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Enroll in Cine 4016: The Creative Documentary

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.…

Word of Mouth- Oral Histories of Climate Change

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.

Scholar@UPRM: Advancing Knowledge Discovery and Preservation at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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…

Disaster and Democracy: The Assembling Voices Fellowship

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…

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Marci Denesiuk: Pioneering Digital Ethnic Futures at UPR Mayagüez

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…

Our Inauguration!

EnglishEspañolEnglish By: Bryan Ramos Romero 🎉🎥📚 It’s Official! The Oral History Lab (OHL) at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus has opened its doors to the university community and collaborators. The February 16 inauguration of the space, located on the first floor of the General Library, demonstrated the work that faculty and students have…

Workshop: Introduction to Audiovisual Cataloging with PBCore

EnglishEspañolEnglish May 22, 2023 – This presentation addresses some important considerations to take into account when describing audiovisual resources and demonstrates how to easily start cataloging with PBCore. The speaker Valeria Dávila is a specialist in the preservation of audiovisual materials. She has a degree in Cinematography from the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires…

Grand opening! Oral History Lab @ UPRM

EnglishEspañolEnglish Join us for the grand opening of the new Oral History Lab on February 16, 2023! There will be various opportunities to learn about the OHL, its archives, and current projects being undertaken. If you’re attending in person or joining us online, please register here prior to the event.          …