Empire’s Informal Ties: Pioneer Anthropologists in Davao, 1904–1916

Empire’s Informal Ties: Pioneer Anthropologists in Davao, 1904–1916

The five Americans who studied the indigenous Bagobo people in Davao from 1904 to 1916 did not adhere to the evolutionary anthropology championed by colonial administrator Dean Worcester. Their fieldwork, being either mostly self-supported or through the privately funded Field Museum of Natural Hist...

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Main Author: Dacudao, Patricia Irene;
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-10432024-08-07T03:42:03Z Empire’s Informal Ties: Pioneer Anthropologists in Davao, 1904–1916 Dacudao, Patricia Irene; The five Americans who studied the indigenous Bagobo people in Davao from 1904 to 1916 did not adhere to the evolutionary anthropology championed by colonial administrator Dean Worcester. Their fieldwork, being either mostly self-supported or through the privately funded Field Museum of Natural History, was also financially independent of the government. Thisarticle studies their personal, academic, and professional quests in the context of museum collections, party politics, and changes in the discipline of anthropology. The circumstances of their visits and subsequent publications on Davao show that these pioneers pursued anthropology with a different direction, away from state stereotypes and imperial entanglements.KEYWORDS: ANTHROPOLOGY • IMPERIALISM • WORLD FAIRS • FIELD MUSEUM •DAVAO HISTORY 2020-06-14T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol68/iss2/3 info:doi/10.13185/2244-1638.1043 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1043/viewcontent/Empire_E2_80_99s_20Informal_20Ties_20_5Bvol._2068_20no._202_20_282020_29_20179_E2_80_93209_5D.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description The five Americans who studied the indigenous Bagobo people in Davao from 1904 to 1916 did not adhere to the evolutionary anthropology championed by colonial administrator Dean Worcester. Their fieldwork, being either mostly self-supported or through the privately funded Field Museum of Natural History, was also financially independent of the government. Thisarticle studies their personal, academic, and professional quests in the context of museum collections, party politics, and changes in the discipline of anthropology. The circumstances of their visits and subsequent publications on Davao show that these pioneers pursued anthropology with a different direction, away from state stereotypes and imperial entanglements.KEYWORDS: ANTHROPOLOGY • IMPERIALISM • WORLD FAIRS • FIELD MUSEUM •DAVAO HISTORY
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author Dacudao, Patricia Irene;
spellingShingle Dacudao, Patricia Irene;
Empire’s Informal Ties: Pioneer Anthropologists in Davao, 1904–1916
author_facet Dacudao, Patricia Irene;
author_sort Dacudao, Patricia Irene;
title Empire’s Informal Ties: Pioneer Anthropologists in Davao, 1904–1916
title_short Empire’s Informal Ties: Pioneer Anthropologists in Davao, 1904–1916
title_full Empire’s Informal Ties: Pioneer Anthropologists in Davao, 1904–1916
title_fullStr Empire’s Informal Ties: Pioneer Anthropologists in Davao, 1904–1916
title_full_unstemmed Empire’s Informal Ties: Pioneer Anthropologists in Davao, 1904–1916
title_sort empire’s informal ties: pioneer anthropologists in davao, 1904–1916
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2020
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol68/iss2/3
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