{"id":2479,"count":18,"description":"The building of Los Hurones dam (C\u00e1diz, Spain) between 1947 and 1965 initially aimed to cover the water needs of the naval base and other military installations in the city and bay of C\u00e1diz, and later to provide for the civilian population. The chosen spot, in the middle reach of the river Majaceite, was located among mountain ranches of Mediterranean forest, well off the beaten track and far from the surrounding population centres (Algar, San Jos\u00e9 del Valle and Ubrique).<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe first projects date back to 1921; by 1939 there was already a geological map of the basin, specific topographical work started in 1947 and in 1949 a service road was opened to the area allowing access to machinery and delivery of materials. In 1965 Los Hurones dam began to collect water. During the building of the dam a workers\u2019 community of different origins, cultures and languages grew. In the space of ten\/twenty years most families had to find a new place to live and work.<\/span>\r\n\r\nNearly all the families of workers complemented their meagre salaries and services making use of the natural resources and helping each others. The town and services provided by the contracted company for the dam were an important support just for some of the families of workers, and only temporarily. In fact, the building of the dam relied on independent and traditional ways of life.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWith the coming renovation of Los Hurones town as a tourist site, the Junta de Andaluc\u00eda decided to gather the history of its inhabitants from archive and oral sources and make it available. Treveris publishing company, in charge of the project implemented in 2022, set out to identify the keys to the work and daily life of this workers\u2019 community which grew around the building of the dam. This exhibition shows some parts of the afore-mentioned study through pictures and the voices of those interviewed.<\/span>\r\n\r\nFurther reading<\/b>\r\n\r\nD\u00edaz Mart\u00ednez B. and S\u00edgler Silvera F. 2023. <\/span>Historia y vivencias del Poblado de Los Hurones<\/span><\/i>. C\u00e1diz, Tr\u00e9veris, Junta de Andaluc\u00eda. ISBN: 978-84-125022-9-9. En prensa.<\/span>\r\n\r\nMethodological focus and meeting<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nBeatriz D\u00edaz Mart\u00ednez<\/b><\/a> graduated in Biology at the <\/span>Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid<\/span><\/i> (Spain) and specialises in Environmental Biology. She works as a freelance writer and researcher. She has wide experience in researching Oral Memory through interactive group workshops and in-depth life stories, specialising in daily life and survival mechanisms.<\/span>\r\n\r\nAmong her works we highlight: the audiovisual archive of life stories in the Basque Country <\/span>Herri Memoria<\/span><\/a> (2014-2016), carried out with Elkasko Association for Historical Research and funded by the Basque Government; her independent research <\/span>Vida cotidiana en las chozas<\/span><\/i><\/a> y <\/span>en las chabolas<\/span><\/i><\/a> (Daily life in huts and shucks, 2013-2018) and <\/span>Ense\u00f1anza no formal en el siglo XX<\/span><\/i><\/a> (Non-formal education in the 20th century) <\/span>(2012-2023), <\/span>both<\/span> in Tarifa (C\u00e1diz)<\/span>; and her work on oral memory with Editorial Tr\u00e9veris on the worker\u2019s town of Los Hurones reservoir in Sierra de C\u00e1diz (2022-2023). Her latest books are <\/span>Las manos siempre mojadas<\/span><\/i><\/a> (Hands always wet) and <\/span>Juntar las letras. La Alfabetizaci\u00f3n en el campo; del af\u00e1n de saber a la autogesti\u00f3n<\/span><\/i><\/a> (Link de letters together. Literacy in the countryside: from the desire for knowledge to self-management).