Problematizing the Mindanao Settler Identity: Final Part American, likewise, makes an excellent cautionary example of the pitfalls of Settler identity…
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Seeking to Settle: Creating a Mindanao Settler Identity Because the Settler is always dismissed as Bhabhan Hybrids of State or…
While the linguistic map of Mindanao is now largely Cebuano, the Mindanao islands are still very linguistically diverse
The Ambiguities of Settler Identity What we get therefore is a mess of an identity, an identity that refuses…
The sentiment motivating “I am from Mindanao” is largely antagonistic to the Imperial Manila gaze, under which Mindanao is solely Moro country, and the supposed settlerjacking is in fact a way by which Settlers remind the Moro community of their shared space, and the Settlers’ means of sharing the struggle of anti-terrorism with them. This only becomes truly settlerjacking if the Settlers remain ignorant of the Moro struggles – something which, given how the matter has been foregrounded by the Marawi crisis and the reactions of thinkers like Mangansakan and Braga, seems much less likely, and will only happen if there are active efforts to perpetuate ignorance and division.
Problematizing the Mindanao Settler Identity Secession from Mindanao may be less likely though now that a settler mayor of Davao…
Problematizing the Mindanao Settler Identity As the assumption of the Settlers’ mere utility to state encroachment needs to be questioned,…
The Narrative of Neglect: The Mindanao Settler against the Narrative of the Regions and of the Filipino Nation Which is…
Problematizing the Mindanao Settler Identity And so, the Settlers’ encroachment continues. The often kitschy, (dare I say) tourism-oriented localization of…
Problematizing the Mindanao Settler Identity (For far too long we have been rendered either invisible under the Manila-centric gaze or…
