Critical Mass: Charting a Course for Japanese Diaspora Archaeology

Lau-Ozawa, Koji; Ross, Douglas E.

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“…Japanese diaspora archaeology developed as a branch of Asian diaspora studies in American scholarship during the 1960s (Lau-Ozawa and Ross 2020; Ross 2020). During this time, Asian diaspora sites, specifically Chinese diaspora sites, were studied as a result of federal heritage laws and increased interest in academia (Ross 2018).…”

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“…During this time, Asian diaspora sites, specifically Chinese diaspora sites, were studied as a result of federal heritage laws and increased interest in academia (Ross 2018). However, Japanese diaspora sites did not receive as much attention compared to Chinese diaspora sites, as evidenced by the lack of formal research until the 1980s (Ross 2020). In his article on the history of Japanese diaspora, Ross describes many early archaeological reports (pre-1990s) on Japanese material culture as a result of resource management projects, few of which specifically examined Japanese diaspora sites (Ross 2020).…”

Section: Japanese American Diaspora Archaeologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, Japanese diaspora sites did not receive as much attention compared to Chinese diaspora sites, as evidenced by the lack of formal research until the 1980s (Ross 2020). In his article on the history of Japanese diaspora, Ross describes many early archaeological reports (pre-1990s) on Japanese material culture as a result of resource management projects, few of which specifically examined Japanese diaspora sites (Ross 2020). Rather, Japanese sites and material remains were examined as part of other sites, such as multiethnic communities or Chinese diaspora sites with Japanese material remains (Ross 2020).…”

Section: Japanese American Diaspora Archaeologymentioning

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“…The earliest North American archaeological research on Japanese diaspora sites were often the result of cultural resource management projects (Ross 2018;. Archaeologists have primarily divided archaeological research on Japanese diaspora communities temporally; focusing either on pre-war and war-era diaspora sites (Ross 2020). Pre-war sites, which primarily include farms, workcamps, and multiethnic sites, served as excellent opportunities to examine consumption patterns and recreation patterns in Japanese diaspora communities (Ross 2020).…”

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“…Research themes for pre-war Japanese diaspora sites includes transnationalism, ethnic and national identities, race, gender, sex, class, and religion (Maniery 2004;Ross 2010;Kraus-Friedberg 2011;Ng and Camp 2015;Lau-Ozawa 2020). War-era sites, primarily incarceration camps, provided opportunities to explore similar themes in addition to expression of identity, confinement, and resistance (Ng 2014;Ng and Camp 2015;Ozawa 2016; Kamp-Whittaker 2020; Ross 2020).…”

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A Transnational Approach to the Ceramics of Manzanar

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Manzanar was one of ten sites used as an incarceration center for the forced removal of Japanese Americans during World War II. Manzanar is located in between Independence and Lone Pine, California and was in operation from 1942-1945. Archaeological surveys and excavations were conducted in 1993 by National Park Service archaeologists. This case study uses ceramic artifacts recovered from these excavations at Manzanar to study ceramic consumption patterns by Japanese Americans. The period of focus for this study is 1942-1945. Ceramics have been used successfully by archaeologists to explore the political, social, economic, and personal lives of individuals within a community. This thesis uses a transnational framework to expand on previous archaeological studies to explore how political, social, and economic relationships affected the consumption of ceramics by Japanese Americans. Glossary of TermsEuropean ceramics: European is meant in the contemporary geographical sense of the word, and includes British and German ceramics Executive Order 9066: The Executive Order signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt which authorized the Secretary of War to create of military zones which could exclude or keep in any persons.This Order was used to create military zones along the West Coast and remove Japanese Americans from their homes.Incarceration: this term is used in favor of terms such as "relocation" and "evacuation", which imply benevolence reasons for the removal of Japanese Americans, and "internment", which often refers to prisoners of war and "enemy aliens". This term acknowledges the euphemistic language of the time and the removal of American citizens who did nothing wrong.Issei: first generation Japanese who immigrated to the United States Japanese American: for the context of this topic, where incarceration camps held Americans of Japanese descent and Japanese immigrants who were prevented by U.S. policies from becoming citizens, Japanese American refers to people in the United States of Japanese descent regardless of citizenship Nisei:second generation Japanese Americans, children of Issei and American citizens at birth Nikkei: immigrant of Japanese descent that lives outside Japan, but is not specific to generation nor the country of residence War Relocation Authority (WRA): a civilian organization created by Franklin D. Roosevelt to decide where Japanese Americans would live after being forcibly removed from their homes, and would continue to have power of the incarcerated Japanese American population throughout the war via incarceration camps. vi

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Section: Japanese American Diaspora Archaeologymentioning

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Archaeological Collections and the Public—It Isn't All about Us

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Campbell,

Warner

2024

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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There is much discussion in archaeological circles about challenges associated with the millions of artifacts generated by fieldwork. Most of these discussions are limited to issues within the profession, such as care of collections, accessibility for research, orphaned collections, and shortcomings in training on collections awareness. An underrecognized third party in these discussions is the public. Despite a broadly held ethos of the importance of archaeology for all, archaeologists have paid comparatively little attention to sharing/exposing collections (and the outcomes of excavations) with audiences outside of the profession. This research discusses negative ramifications of not sharing collections with broader audiences and then presents some options for broadening this much-needed engagement through developing more public outreach efforts, providing alternative uses of collections, collaborating with private collectors, and using digital technology to increase access to collections.

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Archaeology in 2021 was characterized by a continued call to use the tools of the discipline to document the violence of settler colonialism in the past and present, pushing anthropology to reckon with its own role in perpetuating historical trauma. The tension between disciplinary reflection and reform was most clearly articulated in the use of archaeological geophysics to detect the unmarked graves of incarcerated Indigenous children who died at residential and boarding schools in Canada and the United States. The highly publicized investigation of these schools has brought renewed attention to issues of repatriation and historical reclamation for many communities impacted by settler colonialism. These discussions have reverberated throughout the discipline, prompting revisions to the Society for American Archaeology's “Statement Concerning the Treatment of Human Remains,” reopening conversations around an African American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and informing debates around the ethics of DNA research. These conversations are part of a larger movement toward decolonizing the field by using archaeological methods to explore marginalized histories and support communities most impacted by the violences of settler colonialism.

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Critical Mass: Charting a Course for Japanese Diaspora Archaeology

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A Transnational Approach to the Ceramics of Manzanar

A Transnational Approach to the Ceramics of Manzanar

Archaeological Collections and the Public—It Isn't All about Us

Archaeology in 2021: Repatriation, reclamation, and reckoning with historical trauma

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