Monthly Archives: December 2010

Good transcription is essential for understanding important themes in Càlig history, but so is correct labeling of interview tapes.  While I enjoyed doing the interviews immensely, I would become easily distracted after an interview if someone dropped by or I … Continue reading →

Since Martha began this project, she has wondered which language to write in.   She analyzes and writes better in English, but wants the book to be read by the descendants of the people she interviewed if not by the interviewees … Continue reading →

Martha, an American, has been listening to and transcribing interviews in Spanish and Valenciano.  Some of the interviews had a rough first transcription done by Spanish-speakers.  Now Fabian and Martha are checking and correcting transcriptions which is very time-consuming task.  … Continue reading →

Yesterday Martha was ready to throw in the towel after she discovered two hours of writing disappeared into cyberspace and several pages of transcription missing.  Fortunately she reconstructed the missing paragraphs and Fabian listened to the tape in the optometrist’s … Continue reading →

Amador and Manuel were two anarchists, 90 and 85 respectively, whom I interviewed extensively in 1991 and 1992.  I so enjoyed talking with them and learning about their lives and their ideas that I kept visiting with them until the … Continue reading →

The first three chapters are ready for editing and corrections. Chapter 1 Unas historias de antes includes the wonderful story La Cistelleta about the neighbors figuring out how to partake of La Beata’s newly slaughtered pig. Chapter 2 Càlig 1907: … Continue reading →