This research critically examines the discursive themes and rules surrounding the representations of the Filipino/Moro binaries within English legal and constitutional documents and related subjective texts during the early Philippine Republican period. Drawing on Foucauldian and Saidian frameworks, the aim is to analyze how these texts constructed and perpetuated oppositional identities between the "Filipino" and "Moro,” thereby constricting the potentialities of the marginalized group. In particular, two dimensions of this discursive formals will be analyzed, (a) the emergence of these themes of oppositional identity, and (b) the normalization of specific language rules. Selected documents positioned the Moro community in relation to notions of citizenship, governance, and cultural hierarchies within the newly formed educational, judicial, and administrative systems of the early Philippine Republic. By critically analyzing patterns of representation and accepted norms of speaking about Moros embedded within key legal formulations of the period, this study seeks to illuminate the discursive formations and rules that entrenched the epistemic marginalization of the Moro population over time. The findings of this research will contribute to a better understanding of the complex dynamics of power, knowledge, and identity construction within the context of the early Philippine Republic.

Authors:
Mosa-ab Mangurun, Mindanao State University, Philippines

About the Presenter(s)
Mr Mosa-ab Mangurun is a University Doctoral Student at MSU - Iligan Institute of Technology in Philippines

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