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The creation of a postcolonial subject: The Chicago and Ateneo de Manila schools and the Peace Corps in the Philippines, 1960–1970.

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Title: The creation of a postcolonial subject: The Chicago and Ateneo de Manila schools and the Peace Corps in the Philippines, 1960–1970.
Authors: Wirth, Christa
Source: Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. Winter2018, Vol. 54 Issue 1, p5-24. 20p. 4 Black and White Photographs.
Subjects: Peace Corps (U.S.), University of Chicago, Ateneo de Manila University, Social sciences, Filipinos, Volunteer service, Attitude (Psychology), History
Abstract: Abstract: In the 1950s and 1960s scholars from the University of Chicago and the Ateneo de Manila created social scientific knowledge that helped establish the Peace Corps as a Cold War institution in the Philippines. Central were the social scientists at the University of Chicago and the Ateneo de Manila University who established a knowable postcolonial subject: “the Filipino,” which resulted from their research on Philippine values. In this context, the Ateneo/Chicago social scientists developed the “SIR,” the “smooth interpersonal relation” model that entails the notion that Filipinos and Filipinas particularly valued this nonconfrontational skill set among people. The SIR model was taught by social science experts to early Peace Corps volunteers as they prepared for their assignments in the Philippines. The article shows how the SIR model could cause distress and confusion as it was applied by Peace Corps volunteers in the Philippines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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