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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…
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…
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…
EnglishSpanishEnglish With years of commitment and solidarity, UPR Caribe Digital has participated in multiple community projects. At this event, Dr. Nadjah Ríos Villarini will share the success stories of this program, as well as the challenges that arise when managing digital humanities initiatives. Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (AST). Friday, February 21, 2025. Register…
EnglishSpanishEnglish Oral histories from the Mi María: Surviving the Storm: Voices from Puerto Rico book project are now archived with Columbia University Libraries. The Voice of Witness Book Series published Mi María in 2021 (Haymarket Books). The narratives in this book were shaped from oral history interviews, which are now preserved in Columbia University Libraries’…
EnglishEspañolEnglish On Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 10:30 in the General Library’s Conference Room (Sala A) digital humanities projects based on oral narratives collected by OHL community partners will be presented under the auspices of the project “Speaking in the Silences: Constructing Community Archives Throughout the Puerto Rican Archipelago” of the American Council of Learned…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The Oral History Lab (OHL) at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, is proud to spotlight an upcoming presentation by Professor Ricia Anne Chansky, who will be sharing insights from the profound project “Speaking Into Silences.” This event, scheduled for Thursday, May 23rd from 1 – 2 PM online, promises to delve deep into…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The Oral History Lab (OHL) at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez (UPRM) is thrilled to announce a recent visit to the Goya Kitchen, located within the Food Sciences Program of UPRM. This visit marks the beginning of what promises to be a fruitful collaboration between our teams. During our time at the Goya…
EnglishEspañolEnglish This March marked a significant step for the Oral History Lab (OHL) at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, as we embarked on a new and exciting partnership with the Centro de Apoyo Mutuo Jíbaro, located in Lares. This center, which breathes new life into a formerly abandoned school building from the Puerto Rico…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Are you ready for a series of webinars that will change how you think about and interact with Oral History? The Oral History Lab and the General Library of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, invite you to participate in the free webinar series, Making Oral History: Technical Elements Before and After Interviews.…