{"id":773,"date":"2017-10-16T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T20:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/?p=773"},"modified":"2017-10-16T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T20:41:23","slug":"blog-2-missing-piece-in-history-japanese-internment-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f17\/2017\/10\/16\/blog-2-missing-piece-in-history-japanese-internment-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog #2: Missing Piece in History — Japanese Internment Camps"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u201cActivities and entertainment at Heart Mountain Relocation Center Photographs\u201d<\/a> aims to give an overview of the lives of Japanese in internment camps in the US during World War II. The archive consists of photographs showing different aspects of Japanese\u2019 lives and culture including theatrical folklore, dancing, wrestling, games, and working in the fields. Not only do these photographs provide a sense of what life was like in the Japanese internment camps, it also allows us to see the landscape in which these internment camps were built.<\/p>\n

However, when I started looking the photographs, I had an uneasy feeling that these photographs are not accurate in illustrating the lives of these Japanese in internment camps. The photographs seem staged and fake especially in \u201cAlice and Mike\u201d<\/a> and \u201cGirls chopping down Christmas tree\u201d<\/a>. I learned from my other class that Americans would fake these photographs to sell the morality of the internment camps. These photographs sugarcoat the lives in internment camps and leave out the pain and loss of freedom that the Japanese had to endure. The photographs seem to show the vibrant culture that exists in the internment camps. Even the photographs of barren and dislocated landscapes seem beautiful. However, I wonder if there are any photos that are able to illustrate the pain that these Japanese experienced that are constantly being expressed in interviews. I\u2019m not sure where I can find the sources that I need to address those gaps. I did some research online and found that many photographers were trying to piece together the gaps through fragmented captions and photographs.<\/p>\n

The point of the photographs is to give an overview of what life is like in the Japanese internment camps. However, there is a limitation of these photographs where a huge narrative has been left out. Photographs are good at capturing a moment but these moments do not make up all the narratives. When I watch interviews about the experiences in these internment camps, it makes me sick that Americans would try to stage these photographs. I cannot imagine the injustice that Japanese Americans went through during this time. However, I am also aware that my perspective on the Japanese internment camps may be skewed. Maybe we will never be able to find out what really happened in history, but we can try to gather as much evidence as possible to piece together a better, more accurate picture of history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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