Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Nation-building
Spain
Science and technology affect the development
of the Philippines as a nation. - Colonization by the Spaniards provided
the Philippines with modern means of
Pre-Colonial Period construction.
- Spanish government developed health
- Beginning of scientific and
and education systems that were
technological development of enjoyed by the principalia class.
Philippines.
The Philippines was named in honor
Farming Process
of King Philip II of Spain.
- Plants and herbs as a medicine
Ruy López de Villalobos named the
- Shifting cultivation in the Philippines is
islands of Leyte and Samar Las Islas
widely referred to as 'kaingin', the
Filipinas.
staple crops such as rice, millet,
Construction works like walls, roads,
bananas and root crops were grown in
bridges and other large infrastructures.
swiddens (kaingin)
America
Agriculture
- Banawe Rice Terraces is called “Zone of - The American occupation established a
Refuge” government agency, the Bureau of
- Through these terraces, the people were Science, for the sole purpose of
able to cultivate crops on the nurturing development in the field of
mountainsides in cold temperature. science and technology.
- It shows the innovative and ingenious Education
way of natives to survive in an - The colonial government recruit
otherwise unfriendly environment. American teachers to help establish the
new educational system.
Weapon Thomasites - a group of 600 American
- Balaraw also known as teachers who travelled from the United
“winged dagger" States to the newly annexed territory of
- Pre-colonial Filipinos use two kinds of the Philippines on the transport ship USS
swords for combat: Thomas.
1. Kris Post-Colonial Period
2. Kampilan
- Kalasag is for protection, they wielded - After achieving independence from the
padded armor and carabao-hide colonizers, the Philippines, under
breastplates, and long narrow shields. different administrations, continued to
- Lantakas are the small cannons. pursue programs in science and
technology.
Baybayin is a pre-Spanish Philippine Ferdinand Marcos (Former president and
writing system. dictator)
Piloncitos was the currency/coins in pre- - Marcos saw that the key to nation-
colonial times. building is the continued development
Different mode of Transportation of science and technology.
- Karakao / korkoa -were of excellent He established and strengthened:
quality and some of them were used by 1. PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric
the Spaniards in expeditions against Geophysical and Astronomical
rebellious tribes and Dutch and British Services Administration)
forces. 2. NAST (National Academy of Science
- Balangay - is a plank boat adjoined by and Technology)
a carved-out plank edged through pins 3. NSTA (National Science and
and dowels. Technology Authority)
- “The Question of Technology” means
to an end or essential to human
(Chapter 5) Human Flourishing as Reflected activity/life.
in Progress and Development
Technology itself is a contrivance (in
Our planet is already over burned with instrumentum)
human activities. It’s about time that we
rethink our standards of development if we True can be pursued through the correct. The
truly want to live the good life. experience and understanding of what is
According to John Hickel (anthropologist at correct lead us to what is true.
the London School of Economics) essay:
Ancient Greek concept:
“Forget 'developing' poor countries, it's time to
'de-develop' rich countries” 1. Aletheia – “unhideness” to show
what is true
Growth has been the main object of 2. Poiesis - “to go forth” bring/
development for the past 70 years. Since produce the truth
1980, the global economy has grown by 380%, 3. Techne – “arts and skills”
but the number of people living in poverty on Calculative Thinking – put system to
less than $5 a day has increased by more than nature by controlling it.
1.1 billion. Growth isn’t an option anymore – Meditative Thinking – let nature reveal
we’ve already grown too much. Scientists are itself.
now telling us that we’re blowing past Causa: (Cause of Technology According
planetary boundaries at breakneck speed. And from Aristotle) Greek
the hard truth is that this global crisis is due 1. Materialis – “materialism”
almost entirely to overconsumption in rich 2. Formalis – “form”
countries. Right now, our planet only has 3. Finalis – “end”
enough resources for each of us to consume 4. Efficens – “effect”
1.8 “global hectares” annually – a
standardized unit that measures resource use Human person
and waste.
The bearer and beneficiary of
What does this mean for our theory of technology.
development? Economist Peter Edward In the person’s pursuit of the good life,
argues that instead of pushing poorer he may unconsciously acquire, consume
countries to “catch up” with rich ones, we or destroy what the world has to offer.
should be thinking of ways to get rich
countries to “catch down” to more appropriate Technology as Poeisis- Modern technology
levels of development. We should look at challenges nature and demands of it the
societies where people live long and happy resources are, most of the time, forcibly
lives at relatively low levels of income and extracted for human consumption and
consumption not as basket cases that need to storage. It brings about a “setting upon”
be developed towards western models, but as (means attacking our nature by use of
exemplars of efficient living. violence)