UNDERSTANDING

CULTURE, SOCIETY
AND POLITICS
REVIEW
Direction: Give the exact word of the jumbled
letters based on the pictures to form a
new word (5 seconds to answer).

FIVALEST FESTIVAL
 FAITH HEALING

THFAI HLINEAG
 MUSIC

USICM
 LANGUAGE

GUAGELAN
 ARTIFACTS

ARTTSIFAC
 MONUMENT

MOENTNUM
 BUILDING

BDINGUIL
Forms of Tangible and Intangible Heritage
and the Threats to these
Introduction
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is the primary
transnational entity that manages and
negotiates matters relating to human heritage.
It defined cultural heritage as follows:
Cultural heritage is not limited to material
manifestations, such as monuments and
objects that have been preserved over time.
 This notion also encompasses living
expressions and the traditions that countless
groups and communities worldwide have
inherited from their ancestors and transmit to
their descendants, in most cases, orally
(UNESCO, 2010).
Cultural heritage refers to the cultural aspects
like heritage sites, monuments, folklore,
traditional activities and practices, language,
etc. that are considered vital to be preserved
for the future generations.
 CULTURAL HERITAGE
Cultural Heritage can be further divided
into two main groups.

CULTURAL HERITAGE

MATERIAL OR TANGIBLE NON-MATERIAL OR

HERITAGE INTANGIBLE HERITAGE
1. Material or tangible Heritage - refers to
physical artifacts produced, maintained and
transmitted intergenerationally in a society.
Tangible heritage in the form of structures,
monuments, historical sites, and other
artifacts.
Spolarium (Juan Luna) Rizal’s Mother House

Artifacts Rizal Monument San Juanico Bridge

 Categories of Tangible Heritage

Movable tangible Immovable tangible

heritage heritage
 Categories of Tangible Heritage
1. Movable tangible heritage are often
removed from the sites where they were
found and transferred to museums for
safekeeping and maintenance.
 Categories of Tangible Heritage
2. Immovable tangible heritage are often left to
the elements of nature ( i.e., rain, wind, sand,
sun), which makes them vulnerable to decay
and corrosion.

Building Monument Bridge

2.Non-material or intangible heritage
- refers to those aspects of a country
that cannot be touched or seen.
Intangible heritage in the form of
literature, oral tradition, concepts,
and values.
 Ethnic Music Tinikling

Independence Day Celebration Pahiyas, Lucban, Quezon Language

 Threats to Tangible heritage

1. Elements of nature ( rain, wind, sun)

2. Deterioration
3. Robbery
4. Fungus (changing of temperature)
 Threats to Intangible heritage

1. Globalization
2. Technological revolution
3. Cultural homogenization
 Threat to Intangible heritage

• Globalization is the process through which the

world community integrates into a common
social and economic system (Steger, 2009).
• Example, genres like pop music, hip hop,
electronic music, remixes has stormed in
keeping the ethnic/traditional music aside.
Preserving this heritage and passing it on to
future generations strengthens and keeps it
alive while simultaneously allowing it to evolve
and adapt. In order to safeguard intangible
cultural heritage, it must remain relevant to a
culture and be regularly practiced and learned
within communities and between generations.
 By doing so, both the forms particularly the
intangibles will be able to survive in many
years to come.
 Generalization
1. What is tangible heritage?
refers to physical artifacts produced,
maintained and transmitted
intergenerationally in a society.
2. What are the two categories of tangible
heritage?
1. Movable and Immovable
3. What is intangible heritage?
Activity
 Application
Each group will be given 3 minutes to present.
Evaluation
 Assignment
 My Culture, My Heritage
Identify two Philippine cultural heritage under
threat-one tangible and one intangible. For both
identify the threats and sources, and then come up
with a plan of action on how to deal with these
threats. Write your output on the table. Submit it by
email, eleazarjr.raneses@yahoo.com or
evranesesjr@gmail.com
Heritage Threats Plan of Action
Jones bridge (Binondo Deterioration due time Restoration program
Manila)
Thank you for Listening!!!
 Activity

The class will be grouped into four. Each group

will write the tangible and intangible heritage
in our culture.
 DANCE

DAENC
Objectives
• Identify forms of culture and their threats.
• Write an essay on the threats to the tangible
and intangible heritage based on the lesson.
• Value culture as heritage.
Cultural heritage does not end at sites, landmarks,
monuments and collections of objects. It also
includes traditions or living expressions inherited
from our ancestors and passed on to the next
generation, such as oral tradition, performing arts,
social practices, rituals, festives events,
knowledge and practices concerning nature and
the universe or the knowledge and skills to
produce traditional crafts (UNESCO).
These forms, however, through the years witnessed
certain changes brought about by globalization,
technological revolution and even cultural
homogenization. These are expressions and
manifestations of intangible cultural heritage that
are under threat by the lack of support,
appreciation and understanding. If intangible
cultural heritage is not nurtured, it risks becoming
lost forever, or frozen as a practice belonging to the
past.
 Threats to Intangible heritage

• Technological revolution is a period in which

one or more technologies is replaced by
another technology in a short period of time.
Ex. 1. Laro ng Lahi (sipa, patintero, luksong lubid)
 Threats to Intangible heritage

3.Cultural homogenization
Is the process that local cultures are changed
or assimilated by the dominant outside
culture (O’Connor, 2006)
Ex. Political system, (socialism in China,
capitalism in western countries like America
and
Introduction to Cultural Heritage
Natural Heritage (oldest tree alive)
Natural Heritage (birds)
Built Heritage (Oldest House Standing)
Built Heritage (houses)
Built Heritage (Heritage urban sites)
Built Heritage (Monuments)
Built Heritage (Heritage group)
Fine/Applied Arts
Fine/Applied Arts (Sculpture)
Festivals
Festivals (Historical events)
Performing Arts (dance)
Music
Language