2010
DOI: 10.1007/s10502-010-9113-2
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“No longer a silent victim of history:” repurposing the documents of Japanese American internment

Abstract: During World War II, the US government detained over 120,000 Japanese American men, women, and children in internment camps. Two-thirds were American citizens, yet they were treated as enemies of the American people. After the war, historians and activists used archival records created during internment to prove that it had been unjustified by military necessity. They succeeded in overturning Supreme Court rulings and achieved redress for former internees. By relying on the documentary record created during in… Show more

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“…In "'No Longer a Silent Victim of History:' Repurposing the Documents of Japanese American Internment," Hastings (2011) outlines the use of archives in procuring financial restitution for victims of the post-WWII internment of Japanese Americans. She argues that records once created for social control can be repurposed for social justice.…”
Section: Literature On Injustice Within Archival Materialsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In "'No Longer a Silent Victim of History:' Repurposing the Documents of Japanese American Internment," Hastings (2011) outlines the use of archives in procuring financial restitution for victims of the post-WWII internment of Japanese Americans. She argues that records once created for social control can be repurposed for social justice.…”
Section: Literature On Injustice Within Archival Materialsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Wśród 33 artykułów przyporządkowanych do tego kodu znalazły się teksty dotyczące archiwów i dokumentacji takich grup jak autochtoniczne ludy Ameryki Północnej oraz Australii i Oceanii, społeczności LGBT+, osób które doświadczyły łamania praw człowieka, przetrwały ludobójstwo, wychowały się w domach dziecka i rodzinach zastępczych, niepełnosprawnych, czy imigrantów i emigrantów. Przykładowe tematy artykułów: rola dokumentacji wytworzonej w trakcie internowania Amerykanów japońskiego pochodzenia w sądowym dochodzeniu roszczeń pokrzywdzonych przez rząd USA 25 , jak członkowie marginalizowanych grup społecznych w południowej Kalifornii postrzegają fizyczną przestrzeń archiwów swoich społeczności 26 , propozycje nowego podejścia (ze strony prawa i polityki archiwalnej) do wiedzy, przeszłości i pamięci ludów rdzennych na terenie Australii 27 .…”
Section: Skrótowe Określenie Tematuunclassified
“…As Hastings put it, "The loss of historical materials from before the war was enormous, erasing most traces of prewar Japanese American history." 16 What is more, the War Relocation Authority, the government agency responsible for internment, produced thousands of photographs and files on each internee, thereby supplanting the long history of Japanese Americans with records documenting only their otherness and assumed criminality. Hastings explained that part of the reparative goal was to correct this archival injustice: "During the 1980s redress movement, there was an explosion of oral history projects focused on Japanese Americans .…”
Section: Case Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%