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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Amache"”.
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Brewing Behind Barbed Wire: An Archaeology of Saké at Amache
… U.S. citizens. The Granada Relocation Center (Amache) was the smallest of these internment centers. The presence of <em>saké</em> at Amache indicates that Japanese Americans continued important practices of daily life despite restrictions under confinement. This thesis investigates the …
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A History of Transplants: A Study of Entryway Gardens at Amache
<p>Previous research shows that during the period of Japanese American internment gardening became a popular activity for the interned. Primarily approached historically, little work has been conducted to archaeologically analyze the efforts of landscaping by former internees. Gardening activity …
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Wrestling with Tradition: Japanese Activities at Amache, a World War II Incarceration Facility
… Japanese practices that were performed at Amache, a World War II Japanese American incarceration facility. I argue that these inter-generational practices helped to bridge a cultural gap that existed between several generations of Japanese Americans. For many incarcerated Japanese …
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Whose Community Museum Is It? Collaboration Strategies and Identity Affirmation in the Amache Museum
<p>The Amache Museum is a preservation project that has multiple communities involved in preserving Amache history. It represents Japanese American as well as American history and is owned and maintained by the Amache Preservation Society (APS), which is comprised of local Granada High School …
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Feminine Identity Confined: The Archaeology of Japanese Women at Amache, a WWII Internment Camp
… Granada Relocation Center, otherwise known as Amache, located in southeastern Colorado. Through the analysis of archaeological material, archival documents, and oral histories, this thesis explores the experiences of Japanese American women interned at Amache. Feminine identity was greatly …
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An Analysis of Modified Material Culture from Amache: Investigating the Landscape of Japanese American Internment
… internment camp in Granada, Colorado, called Amache, has recently uncovered artifacts featuring evidence of modification. Previous studies at internment camps have failed to include a comprehensive analysis of these artifacts; instead focusing on formal materials or aesthetic objects. This …
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The Perseverance of Play: An Archaeological Analysis of Residential Blocks with Preschools at the Amache National Historic Site
… specifically preschool-aged children, within the Amache National Historic Site, a WWII Japanese American internment facility located in Granada, Colorado. Through archaeological methods, GIS analysis, oral histories, and archival research, I analyzed the landscape and material culture of the five …
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The Role of Amache Family Objects in the Japanese American Internment Experience: Examined Through Object Biography and Object Agency
… experience, specifically through a case study at Amache, the Japanese American internment camp in southeastern Colorado. Five semi-structured phone interviews, and one structured email interview, are the primary data used to explore the importance of material culture associated with the site and …
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Common Ground: Uniting Archaeology and Secondary Social Studies Curricula
… World War II Japanese American internment camp, Amache, I created a new supplementary curriculum that focused on the experience of Japanese and Japanese Americans during that era. This thesis presents that curriculum and an accompanying case study that introduced archaeologically based activities …
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Colorado Stories: Interpreting HIstory for Public Audiences at the History Colorado Center
… and community stakeholders. Four communities, Amache, Sand Creek, Lincoln Hills, and the Latino borderlands of southern Colorado required particular care. The interpretation for each of these communities was inherently political, requiring careful contextual study, audience research and …
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Quorum sensing for improved production of industrially useful products from filamentous fungi
Quorum sensing (QS) is a cell density dependant phenomena utilized as a communication process among microorganisms to regulate their physiological responses. QS depends on the production and release of low molecular weight, diffusible chemical signalling molecules, known as quorum sensing molecules …