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Security in the Southwestern Border of the Philippines: Governmentality and Resistance (1920-1941)
- SUVANNABHUMI
- Abbr : SVN
- 2025, 17(2), pp.65~93
- DOI : 10.22801/svn.2025.17.2.65
- Publisher : Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies
- Research Area : Social Science > Area Studies > Southeast Asia
- Received : November 14, 2024
- Accepted : April 15, 2025
- Published : July 31, 2025
1Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas Miagao-Iloilo.
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ABSTRACT
Examining the border as governmentality during American colonialism in the Philippines, this study argues that while American and Filipino bureaucrats sought to control and safeguard the southwestern border of the Philippines from various forms of threats, some Moros and Chinese evaded this through smuggling (i.e. opium and Chinese coolies) and illegal immigration. The colonial powers carved the southern borders through treaties and agreements to legitimize access to the resources of their respective colonies. However, the Americans wanted to control some islands like Baguan (in Turtle Islands) to protect the archipelago from threats posed by illicit activities like smuggling. While authorities-imposed customs and immigration laws along the border, they also faced challenges in monitoring impending threats including active resistance to existing laws and the lack of government support for customs services.
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