Mirroring Hope: The Bhungroo Irrigation Technology Oral History Project

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  Women waiting to be interviewed. Photo 2

  A woman sits on a blanket on the floor with crossed legs in the foreground and two more women sit behind her.
  Date: 2019
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  Women waiting to be interviewed. Photo 1

  A group of women sit on a blanket on the floor inside while more women and children stand outside in the sun.
  Date: 2019
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  Women speaking with Jamie

  A group of women gather inside and speak with project leader Jamie Sommer.
  Date: 2019
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  Women farmer in Aritha

  A woman sits on a blanket on the ground. She wears pink dress and headscarf lightly detailed with plants.
  Date: 2019
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  Woman farmer without Bhungroo

  A woman sits on the ground with crossed legs. She wears colorful dress and headscarf. There are many pairs of shoes on the ground behind her.
  Date: 2019
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  Village women and their children

  Large group of women and children standing for a photograph.
  Date: 2019
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  Unemployed farmers in Aritha. Photo 2

  Group of 6 people. Four, two men, two women, sit on the floor. One woman has her face covered with her head scarf. Another woman sits with her back to us. One man stands and we only see a portion of his body in the foreground right.
  Date: 2019
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  Unemployed farmers in Aritha. Photo 1

  Group of 6 people. Four, two men, two women, sit on the floor. One woman has her face covered with her head scarf. Another woman sits with her back to us. One man stands and we only see a portion of his body in the foreground right.
  Date: 2019
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  Unemployed farmer in Aritha. Photo 3

  Gentleman sitting on the floor wearing a vertically grey and black striped button down shirt and a dark blue knit hat.
  Date: 2019
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  Unemployed farmer in Aritha. Photo 2

  Gentleman sitting on the floor wearing a light pink button down shirt.
  Date: 2019
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  Unemployed farmer in Aritha. Photo 1

  Gentleman sitting on the floor wearing a white and yellow checkered button down shirt.
  Date: 2019
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  Thumbprint signing the release form

  Close-up of a a person signing a release form with their thumbprint. We see the form close-up, and someone's hand pushing their thumb onto the paper. They are wearing a green bangle bracelet.
  Date: 2019
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  Signing the release form. Photo 2

  Close-up of a a person signing their name on the release form. We see the form close-up, and someone's hands holding a pen as they sign.
  Date: 2019
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  Signing the release form. Photo 1

  Notebook and release form in the foreground surrounded by three people's laps. One holding a recorder, one signing the form, and the other explaining. No faces are visible. We only see their crossed legs, arms and hands.
  Date: 2019
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  Program officers explaining interviews to a Bhungroo farmer

  Program officer, wearing a yellow button down shirt and standing on the left, explains the interviews to a Bhungroo farmer who stands on the right with her back towards us.
  Date: 2019
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  Program officer contacting farmers to interview

  Program officer making calls from the driver seat of a vehicle. He is wearing a yellow collared shirt. He has papers across his lap, one in his hand, and it appears he is speaking into a phone.
  Date: 2019
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  Pre-testing the questionnaire

  Oral history project members pre-testing the interview questions outside, sitting on benches.
  Date: 2019
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  Preparing for field interviews

  Oral history project members preparing for interviews in an office type room sitting on colorful blankets on the ground.
  Date: 2019
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  Peg interviewing with Dhruti interpreting

  Peg (sitting to the left on the bench) is interviewing a group of women sitting on the floor as Dhruti (sitting to the right on the bench) translates.
  Date: 2019
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  Peg and Jamie talking and recording group responses

  Peg (foreground left with legs out holding the recorder) and Jamie (back row left with legs crossed) sit on a sheet covered floor in a circle with a group of women with many women standing in the background.
  Date: 2019
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  Non-Bhungroo farmer. Photo 3

  A woman stands with arms by side wearing a purple and black horizontally striped button down short and a purple, white, and light green head scarf.
  Date: 2019
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  Non-Bhungroo farmer. Photo 2

  A woman stands with arms by side wearing a vertically striped button down shirt with a pink colored head scarf.
  Date: 2019
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  Non-Bhungroo farmer. Photo 1

  A woman stands with arms crossed wearing a blue and white button down shirt and a magenta colored head scarf.
  Date: 2019
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  Neighbor interested in Bhungroo. Photo 2

  A woman stands in front of an open doorway in a brick wall of building. She has a scarf on her head and a grey colored sweater on over her clothing.
  Date: 2019
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  Neighbor interested in Bhungroo. Photo 1

  A woman stands in front of an open doorway in a brick wall of building. She has a read headdress on and a magenta colored sweater on over her clothing.
  Date: 2019
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  Mother-in-law in Bhungroo using household

