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EnglishEspañolEnglish A photograph taken by Andrés Octavo of Gesellie “Chela” Caraballo Ruiz—part of the OHL ACLS project undertaken with CAMJI Bartolo to record stories told by women coffee farmers—was selected for the cover of the Spring 2025 cover of the Oral History Journal, the journal of the Oral History Society. Ricia Anne Chansky has an essay…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The Oral History Lab (OHL) will host Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, graphic novelist and creator of La Borinqueña, in an event on April 8 at 10:30 a.m. (AST) in the Figueroa Chapel auditorium. Miranda-Rodriguez will be attending the event virtually. This event is cohosted with the UPRM General Library and the UPRM English Department. The theme…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The Oral History Lab (OHL) and the UPRM General Library are pleased to invite you to this semester’s activities. April 4 (10:00 am – 12:00 AST): Nvivo para análisis cualitativo de las entrevistas. We invite you to this presentation to discover how NVivo can facilitate the coding and analysis process of your oral history…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The Oral History Lab (OHL) is excited to announce that we’re working with award-winning filmmaker Guillermo Gómez Álvarez and the Grupo del Acueducto de Rubias de Yauco in collaboration with the Centro Hemisférico de Cooperación en Investigación y Educación en Ingeniería y Ciencia Aplicada (CoHemis) to document an energy justice project in Yauco. This…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The short film Nuestro Pedazo de Tierra was accepted in Cine Más Corto’s April screening! Nuestro Pedazo de Tierra was made by UPRM students enrolled in documentary filmmaking courses (CINE 4016) taught by award-winning filmmaker Guillermo Gómez Álvarez in the 2022-23 academic year. Exploring food insecurity, the film uses historic footage from the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Oral History Lab Director Ricia Anne Chansky has been selected as one of the “20 of the best climate storytellers from around the world” to be featured in the Climate Storytellers’ Summit cohosted by the My Climate Story Project; the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication; the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Pictured from left to right: Zaira Arvelo Alicea, (UPRM), Ricia Anne Chansky, (UPRM), José Morales Benítez, (UPRM), Lorel Cubano Santiago (PerlArte), Pluma Bárbara (CAMJI Lares) At the recent 2025 Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Puerto Rico Section Conference, panelists from the OHL and the community came together to discuss the work being done to protect…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The OHL will be present at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Puerto Rico Section Conference, which will take place at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez campus from March 27 to 29, 2025. This Land is Ours: Panel Presentation Learn about the work being done to protect the land in Lares and…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The OHL will be present at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Puerto Rico Section Conference, which will take place at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez campus from March 27 to 29, 2025. Todavía Estamos Aquí: Screening and Discussion Join us for the screening of Todavía Estamos Aquí, a documentary based on…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The Oral History Lab (OHL) and the UPRM General Library are pleased to invite you to this semester’s activities. March 21 (10:00 am – 12:00 AST): Prácticas ágiles para la optimización de procesos y el trabajo en equipo. We invite you to this presentation on how working with oral histories can be complex, as we manage a…