<\/span>\r\n\r\nOn the Virtual Museum of Human Ecology you can find the following by Beatriz D\u00edaz: <\/span>Walls of stone and roof of bulrushes<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span>Urbanisation Ecology<\/span><\/i><\/a> and <\/span>Stone oven: nutritional autonomy and communal living<\/span><\/i><\/a>, the works of the month <\/span>Women as guarantors of life in shacks in La L\u00ednea, C\u00e1diz<\/span><\/i><\/a>, and <\/span>Crist\u00f3bal and palm<\/span><\/i><\/a>, and the temporary exhibition <\/span>Gibraltar and La L\u00ednea: a cross-border community in oral memory<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span>","link":"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/en\/espacio\/temporary-exhibitions\/year-2023\/a-workers-township-in-the-sierra-de-cadiz-the-memory-thread\/","name":"A workers' town in the Sierra de C\u00e1diz (Spain): the memory thread","slug":"a-workers-township-in-the-sierra-de-cadiz-the-memory-thread","taxonomy":"espacio","parent":2468,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA workers' town in the Sierra de C\u00e1diz (Spain): the memory thread archivos - Museo de Ecolog\u00eda Humana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/en\/espacio\/temporary-exhibitions\/year-2023\/a-workers-township-in-the-sierra-de-cadiz-the-memory-thread\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A workers' town in the Sierra de C\u00e1diz (Spain): the memory thread archivos - Museo de Ecolog\u00eda Humana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The building of Los Hurones dam (C\u00e1diz, Spain) between 1947 and 1965 initially aimed to cover the water needs of the naval base and other military installations in the city and bay of C\u00e1diz, and later to provide for the civilian population. The chosen spot, in the middle reach of the river Majaceite, was located among mountain ranches of Mediterranean forest, well off the beaten track and far from the surrounding population centres (Algar, San Jos\u00e9 del Valle and Ubrique). The first projects date back to 1921; by 1939 there was already a geological map of the basin, specific topographical work started in 1947 and in 1949 a service road was opened to the area allowing access to machinery and delivery of materials. In 1965 Los Hurones dam began to collect water. During the building of the dam a workers\u2019 community of different origins, cultures and languages grew. In the space of ten\/twenty years most families had to find a new place to live and work. Nearly all the families of workers complemented their meagre salaries and services making use of the natural resources and helping each others. The town and services provided by the contracted company for the dam were an important support just for some of the families of workers, and only temporarily. In fact, the building of the dam relied on independent and traditional ways of life. With the coming renovation of Los Hurones town as a tourist site, the Junta de Andaluc\u00eda decided to gather the history of its inhabitants from archive and oral sources and make it available. Treveris publishing company, in charge of the project implemented in 2022, set out to identify the keys to the work and daily life of this workers\u2019 community which grew around the building of the dam. This exhibition shows some parts of the afore-mentioned study through pictures and the voices of those interviewed. Further reading D\u00edaz Mart\u00ednez B. and S\u00edgler Silvera F. 2023. Historia y vivencias del Poblado de Los Hurones. C\u00e1diz, Tr\u00e9veris, Junta de Andaluc\u00eda. ISBN: 978-84-125022-9-9. En prensa. Methodological focus and meeting   Beatriz D\u00edaz Mart\u00ednez graduated in Biology at the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid (Spain) and specialises in Environmental Biology. She works as a freelance writer and researcher. She has wide experience in researching Oral Memory through interactive group workshops and in-depth life stories, specialising in daily life and survival mechanisms. Among her works we highlight: the audiovisual archive of life stories in the Basque Country Herri Memoria (2014-2016), carried out with Elkasko Association for Historical Research and funded by the Basque Government; her independent research Vida cotidiana en las chozas y en las chabolas (Daily life in huts and shucks, 2013-2018) and Ense\u00f1anza no formal en el siglo XX (Non-formal education in the 20th century) (2012-2023), both in Tarifa (C\u00e1diz); and her work on oral memory with Editorial Tr\u00e9veris on the worker\u2019s town of Los Hurones reservoir in Sierra de C\u00e1diz (2022-2023). Her latest books are Las manos siempre mojadas (Hands always wet) and Juntar las letras. La Alfabetizaci\u00f3n en el campo; del af\u00e1n de saber a la autogesti\u00f3n (Link de letters together. Literacy in the countryside: from the desire for knowledge to self-management). On the Virtual Museum of Human Ecology you can find the following by Beatriz D\u00edaz: Walls of stone and roof of bulrushes, Urbanisation Ecology and Stone oven: nutritional autonomy and communal living, the works of the month Women as guarantors of life in shacks in La L\u00ednea, C\u00e1diz, and Crist\u00f3bal and palm, and the temporary exhibition Gibraltar and La L\u00ednea: a cross-border community in oral memory.