  Older woman sitting with legs crossed on top of a piece of fabric on the dirt outside of home or other structure.
  Date: 2019
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  Manual laborer. Photo 3

  A color photograph of a man outside with a white and blue head covering. Farm animal and a small thatched structure with vessels in the background.
  Date: 2019
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  Manual laborer. Photo 2

  A color photograph of a man outside with a white and blue head covering. Farm animal and a small thatched structure with vessels in the background.
  Date: 2019
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  Manual laborer. Photo 1

  A color photograph of a man outside with a white head covering. Farm animal and a small thatched structure in the background.
  Date: 2019
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  Signing the interview release form

  Looking down for a close-up of a woman signing a release form. She has a bangle bracelet on each wrist.
  Date: 2019
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  Reviewing and editing the questionnaire before the field interviews

  Project leaders and interpreters sit in a Bhungroo office consulting papers with another woman who faces away from us in the foreground.
  Date: 2019
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  Recording the interviews and signing release forms

  Looking down for a close-up of a recording device and someone signing a release form.
  Date: 2019
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  Pre-testing the interview questions

  Project leaders and interpreters (left to right: Peg, Jamie, Hetshree, Dhruti) sit on benches outside and pre-test interview questions on a gentleman who also sits on a bench. Another gentleman sits on a chair in the background.
  Date: 2019
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  Photo with Dhruti and mother and daughter-in-law interviewees

  Two women stand with Dhruti and Peg for a photo. Left to right: Dhruti, daughter-in-law and mother, Peg.
  Date: 2019
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  Non-Bhungroo family members

  A small group of non-Bhungroo women stand with project leaders and interpreter for a photo.
  Date: 2019
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  Making us tea. Photo 2

  A woman crouches by a small floor stove that contains a pot to boil water for tea for the group. She looks at and works the fire in the stove.
  Date: 2019
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  Making us tea. Photo 1

  A woman crouches by a small floor stove that contains a pot to boil water for tea for the group. She turns her face towards the camera.
  Date: 2019
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  Jamie with non-Bhungroo farmer

  Jamie Sommer stands with a non-Bhungroo farmer. They have their arms around each others shoulders. Hetshree Kangad sits in the background.
  Date: 2019
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  Interviewing the first Bhungroo farmer

  Project leaders and interpreters sit on benches with their first Bhungroo interviewee who also sits on a bench. Left to right: Dhruti Thaker, Peg Christoff, Hetshree Kangad, Jamie Sommer, unnamed farmer.
  Date: 2019
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  Interviewing non-Bhungroo unemployed farmers

  Peg and Dhruti (sitting on a bench facing us) interview three men who sit on the floor with their backs to us.
  Date: 2019
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  Interviewing a woman farmer

  Peg and Dhruti (sitting on a bench facing us) interview a woman farmer wearing floral dress who sits on the floor with her back to us. Four other women sit and wait with their backs to us except one who looks at us with a smile.
  Date: 2019
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  Interviewers and Interpreters with a Farmer

  Photograph of project leaders and translators. Left to right: Jamie Sommer, Hetshree Kangad, unnamed farmer, Peg Christoff, Dhruti Thaker.
  Date: 2019
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  Hetshree interpreting for Jamie in interviews

  Translator, Hetshree Kangad, translates an interview for Jamie Sommer. Jamie looks up at the camera. They are interviewing a small group of four women. They all sit on the floor.
  Date: 2019
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  Hetshree explaining the interview release form

  Translator, Hetshree Kangad, explaining the release form to two women while Jamie Sommer holds the recorder. Two women and a child watch (foreground).
  Date: 2019
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  Hamming it up!

  Candid photograph of project leaders and translators. Left to right: Jamie Sommer, Hetshree Kangad, unnamed farmer, Peg Christoff, Dhruti Thaker.
  Date: 2019
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  Group photo with non-Bhungroo farmers

  Small group of non-Bhungroo farmers sit and stand inside with project leaders and translators.
  Date: 2019
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  Group photo in Aritha

  A group of women and children stand with the project leaders and translators for a group photo in Aritha.
  Date: 2019
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  Farmer's kitchen

  A woman wearing green crouches on the ground in a kitchen. A kids thermos hangs above her head, gathered reeds tied at one end lay on the ground next to her, A small brick/concrete fire pit/stove is further back in the room as well as some kitchen items on a shelf.
  Date: 2019
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  Exchanging ideas during the interview

  Interviewers and interpreters exchanging ideas with farmers during the interview inside a home. Four interviewers/interpreters in background facing the camera. Form left to right: Dhruti Thaker, Peg Christoff, Hetshree Kangad, Jamie Sommer. Three farmers in foreground looking away from camera.
  Date: 2019
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  Cookstove

  A cooking vessel on a wood burning fire cooking stove.
  Date: 2019