"Pedagogic Invasion": The Thomasites in Occupied Philippines

• Main Author: Roma-Sianturi, Dinah
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: colonial education; ethnography; masculine colonial rhetoric; travel narratives
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss12/2; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1050/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n12_2009_5D_202.1_Article_RomaSianturi.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The early education of the Philippines by American voluntary teachers (the Thomasites) is often hailed as a laudatory project. However, education can be a deceptive gift. The ethnographic writings of the Thomasite teachers, like Mary Fee’s A Woman’s Impressions of the Philippines, reveal that these...