Tracing Marikina City's cultural heritage through the appraisal and documentation of the Marikina shoe industry photographs - Angeles, Nonet M.; Olgado, Benedict S.; Lagrama, Eimee Rhea C. (Quezon City School of Library and Information Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2018)
Thesis (Master of Library and Information Science)--University of the Philippines Diliman.
Cultural heritage has existed ever since human societies developed systems of belief and attachments to places and objects that they claimed as their own. It is important to discuss cultural heritage because it strongly influences people's sense of identity, loyalties, and behavior. Memory institutions such as archives, libraries, museums, schools, and historic sites have a responsibility for preserving and interpreting the cultural record; hence, there are practical reasons to study cultural heritage.
This study focuses on the documentation strategies for photographs since they are sources of information carrying historical evidence about the culture, people, places and events in a community. This study sought to answer how appraisal and documentation strategies be implemented in processing the Marikina Shoe Industry photographs. It also sought to trace Marikina City's shoemaking history thru photograph. It had also ventured to find the gaps in the photo documentation of the shoemaking industry and how it can be accounted for.
The findings from this study were based on the complete inventory of the photographs and the personal interviews conducted from the main respondents. The results were analyzed in accordance with the standards of the appraisal and documentation of photographs. The recommendations of this study include documentation planning methodology for photographs; the creation of the documentation guidelines for shoe heritage photographs; and the detailed recommendations for strategic approaches in handling shoe heritage photographs.