture, which is hard to find.
also ours. Experts are need to
• There are already investigate and
established heritage monitor the
conservation in the restoration
country, such as the process, as well as,
NHCP, Pambansang the maintaining of
Museo and others those sites.
• The country itself also • Indifference of the
has rich physical general public
heritages that towards the
fortunately were still significance of the
preserved up to the country’s heritages
present generation. • Lack of awareness
Some of these of the general
heritages are the public towards the
churches from the established laws
Spanish era. regarding heritage
• Another strength can conservation
be rooted in our • Relatively little
sense of Nationalism, action from the side
especially when it of the government.
comes to our culture. • Lack of awareness;
We Filipinos take or even deliberate
great pride in disobedience of
representing our architects,
culture, and this in engineers, and
some way formed a contractors on the
drive for the said laws when
conservation of our doing new building,
own heritage. or demolition/
conversion/
alteration projects
OPPORTUNITIES
• Tourism will bloom. • The next generation
Giving much
opportunities to the
people to start and
find jobs. The effect
will be tremendous
not only on the
economic side but
also for the people to
find importance to
the culture and
beauty of the
heritage site. • The growing
• The Philippines has a
very diverse
intangible heritages
that still exist today,
the various rituals,
festivals, customs
and traditions, hence,
there are still lots of
these historical
treasures that we
can still save if we
take action today.
• The advancement of
technology: The
development of
cameras and • The gradual
recorders made the
documentation of the
visual and auditory
aspect of a culture
possible. Social
media, if used
properly, can also be
a good medium on
spreading awareness
of a particular
structure’s existence
and history
THREATS
of professionals
may tend to do more
shiny skyscrapers
other than restoring
a historical site, this
is due to the lack of
educational
background
concerning the
subject.
indifference of the
people on culture
and tradition may
affect the
preservation of
intangible heritages,
as the old customs
may not get passed
down anymore to
the next generation,
because there is no
longer people who
are willing to learn
about them today.
assimilation of
foreign values on
our culture,
particularly of the
Americans and
Koreans, reflected
on food, clothing
and mannerisms.
These said values
may take the place
of our own customs
and traditions.