A compendium of all the presentations the OHL @UPRM has been a part of.
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…
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 On March 3, 2024, the Oral History Lab (OHL) team at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, showcased their documentary film, Todavía Estamos Aquí, at the prestigious Public Interest Environmental Law Conference. The presentation was a significant part of the Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice stream, highlighting the intersection of environmental…
EnglishEspañolEnglish In a compelling presentation that captivated audiences at Casper College, Ricia Anne Chansky, Director of the Oral History Lab @ UPRM, took the stage at the Wyoming Humanities Festival to share her insights on the intertwining paths of nature and narrative. The festival, themed “Human/Nature,” ran from February 20 through February 24, 2024, attracting…
EnglishEspañolEnglish In October 2023, Dr. Ricia Anne Chansky and OHL Student Research Fellows, Bryan Ramos Romero and Carhianie Vargas Padin, attended the Humanities Action Lab National Convening at Rutgers University, Newark. The three-day event included translocal teams from across the United States that came together to discuss climate justice strategies on hyperlocal levels and how these individual…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Dr. Ricia Anne Chansky, Marci Denesiuk, and José J. Morales Benítez attended the 2023 Oral History Association Conference in Baltimore, MD, “Oral History and/as Education: Teaching and Learning in the Classroom and Beyond.” Chansky, Denesiuk, and Morales Benítez delivered a panel presentation, “The Oral History Lab @UPRM: Decolonial PracticeOn, Across, and Beyond Campus,” and a poster…
Digital Archives as Decolonial Practice EnglishEspañolEnglish The presentation explores the collaborative efforts between the Oral History Lab (OHL) at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) and the Archivo de Respuestas Emergencias de Puerto Rico (AREPR), which also involves teams from Michigan State University and UPR Río Piedras. The focus is on transforming traditional…