PROPOSAL TYPE
Individual
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Memory
- Preservation
ABSTRACT
The focus would be on the history of how Brazil came to have the largest amount of people of Japanese descent in the world and how this connection was made during the turn of the 20th century when Japan was undergoing changes in its government, culture, and empirical expansions. It would explain the history of how these immigrants would encounter laws that prevented heavy immigration to Australia and the United States and thus continue to journey across the Pacific to Brazil. The abolishment of slavery in Brazil in 1888 meant that Brazil now needed a new workforce. Thus, a relationship of convenience that would last until the outbreak of World War II would be struck between Brazil and Japan.
DESCRIPTION
The goal of this proposal would be to come in contact with other individuals that would be able to help contribute more information about Japanese immigration to Brazil in order to not lose information before generations that were in contact with the original immigrants pass on.
This would tie into the need for urgency as the generation that would have had contact with the original immigrants do not have much time left and it would be imperative to gather this information before people that could give a firsthand account of the group pass away and important details of their origins of cultural impact on Brazil fade away.
If you have a direct offer of assistance, sensitive criticism, or wish to pass along someone’s contact information confidentially, please get in contact directly: Sean-Micah Stover, BYU Hawaii, [email protected]
ALL FEEDBACK AND OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY JULY 7, 2023. If you have general ideas or feedback to share, please feel free to use the comments feature below.
In working with several family history and preservation positions, I believe that having and keeping first-hand account records are vital, especially the type you are describing. In connecting with others that share your interest concerning this topic, I wonder what other things could be done to keep the memory of those accounts. Overall, the research sounds interesting.
This is an intriguing topic and one I am not familiar with. I am more familiar with Japanse and other Asian migrations into Mexico. Factors for these migrations were restrictive immigration policies such as the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Gentleman’s Agreement, etc.