Oral History Interview on Cross-Border Relations and Language Use in Galicia-Portugal

An audio recording of an interview with Miguel Carrasco, conducted in an operational oil mill. The recording focuses on contact and relations with Portugal and the language used there. The audio has been filtered to reduce machine noise, which may have affected volume and tonal quality. The dataset was coordinated by Álvarez Pérez, Xosé Afonso and last updated on May 5, 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyzing language choice and code-switching patterns based on the described topic of language use in Portugal.
• Studying cross-border social and economic relations based on the interview's focus on contact with Portugal.
• Examining oral history recording techniques and audio quality challenges based on the described noise filtering process.
• Researching regional identity and cultural exchange in the Galicia-Portugal border region.

Strengths

• Recording includes contextual metadata about the challenging acoustic environment of an operational oil mill.
• Audio processing steps are explicitly documented, noting filtering for noise reduction.
• Dataset provenance is clear, with a named coordinator and a specific last update date 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.
• The audio filtering process introduced volume imbalances and tonal alterations, as noted in the description.

Provenance

Source

e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Audio recording conducted in an oil mill, with subsequent filtering.

Time Range

Interview date is unknown; dataset was last updated in 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 04:36:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely focuses on the Galicia region of Spain and its relations with Portugal.