Oral History Interviews on Rural Life and Change in Olivenza

A biographical oral history interview with two informants, Adolfo and Manuel, detailing their childhoods in rural Spain/Portugal. The description covers their early work, education, migration, and firsthand observations of infrastructure and population changes in Olivenza. The dataset was coordinated by Álvarez Pérez, Xosé Afonso and last updated on May 5, 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyzing narratives of childhood labor and education based on descriptions of informants working from age six and learning to read from a single book.
• Studying patterns of rural-to-urban migration and community change based on accounts of moving to Olivenza and witnessing infrastructure improvements.
• Researching lived experiences of scarcity and adaptation based on descriptions of hunger, large families, and improvised children's games.
• Examining personal accounts of military service and local governance based on the informant's experience as a municipal councillor.

Strengths

• Provides firsthand biographical accounts from two distinct informants, offering multiple perspectives.
• Description details specific historical phenomena like emigration, infrastructure development, and post-war scarcity.
• Includes multilingual description (Spanish, Portuguese, English), suggesting potential for cross-linguistic analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics and structure must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for computational analysis.
• The data appears to be a single interview or transcript; scale is likely limited to this case study.

Provenance

Source

e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Likely contains transcribed oral history interviews or related biographical notes.

Time Range

Covers periods of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood of the informants, likely spanning much of the 20th century.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 04:42:12; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Focuses on the town of Olivenza, a region with historical Spanish and Portuguese influences.