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The OHL at LASA-PUERTO RICO

The OHL at LASA-PUERTO RICO

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…

Todavía Estamos Aquí’s Second Screening at Casa Pueblo

Todavía Estamos Aquí’s Second Screening at Casa Pueblo

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…

Ricia Anne Chansky, interviewed Edgardo Miranda Rodríguez

OHL Director Interviews La Borinqueña Creator

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…

Hablemos de historia oral: Técnicas para anonimizar a las personas participantes de la entrevista

Hablemos de historia oral: Técnicas para anonimizar a las personas participantes de la entrevista

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…

Oral History Review Publication

Oral History Review Publication

EnglishSpanishEnglish Ricia Anne Chansky published her essay, “Oral History and the Climate Crisis: Listening in the Aftermath of Disaster” in the fall issue of Oral History Review. In it, she discusses the creation of the Oral History Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez through projects that encompass climate justice and link the…

OHL@UPRM presents in the Coloqueo podcast

OHL@UPRM presenta en el podcast Coloqueo

EnglishSpanishEnglish On December 17, 2024, faculty members from the UPRM Library, Prof. Jaqueline Alvárez, Prof. José J. Morales Benítez, and Prof. Natalia Hernández Mejías, participated in the Coloqueo podcast, broadcast by the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. During the conversation, they discussed the Oral History Lab (OHL) projects and the processes of describing, disseminating, and preserving…

OHL Team Feb. 2025

OHL@UPRM receives over $1.8M from Mellon Foundation

EnglishSpanishEnglish The Oral History Lab (OHL) is excited to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the Mellon Foundation for $1,833,000. With this generous funding, the OHL will have three years of financial support to expand our ability to record and preserve oral histories from across the archipelago. Amplifying these eyewitness testimonies from…