Oral History of Rural Life and Livestock in Harsh Conditions

Jacinta González y Marcelina Preciado (Herrera de Alcántara). La vida de antes. El ganado is an oral history dataset from the e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse. It contains testimonies about harsh living conditions, day labor in fields and houses, and the role of livestock like cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs for milk, tilling, and transport. The dataset was coordinated by Álvarez Pérez, Xosé Afonso and last updated on May 5, 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical rural labor conditions based on descriptions of day laborers in fields and houses.
• Studying traditional animal husbandry practices based on mentions of cattle, sheep, and goats for milk, tilling, and transport.
• Researching food preparation techniques based on references to cheese making and slaughter.
• Examining social history and economic roles based on accounts of people selling milk from cows.

Strengths

• Provides first-hand ethnographic accounts of rural life and labor.
• Focuses on specific themes of livestock and harsh living conditions as described.
• 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.
• Row count, file formats, and column-level documentation are absent.
• Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to the specific oral history collection.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely contains transcribed oral history interviews or testimonies.

Time Range

Implied historical coverage ('La vida de antes' / 'The life of before'), but specific range is null.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 04:06:57; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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