Class Year

2025

Document Type

Student Research Paper

Date of Creation

Spring 2025

Department 1

Anthropology

Abstract

Through looking at the teenagers of the Granada Relocation Center, commonly called Amache, this research posits a unique framework to understanding and searching for teenagers in the past. This uses a combination of historical sources and oral histories in order to outline what materials to search for. This research also uses an emotional approach, titled an "archaeology of the heart" to understand and work alongside descendants to properly understand the nuance of the forced relocation of 110,000 Japanese Americans through World War II. By combining these different elements, this research shows the ways that teenagers were constructing and reconstructing a social life meant to emulate the world around them that they were removed from. This social sphere that teenagers existed in was a result of many different factors, such as the nuanced interactions of parents, fellow teenagers, the historical context they existed within, and the physical space around them, leading them to have a unique experience that defined their childhood years and their memories of World War II.

Comments

Written for ANTH 400: Capstone Experience in Anthropology

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