Cultural Mapping

Cultural Mapping
This Performance task is the pre-production activity which prepares us for the final
project in the semi-finals. Cultural mapping makes the local culture and history more
visible so that it can be utilized in new productive ways that enable us to rediscover
and respect the community better.
Mechanics:
1. Explore and identify cultural resources and assets in your community.

2. Data Gathering Checklist:
Felice P. Sta. Maria’s (2001) suggested checklist:
A. Which of the following are available in your community?

Museums
Libraries; archives
Zoos or animal sanctuaries
Individual collections of memorabilia, heirlooms, antiques
Works by National Artists or recipients of the Republic Heritage or
Manlilikhang Bayan awards
Churches, houses, office or shop buildings, outdoor statues, theaters and other
edifices
Built before 1900
Between 1901 and 1946
Designed by a National Artist
Designed or ornamented by a National Artist or any of the first batch of Filipino
architects and artists
Designed by the Daniel Burnham or William E. Parsons
Historicalshrines and landmarks
Outdoor sculpture or other visual arts
Artist’s groups or art schools (including ballet academies, piano schools, singing
schools)
Fiesta committees that use statues and props
Groups that perform pasyon, komedya, panunuluyan or other forms of
traditional literature
Scientific institutions or societies (including agricultural networks, clinics)
Historical trusts or societies and clubs that would know of documents and
other objects with historical significance in the community
B. Identify the following in your community:

The oldest still in existence …
 Building whether nipa, stone or wood
 Trees
 Fields
 Familes to settle in the area
 Animals or pets (I.e., giant sea turtles and groupers inhabit some diving
spots)
 People
 Clothing and jewelry
 Furniture and other home accessories
 Farm tools
 Musical intruments (native and foreign) and music sheets
 Religious objects including non-Christian and non-Muslim ritual objects
 Museum objects and heirlooms
 Now do the same for the above groupings as well as the…
 Founder of the barrio

 Different artisans and tradesmen (I,e., ironsmith, goldsmith, shoemaker,
bibingka-maker, printer, photographer, hotel/restaurant owner,baker,
police officer, firefighter)
 Where was the first market, potable water well, religious building, civic
building?
 Add the only in your community － whatever still exists, no matter how
varied:
 Books
 Scientific equipment
 Modes of transportation
 Work of art
 Handmade anything
 Plants or animals
 Types of rock and land formations
 Next try the newest of things in your community.
 Follow with listing of the best that recieved recognition (anyone or anything
that has been cited by an award － whether local or national, from church,
school, civic group, scouting program, etc.)
 Note that in 1895, the Spanish colonial government held the first regional
Exposition in the Philippines, and prizes were given to everything from
inventions and recipes to plants and animals. [there was an 1887 Philippine
Exposition to Spain, too.] someone in your community may have an ancestor
whose preserved fruit or embroidery were sent abroad as among the best
Philippine made goods 100 years ago.
 What about in recent times? Any winners?
 What are the best of things tha still need recognition?
 Cook
 Janitor
 Public servant
 Hard-working farmer
 The physically strongest person in your municipality
 Gardener
 Street-sweeper
 Teacher
 Singer
 Choir director
 Who in your community did something meritorious during any mar,
catastrophe, or reconstruction phase?
 Does the community have a suitable system of recognition for achievers?
 Identify anything else significant occurred in the community such as a
significant battle, peace settlement, special program, special parade,
convention, conference, workshop. How many members of the local
community were involved in the battle, special program, convention?
C. Who of the following important persons lived or visited your community?

When and why? Any national hero or heroine, persons significant to the reform
and revolutionary movements, World war I, World War II, presidents, senators,
saints, international religious or artistic or political figures?
Activity 2:
1. If in your cultural mapping research you have visited a museum or gallery, ask
yourself: what was on exhibit and what was your experience like during your visit? If
you were to add another object in the exhibit that would make it more meaningful for
the museum, what would it be? Explain your answer.
2. If you were to create a museum, what would it be focused on? Why? Who will be
your target audience? Describe your target audience according to age, education, class,
religion, education, etc. Are you targeting the general public or high school students
like yourself, or your local government officials, or many others that were not
mentioned here? Who do you think would benefit most from the knowledge your
museum will impart? How will you go about imparting this knowledge?
3. If you found an art organization or collective, interview its members. List down
what you would like to know about them. Inquire about the kind of work that they do,
and why they feel that their work as a collective is important. Also consider doing
interviews with the people or groups they have worked with or who have significant
exposure to their work. What challenges have their art organization or collective
encountered? You will report your findings in class. Your teacher will map out the
collectives or organizations across the regions.
4. If you were to create an art festival in your community, how would you envision it?
Which places would you like to activate as a site of exhibitions and other related
activities? What are your considerations in making your selection? It can be in school,
in the market grounds, in a historic house, a public park, among others. Draw a map
of your exhibition-activity sites. Present it in the class.
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1. Explore and identify cultural resources and assets in your community.

A. Which of the following are available in your community?

B. Identify the following in your community:

 Now do the same for the above groupings as well as the…

 Founder of the barrio

 Next try the newest of things in your community.

C. Who of the following important persons lived or visited your community?

Complete oral Complete oral Partial oral No oral

cultural aspects cultural aspects cultural aspects cultural aspects

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