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| | MIGRATION & TRANSNATIONAL COMMUNITIES
Saints, Peaches and Wine. Mexican migration and the transformation of Los Haro, Zacatecas and Napa, California
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“Mexicanos en el Valle de Napa: Los 50 años de una comunidad trasnacional,” La Jornada, 29 de septiembre, 2002.
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| | MIGRATION & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
"Technology Transfer through Mexican Migration"
Article describes how innovation and technological advances are flowing from the United States to rural Mexico when farmworkers return home.
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"Woodleaf Farm Lighthouse Beacon Shining in Rancho Los Haro"
by Will Stockwin in The Agrarian Advocate, Fall 2002.
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| | MIGRATION & DEVELOPMENT
The Mexican Nostalgia Market in the U.S.: El Mercado Paisano : can it promote development in migrant-dependent regions?
Paper by R. Mines & S. Nichols (2005) click here for pdf
The Jerez Agroecology Lighthouse: a pilot project to support the adoption and diffusion of sustainable farming practices in a migration-dependent region of Zacatecas, Mexico.
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| | DOCUMENTARY FILMS by Sandra Nichols:
THE ONCE AND FUTURE FAIR: Treasure Island 1939-1940.
Special for KRON-TV, San Francisco, 1989. Producer-Writer.
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THE WATER OF AYOLE. Filmed in Togo, West Africa.
PBS Special, 1988. Producer-Director and Co-Writer (28 mins.)
Click here to watch the video: http://vimeo.com/6281949
AN AFRICAN RECOVERY. Filmed in Niger, West Africa.
The Discovery Channel, 1990. Producer-Director (28 mins.)
THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE. Filmed in Sri Lanka.
NOVA Series, PBS 1984. Producer-Director (56 mins.)
THE FRAGILE MOUNTAIN. Filmed in Nepal.
NOVA Series, PBS 1982. Producer-Director (56 mins.)
THE BATTLE OF WESTLANDS. Filmed in California's Central Valley.
PBS Special, 1980. Co-Producer & Co-Director with Carol Mon Pere (56 mins.)
MARAGOLI. Filmed in Kenya, East Africa.
1976. Producer-Director (58 mins.)
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| | NOTE: THIS SITE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
COMING SOON:
Descriptions of films by Sandra Nichols
Articles, papers and talks on:
Carl O. Sauer
Alexander von Humboldt
Mexico-U.S. Migration and the Webs of Connection
Napa's Mexican community
Transnational Communities
The Jerez Agroecological Lighthouse
"Mercados Paisanos"
Pilgrimage and Spirit of Place
...and much, much more.
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