Oral History of Border Life and Smuggling in La Alamedilla and Batocas

An oral history interview with Rosa Torrado describing life along the Spanish-Portuguese border in the villages of La Alamedilla and Batocas. The description details subsistence smuggling, uranium mining, cattle herding, depopulation, traditional festivals, and the political policing by the PIDE. The dataset was coordinated by Álvarez Pérez, Xosé Afonso and last updated in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyzing narratives of informal economies based on descriptions of bread and subsistence smuggling.
• Studying cultural memory and depopulation based on accounts of village life and rivalry.
• Researching border geography and surveillance based on descriptions of terrain and the PIDE's actions.
• Examining the preservation of traditions based on mentions of festivals, games, and songs.

Strengths

• Provides a first-person narrative detailing specific historical events, such as a father's arrest by the PIDE.
• Covers multiple facets of border life, including economy, geography, culture, and politics.

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

Collection Method

Likely contains a transcribed oral history interview.

Time Range

Covers a historical period, likely mid-20th century, based on references to the PIDE and uranium mining.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 06:04:18; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Focuses on the Spanish-Portuguese border villages of La Alamedilla and Batocas.