Presentation Title
Images of Agua y Tierra: Changing the Narrative of Chicano/Mexicano Farming
Location
Room 255
Start Date
23-10-2017 3:15 PM
End Date
23-10-2017 3:45 PM
Description
This presentation will consider how almost 10,000 pictures from the Chicano/Mexicano farming communities of the Upper Rio Grande Valley of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico can contribute and alter the narrative of farm working. This digital collection documents over 30 years of farming with acequias, or communal irrigation canals, and captures themes of food production, the care of the land and environment, and water management. In a time where large-scale agribusiness is fomented by Monsanto chemicals and seed control, these farmers work to maintain acequia agriculture. The presenter will discuss how her efforts with The Acequia Institute and SJSU ScholarWorks, an open access institutional repository, can contribute to greater community agency in the representation of Chicanos and Mexicanos in agriculture.
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Images of Agua y Tierra: Changing the Narrative of Chicano/Mexicano Farming
Room 255
This presentation will consider how almost 10,000 pictures from the Chicano/Mexicano farming communities of the Upper Rio Grande Valley of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico can contribute and alter the narrative of farm working. This digital collection documents over 30 years of farming with acequias, or communal irrigation canals, and captures themes of food production, the care of the land and environment, and water management. In a time where large-scale agribusiness is fomented by Monsanto chemicals and seed control, these farmers work to maintain acequia agriculture. The presenter will discuss how her efforts with The Acequia Institute and SJSU ScholarWorks, an open access institutional repository, can contribute to greater community agency in the representation of Chicanos and Mexicanos in agriculture.
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