Anthropology, Department of
Date of this Version
1995
Abstract
Data is drawn from the 1995 summer field school in applied anthropology and appropriate technology held in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. University of Nebraska-Lincoln students worked as a field team studying the impact of economic development and social initiatives on a rural former ejido. This paper focuses on how a severe regional drought has transformed the economic roles of ejido women of the hacendado and ejidatario classes. Data was gathered using ethnographic field techniques such as participant-observation and interviews. Preliminary analysis shows that women react to the drought by seeking alternative means of generating income. These include the production of handicrafts as well as selling their labor for housecleaning and laundry services.
Comments
Published in Nebraska Anthropologist Vol. 12 (1995-1996). Copyright ©Jodi L. Biskup and Darcy L. Boellstorff; published by The University of Nebraska-Lincoln AnthroGroup.