Cultural Associations and Language Documentation in Olivenza Region

The description details the role of the Além Guadiana association in documenting Oliventino Portuguese and the Acetre association in collecting traditional folklore. Data was coordinated by Álvarez Pérez, Xosé Afonso and last updated on 2024-05-05. It discusses the shift in language teaching from Oliventino to standard Portuguese and the impact of funding changes since the economic crisis.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the impact of cultural associations on language preservation based on the documented roles of Além Guadiana and Acetre.
• Studying shifts in language education policy and funding based on the description of teaching changes from Oliventino to standard Portuguese.
• Examining the effectiveness of cross-border cultural programs based on mentions of various activities and reported shortcomings.
• Investigating sociopolitical aspects of dual citizenship based on the described controversies around language and cultural knowledge.

Strengths

• Focuses on specific, named cultural associations (Além Guadiana and Acetre) with documented roles.
• Addresses a clear temporal shift in language teaching policy and funding linked to an economic crisis.
• Covers multiple interconnected themes: language documentation, folklore collection, cross-border programs, and citizenship.

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 documentation, interview transcripts, or survey data related to cultural associations, inferred from the descriptive content.

Time Range

Covers a period from before an economic crisis to the present (2024), as indicated by the discussion of funding loss.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 04:25:57; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Focuses on the Olivenza region (Spain), involving cross-border programs with Portugal.