EnglishEspañolEnglish In October 2023, Dr. Ricia Anne Chansky and OHL Student Research Fellows, Bryan Ramos Romero and Carhianie Vargas Padin, attended the Humanities Action Lab National Convening at Rutgers University, Newark. The three-day event included translocal teams from across the United States that came together to discuss climate justice strategies on hyperlocal levels and how these individual…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Dr. Ricia Anne Chansky, Marci Denesiuk, and José J. Morales Benítez attended the 2023 Oral History Association Conference in Baltimore, MD, “Oral History and/as Education: Teaching and Learning in the Classroom and Beyond.” Chansky, Denesiuk, and Morales Benítez delivered a panel presentation, “The Oral History Lab @UPRM: Decolonial PracticeOn, Across, and Beyond Campus,” and a poster…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Amazing News from the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival 2023! We’re thrilled to share that our own Jorge A. Santiago Fernández, a talented UPRM Software Engineering Major, represented the OHL @ UPRM at this prestigious event from November 1-5, 2023. With immense pride, Jorge accepted an Honorable Mention Award for our documentary film…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Calling all aspiring filmmakers! Enroll in CINE 4016: The Creative Documentary and turn your vision into reality. This isn’t just a course; it’s your gateway to the world of documentary filmmaking. Work side-by-side with a professional documentary filmmaker and get hands-on experience producing award-winning films like Todavía Estamos Aquí and Nuestro Pedazo de Tierra.…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Thanks to Sierra Magazine and Jen Rose-Smith for featuring us in their article about oral histories of climate change. Be sure to read the article by clicking here. Español Gracias a Sierra Magazine y Jen Rose-Smith por destacarnos en su artículo sobre las historias orales del cambio climático. Asegúrate de leer el artículo haciendo clic aquí.
Digital Archives as Decolonial Practice EnglishEspañolEnglish The presentation explores the collaborative efforts between the Oral History Lab (OHL) at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) and the Archivo de Respuestas Emergencias de Puerto Rico (AREPR), which also involves teams from Michigan State University and UPR Río Piedras. The focus is on transforming traditional…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Dr. Ricia Chansky at The Global Crisis Center By: Bryan Ramos The Director of the Oral History Lab at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (the OHL @UPRM), Dr. Ricia Anne Chansky, has been recognized by the Museum of Tolerance (MOT) as an inspirational Global Climate Justice Activist. The MOT Los Angeles campus…
EnglishEspañolEnglish By: Bryan Ramos Romero Introduction: The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) is pleased to announce the official update of Scholar@UPRM, its institutional repository. This upgrade to the repository, made possible thanks to a Digital Humanities grant awarded to the Oral History Lab @UPRM from the Nation Endowment for the Humanities, marks an important step…
EnglishEspañolEnglish By: Bryan Ramos Romero 📣 Exciting news! Dr. Ricia Chansky has been named a 2023 Assembling Voices Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Research and Empirics (INCITE) at Columbia University. This award is made to individuals with compelling ideas for public initiatives that bring people together to promote engagement around pressing social justice…
EnglishEspañolEnglish By: Vashti N. Tacoronte Cruz In a groundbreaking achievement, Marci Denesiuk, an esteemed adjunct professor in the English Department of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, has been awarded a significant grant from the Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (DEFCon). DEFCon is a national consortium renowned for fostering and promoting digital ethnic studies. As…