The struggle continues: El Centro de los Trabajadores Agrvcolas Fronterizos |
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| Authors: | Jonathan Barnes |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Education, Health and Social Science , University of the West of Scotland , UK chris.holligan@uws.ac.uk |
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| Abstract: | As a participating student in the Border Studies Program in the fall semester of 2000, the author did a field study working as a volunteer at El Centro de los Trabajadores Agrvcolas Fronterizos (The Border Agricultural Workers' Center, or CTAF). In this ethnography, he intertwines the exploration of several different relationships. He examines the relationship between the current struggles of farm workers in the U.S. and the movement led by Cesar Chavez in the 1970s; and the relationship between the ''periphery'' and the ''center.'' He also reflects upon his own position within the progressive movement, given the social privilege that adheres to him by virtue of race, class, and sex. |
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| Keywords: | culture research anthropology |
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