Paper short abstract:

The essay attempts to answer the question "How does the ‘colonial cultural archive’ shape experiences and encounters in diaspora space?" through looking at what is and had to have been made invisible in the experiences of Chinese railroad workers in America and that of the author's own family.

Paper long abstract:

The essay attempts to answer the question "How does the ‘colonial cultural archive’ shape experiences and encounters in diaspora space?" through looking at what is and had to have been made invisible in the experiences of Chinese railroad workers in America and that of the author's own family.