Solar hub

Rural and urban OHL partners receive solar hubs: OHL film crew works on new energy justice documentary

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EnglishEspañolEnglish Solar hub in Rubias, Yauco The Oral History Lab (OHL) film crew has finished filming for its upcoming documentary on energy justice in the Puerto Rican archipelago. This film follows the installation of an Energy Resilience Hub in Barrio Rubias, Yauco that was built through a collaboration between Rubias Aqueduct Community Group, Centro Hemisférico de Cooperación (CoHemis),…

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The OHL at the Puerto Rican Studies Association 2025 Biennial Symposium: Telling and Archiving our Stories

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EnglishEspañolEnglish OHL Director Ricia Chansky and Old San Juan Heritage Foundation founder and OHL community partner Lorel Cubano will take part in the Puerto Rican Studies Association (PRSA) 2025 Biennial Symposium, “Telling and Archiving our Stories: Interrogating the Field of Puerto Rican Studies”. Chansky and Cubano will join the morning plenary Panel 1: “Archives and…

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

OHL Director joins a working group at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin

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EnglishEspañolEnglish OHL Director Ricia Anne Chansky will join the “Living Knowledge: Ethics, Practice, and Community in Multimodal History” working group at the Department of Knowledge Systems and Collective Life research hub of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. As part of this group of international researchers, Ricia will theorize ethical post-disaster climate…

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FADGI article

Bibliotecaria del OHL publica reseña sobre la “Guía técnica para la digitalización de materiales de herencia cultural”

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EnglishEspañolEnglish OHL Librarian Natalia Hernández Mejías has recently published a review in the journal Acceso about the third edition of the of Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials published by the Federal Agency Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI). In her review, Hernández Mejías highlights key points from this 129-page document that provides information on digitizing a wide range of materials. It is…

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Terra:Soul book launch August 24

Join us for the Terra:Soul book launch August 24

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EnglishEspañolEnglish Documentarian Guillermo Gómez Álvarez, Lorel Cubano Santiago of Colectivo PerlArte, and OHL Director Ricia Anne Chansky will virtually join the book launch for Terra:Soul published by Porch Water Press at Columbia University. Gómez Álvarez’s new film about PerlArte that was produced by the OHL, La Perla: En Que Vivimos, is featured in the publication. The launch will…

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Ten Years of a/b: An Interview with OHL Director Ricia Anne Chansky

Ten Years of a/b: An Interview with OHL Director

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EngllishEspañolEngllish Previous editor of a/b: Auto/Biography Studies and OHL Director, Ricia Anne Chansky was interviewed by the journal’s current General Editor, Lisa Ortiz-Vilarelle, in honor of the publication’s fortieth anniversary. In this discussion, “Ten Years of a/b: An Interview with Ricia Anne Chansky,” Chansky talks about how her foundation in life narrative scholarship has shaped her…

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