2022 – Oral History Lab

Workshop: Nos Cuidamos – Community Care & Power in Oral History

UncategorizedBy isabel.padilla1 December 7, 2022

EnglishEspañolEnglish On Friday, December 9th, 2022, the Oral History Lab had the pleasure of welcoming artist, activist-scholar, archivist, and historian, Cynthia Tobar, who discussed the community-based approaches in co-creating oral history collections. During her workshop, Tobar discussed how academic institutions can support local communities by providing access to needed resources and implementing post-custodial archival models.…

Inauguration of Children’s Books Exhibition

NewsBy isabel.padilla1 September 1, 2022

EnglishEspañolEnglish The Oral History Lab is pleased to announce that the RUM library has installed a bilingual children’s book exhibition. This will be available at the main entrance of the UPRM library and will be available from Monday, September 5th, 2022, until Monday, October 31st, 2022. The exhibition has been under work since 2019, but…

Workshop: Introduction to Archiving

Preservation Workshop SeriesBy isabel.padilla1 August 27, 2022

EnglishEspañolEnglish On August 26th, 2022, the Oral History Lab had the pleasure of welcoming Cristina Fontánez Rodríguez from Pratt Institute to talk about the field of archival and its theoretical frameworks. In her workshop, she covered the theories and basic concepts related to archival and its practical applications in the acquisition and development of collections,…

Workshop: Using Omeka for Digital Humanities

Preservation Workshop SeriesBy isabel.padilla1 July 1, 2022

EnglishEspañolEnglish On June 30th, 2022, the Oral History Lab welcomed Rosadel Santos Flores to give a workshop on Omeka, an open access platform that can be used to create and disseminate collections of digital objects. Rosadel Santos Flores discussed how different aspects of Omeka’s functionality can be used for Digital Humanities projects, including how to…

Workshop: Digital Preservation: Basics and Fundamentals

Preservation Workshop SeriesBy isabel.padilla1 April 30, 2022

EnglishEspañolEnglish On April 29th, 2022, the Oral History Lab had the pleasure of welcoming Caroline Gil Rodríguez who conducted an incredible workshop on the basics and fundamentals of digital preservation. In her workshop, Rodríguez discussed what digital files were, the different types of files that can be found in digital collections, and how to navigate…