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/en\/espacio\/temporary-exhibitions\/year-2023\/a-workers-township-in-the-sierra-de-cadiz-the-memory-thread\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Museo de Ecolog\u00eda Humana\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"CollectionPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/en\/espacio\/temporary-exhibitions\/year-2023\/a-workers-township-in-the-sierra-de-cadiz-the-memory-thread\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/en\/espacio\/temporary-exhibitions\/year-2023\/a-workers-township-in-the-sierra-de-cadiz-the-memory-thread\/\",\"name\":\"A workers' town in the Sierra de C\u00e1diz (Spain): the memory thread archivos - Museo de Ecolog\u00eda Humana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/en\/espacio\/temporary-exhibitions\/year-2023\/a-workers-township-in-the-sierra-de-cadiz-the-memory-thread\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/en\/espacio\/temporary-exhibitions\/year-2023\/a-workers-township-in-the-sierra-de-cadiz-the-memory-thread\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"MUSEO\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Temporary exhibitions\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/en\/espacio\/temporary-exhibitions\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Year 2023\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/en\/espacio\/temporary-exhibitions\/year-2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"A workers' town in the Sierra de C\u00e1diz (Spain): the memory thread\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/\",\"name\":\"Museo de Ecolog\u00eda Humana\",\"description\":\"Museo Virtual de Ecolog\u00eda Humana\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Museo de Ecolog\u00eda Humana\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-meh.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-meh.svg\",\"width\":1,\"height\":1,\"caption\":\"Museo de Ecolog\u00eda Humana\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A workers' town in the Sierra de C\u00e1diz (Spain): the memory thread archivos - Museo de Ecolog\u00eda Humana","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/en\/espacio\/temporary-exhibitions\/year-2023\/a-workers-township-in-the-sierra-de-cadiz-the-memory-thread\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A workers' town in the Sierra de C\u00e1diz (Spain): the memory thread archivos - Museo de Ecolog\u00eda Humana","og_description":"The building of Los Hurones dam (C\u00e1diz, Spain) between 1947 and 1965 initially aimed to cover the water needs of the naval base and other military installations in the city and bay of C\u00e1diz, and later to provide for the civilian population. 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Methodological focus and meeting   Beatriz D\u00edaz Mart\u00ednez graduated in Biology at the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid (Spain) and specialises in Environmental Biology. She works as a freelance writer and researcher. She has wide experience in researching Oral Memory through interactive group workshops and in-depth life stories, specialising in daily life and survival mechanisms. Among her works we highlight: the audiovisual archive of life stories in the Basque Country Herri Memoria (2014-2016), carried out with Elkasko Association for Historical Research and funded by the Basque Government; her independent research Vida cotidiana en las chozas y en las chabolas (Daily life in huts and shucks, 2013-2018) and Ense\u00f1anza no formal en el siglo XX (Non-formal education in the 20th century) (2012-2023), both in Tarifa (C\u00e1diz); and her work on oral memory with Editorial Tr\u00e9veris on the worker\u2019s town of Los Hurones reservoir in Sierra de C\u00e1diz (2022-2023). Her latest books are Las manos siempre mojadas (Hands always wet) and Juntar las letras. La Alfabetizaci\u00f3n en el campo; del af\u00e1n de saber a la autogesti\u00f3n (Link de letters together. Literacy in the countryside: from the desire for knowledge to self-management). 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