Oral History of Trade and Smuggling on the Portugal-Spain Border

Grupo II de 3 informantes. (Olivenza). Comercio y contrabando is a qualitative dataset from the e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse, coordinated by Álvarez Pérez, Xosé Afonso. The dataset, last updated on May 5, 2024, contains oral history accounts about cross-border trade and smuggling between Olivenza (Spain) and Portugal. The description suggests it includes narratives on historical practices, routes, accidents, products, and evolving social relations.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical smuggling routes and methods based on described locations and practices.
• Studying the socio-economic role of subsistence smuggling based on mentions of people from Olivenza.
• Examining the evolution of cross-border community relations based on described changes over time.
• Mapping informal trade networks based on described products and participant interactions.

Strengths

• Provides first-hand oral history accounts from a specific border region.
• Includes multilingual descriptions (Spanish, Portuguese, English) for broader accessibility.
• Last updated metadata indicates recent platform activity as of 2024-05-05.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse, coordinated by Álvarez Pérez, Xosé Afonso.

Collection Method

Likely gathered through oral history interviews, as suggested by the title 'informantes'.

Time Range

Covers historical periods, but specific range is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 06:57:52; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Focuses on Olivenza (Spain) and its border with Portugal.