Bahadur’s purpose in researching her great grandmother was because she wanted answers to her questions. She was wondering as to why a pregnant women would get on a ship and go all the way across the world with know one besides her.Women were going through hard times in Asia as well. In the historical record it stated that Sujaria was a 27 year old coolie departing from Calcutta and her testimony was missing. One limit was when Bahadur found the diaries on that ship. Bahadur also followed up with more history evidence by using other data from existing archives, transcripts, etc.If I were to construct an archive of my own family history, I would use family records and biographies written by other people.I would love to learn about where my family grew up, there names and if there was anything hidden or kept a secret that they always wanted to pass on to there family tree.
The oral history that I studied was the life and experiences of Seattle’s Chinese immigrant community from Taiwan, Hong Kong. Some of the interviews I heard were confirming that fact that they came to the U.S for better lives and to work hard.Their decisions to come to the U.S. and their American experiences were significantly shaped by the political, economic, and social developments of their times. Something that surprises me is that the countries that are less developed and are in debt tend to have more people go aboard and do better with there lives.I want to know why and how can we make these countries better so that people won’t have to leave there countries by force.Lastly, people won’t have to sacrifice anything to make there lives better.
Good questions here about what motivates migration– we will be discussing this (and more!) this semester!