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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…
EnglishEspañolEnglish February 8-9, 2025: The documentary Todavía Estamos Aquí was screened again in Casa Pueblo, Adjuntas—this time at the First Community Film Meeting. The project invited dialogue between members of the film’s team and the audience, composed of filmmakers and industry professionals, where the importance of community filmmaking as a tool to amplify voices from…
EnglishSpanishEnglish On March 7, 2025, the Oral History Lab Director, Ricia Anne Chansky, interviewed Edgardo Miranda Rodríguez, creator of La Borinqueña, at the opening of his new exhibit, Arte de la Borinqueña, on display at Humanidades Puerto Rico through August 20, 2025. Edgardo will give a virtual presentation at the Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de…
EnglishSpanishEnglish The Oral History Lab (OHL) and the UPRM General Library are pleased to invite you to this semester’s activities. March 7 (10:00 am – 12:00 AST): Técnicas para anonimizar a las personas participantes de la entrevista. We invite you to this presentation on how to maintain confidentiality in oral history research. Together with librarian…