Relationships in Records of Violence by Eri Kitada

The History Department and the Japanese Studies Program
of the School of Social Sciences, Ateneo de Manila University

invite you to the

SOSS Global Mindanao and Maritime Southeast Asia Lecture Series: Ties With a Cosmopolitan Region
Relationships in Records of Violence

a talk by

ERI KITADA
Rutgers University

February 6, 2024, 5-6:30 p.m.
Faura AVR, Faura Hall, Ateneo de Manila University
 

About the Speaker

Eri Kitada is a historian based in Tokyo, Japan, who studies race, gender, sexuality, and modern colonialism in the United States and Asia-Pacific region. Her monograph project, entitled “Intimately Intertwined: Settler and Indigenous Communities, Filipino Women, and U.S.-Japanese Imperial Formations in the Philippines, 1903–1956,” uncovers the little-known history and legacy of Japanese settlements in the U.S. colonial Philippines. Eri received her doctoral degree from the Department of History at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the United States.

About the Lecture

This presentation examines reported violent incidents by tracing the history of Japanese settlements in early twentieth-century Davao Province, Mindanao. It focuses on incidents committed by so-called non-Christian men against Japanese settlers. I ask why some violence entered the archives as “crimes” while others did not, in addition to how violent incidents happened in and shaped the U.S.-Japanese settler colonial project. The reportage of confrontations and violence among diverse residents—non-Christian Filipinos and American, Japanese, Chinese, and Christian Filipino settlers—changed over time in relation to shifting attitudes of the U.S. colonial government towards Japanese settlers. I analyze records of violence that are scattered in U.S. colonial reports, Japanese consulate reports, and the popular press to illuminate multiple relationships in Davao and portray a labor history of non-Christian Filipinos. In so doing, this feminist project offers alternative ways to understanding "Juramentado," “amuk,” “mutiny,” and other colonial uprisings in the history of colonialism.

About the SOSS Global Mindanao and Maritime Southeast Asia Lecture Series

The Global Mindanao and Maritime Southeast Asia Lecture Series: Ties With a Cosmopolitan Region seeks to delve into these embedded connections, examining the rich tapestry that has woven the historical, socio-economic, and cultural links of Mindanao with its maritime neighbours. By exploring the myriad facets of these connections, this series aspires to shed light on our mutual histories, explore contemporary challenges, and envisage a future that appreciates and strengthens these boundless ties.


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