Lecture 1: History and Historiography

Question 1

What is history?

Answer 1

“EVENTS” in the past

Question 2

What is the Chamorro’s epistemology of history?

Answer 2

Mo’na (the front, in front of)

Question 3

What is Taotaomo’na?

Answer 3

People of before, ancestors

Question 4

What does history focus on?

Answer 4

The Events

Question 5

What are the summary information of history?

Answer 5

What happened?
Who was involved?
Where did it happen?
When did it happen?

Question 6

What does Historical analysis focus on?

Answer 6

Historical significance when interrogating the event

Question 7

What are the ways of interrogating the events?

Answer 7

Finding:
New information or insights
Unique or valuable perspective
Accuracy
Thoroughness

Question 8

What language does Historiography come from?

Answer 8

Greek (Historiographia)

Question 9

What does Historiographia translate to?

Answer 9

Historio = greek historia, history
Graphia = Greek graphie, writing

Question 10

Is historiography about the “writing” of history?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

Is historiography about the “study” of historical perspectives?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

What does Historiography focus on?

Answer 12

The “WRITING”
(or the “INTERPRETATION”)

Question 13

What’s the differences between history and historiography?

Answer 13

History:
An “EVENT” from the past
Who/What/Where/When

Historiography:
WRITING about an “event”
An author’s INTERPRETATION of an “event”

Question 14

What is the Canon?

Answer 14

texts generally ACCEPTED as TRUE

Question 15

What are some examples of the canon?

Answer 15

Textbooks
Encyclopedias