Week 2: History of Filipino Culture  
Check-In
  • Summarize readings with pairs
  • Discuss reflections
  • Discuss Marks of Mana documentary
    • Representation of prePhilippine tattooing 
      • Importance of cultural literacy and rootedness
Culture Talk
Mini-Lecture
  • The Philippine islands have practiced hand tapped tattooing for 4000+ years
  • History of Batok 
    • Thriving, colonization, religious indoctrination, westernization, cultural genocide 
    • Preservation, restoration, sustainability, recovery
  • Characteristics of prePhilippine culture 
    • Egalitarian society 
      • Balance was a priority 
      • Women and men both held power 
      • Women usually had final say in community decisions 
    • Women were considered more spiritual because of their innate ability to create life 
      • Alopogan (Itneg): Men would dress up as women for ritual ceremonies to connect to 
    • Men were protectors, voyagers, tradesmen, fishermen, hunters, shamans, farmers, chanters, healers
    • Women were farmers, domestic workers, weavers, babaylans, dancers, chanters, healers
Activity
  • Time Capsule Activity 
    • Students will present topics/events from a time capsule 
      • Tattooing 
      • Catholicism 
      • Imperialism 
      • Emigration 
      • Overseas Filipino Workers 
      • Egalitarianism 
      • Colonization
      • Sakadas 
    • Students arrange themselves in chronological order
    • Students will present on their topic taking the class back in time to a snapshot in history of their topic 
Content Assignment
  • Read Tapping Ink, Tattooing Identities: Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Kalinga Society North Luzon, Philippines by Analyn V. Salvador-Amores (pp. 147-149) 
  • Read Ethnography of the Major Ethnolinguistic Groups in the Cordillera (pp. 177-193)
  • Read Savage Gentleman by Mabel Cook Cole (pp. 34-44)
Reflection Response
  • Students will submit 1-2 pages or 5-7 min video response to content assignment