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DH Scholars in Residence 2023-24

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ACIRC a través del tiempo

DH Scholar: Omarys Font Torres and Alondra Rodríguez Ruiz

Community partner: ACirc Association

Mentor: Isamar Abreu Gomez

ACIRC a través del tiempo is a digital timeline of ACirc Association’s development DH scholars Omarys Font Torres and Alondra Rodríguez Ruiz created for the ACirc Association’s website under the mentorship of Isamar Abreu Gomez. This digital exhibition traces the history of its developed projects, events and accomplishments since its founding in 2014. It includes interactive timelines, recorded interviews and other interactive graphs that offers an opportunity to learn more about ACirc Association. ACIRC a través del tiempo contributes to the websites broader goal of providing a virtual space to promote and publicize the artistic work of Puerto Rico’s circus and street arts.

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25 años de Andanza: La Compañía

DH Scholar: Elena Ramos Díaz and Valeria Torres Trujillo

Community partner: Andanza Contemporary Dance Company

Mentor: Dinah Wilson Fraites

This digital exhibition was created by DH Scholars Elena Ramos Díaz and Valeria Torres Trujillo under the mentorship of Dinah Wilson Fraites to showcase the productions of the Andanza dance company. Working in collaboration with the dance company’s director María D. "Lolita" Villanúa, and digital archivist Paula E. Roque Rivera, the online exhibition tells the story of Andanza’s history and works that explore Puerto Rico’s social issues through dance. It includes close up interactive photo shots and recordings from different performances and print publications for over the last twenty five years. This digital exhibition provides an opportunity for audiences to learn about Andanza Contemporary Dance Company’s history and impact on Puerto Rico’s cultural scene.

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Recorriendo un bosque con gente

DH Scholar: Melanie A. Molina Méndez and Ariana V. Medina Claudio

Community partner: Bosque Modelo de Puerto Rico

Mentor: Eliezer Nieves Rodríguez

"Recorriendo un bosque con gente" is an engaging story map by DH Scholars Melanie A. Molina Méndez and Ariana V. Medina Claudio created for El Bosque Modelo de Puerto Rico’s website under the mentorship of Professor Eliezer Nieves. The interactive mapping allows audiences to locate several environmental restoration organizations, and learn about their natural, historical, and cultural work they have done for the environment and the communities they inhabit. By working with local environmental experts and community members, the scholars created an interactive map that brings together environmental information, historical insights, and personal stories.

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Revolución del amor en tres actos: Recuerdos de Tinti y Alexis

DH Scholar: Alanis Vázquez Rodríguez and Francisco Cabrera Vega

Community partner: Casa Pueblo de Adjuntas

Mentor: Windy Cosme Rosario

This online digital exhibition was created by DH scholars Francisco Cabrera Vega and Alanis Vázquez Rodríguez for the Casa Pueblo de Adjuntas. It is based on a digitized set of letters exchanged between Tinti Deyá Díaz and Alexis Massol González from 1959 to 1964 and offers a glimpse into the relationship of Casa Pueblo’s founders. This project provides an opportunity to learn more about the history of the organization’s founders.

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Website COSSAO

DH Scholar: Frances Ojeda Vega and Najelis Sambolín de Jesus designed

Community partner: COSSAO

Mentor: Rúben Ramírez Sanchez

Working with the COSSAO community-based organization, DH scholars Frances Ojeda Vega and Najelis Sambolín de Jesus designed a website to promote the organization's efforts to provide services to several marginalized communities in Puerto Rico. The website includes important information about CASSO’s medical and food distribution programs, which meet the basic needs of impacted communities. This website project has helped to disseminate information about the organization and promote its efforts.

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DH Scholars in Residence 2022-23

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Archivo Digital Juan Mari Brás

DH Scholar: Ana Arroyo Vega and Angely M. Díaz Torres

Community partner: Fundación Juan Mari Brás

Mentor: Jeanmary Lugo González

Archivo Digital Juan Mari Brás is a digital repository that preserves the work of Puerto Rican Independence advocate Juan Mari Brás. It was created by DH scholars Angely M. Díaz Torres and Ana Arroyo Vega under the guidance of Jeanmary Lugo González with the Puerto Rican Library and Newspaper Archive. This team cataloged and digitized various secondary and primary materials from the mid-twentieth century to the first decade of the twenty-first century donated by the Juan Mari Brás Foundation. Archivo Digital Juan Mari Brás aims to preserve, promote and make accessible the study of Brás’s legacy and his work and struggle for Puerto Rico's independence.

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Archivo Digital Waves Ahead

DH Scholar: Mila Hellfyre and Juan José Roque-Giraud

Community partner: Waves Ahead Puerto Rico

Mentor: Noraida Dominguez Flores

The Waves Ahead Digital Archive is a digital repository created by DH scholars Mila Hellfyre and Juan José Roque-Giraud under the mentorship of Professor Noraida Dominguez Flores. Waves Ahead is a Puerto Rican based community organization that provides advocacy support and services for LGBT+ identifying people over 50. The digital archive brings together materials such as photographs, promotions, recognitions, and other digital/digitized documentation of the various initiatives Waves Ahead has compiled since 2017. In doing so, this amazing digital archive makes visible Waves Ahead's efforts to provide psychological services and promote education, prevention, and public policy in support of older people from the LGBTQ+ community.

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La Marina de Culebra

DH Scholar: Jesmarie Aulí Collado and Ariana Vélez Freytes

Community partner: Fundación Culebra

Mentor: Laura Bravo Lopez

La Marina de Culebra is a photographic digital exhibition created by DH scholars Jesmarie Aulí Collado and Ariana Vélez. It tells the story of seven decades of exchanges, struggles and resistance between the Puerto Rican community of Culebra and the United States Navy from 1901 to 1975. The exhibition brings together photos from the Culebra Foundation and El Mundo Newspaper photograph collections that document population displacement and relocations to critical moments of the Culebrenses' struggle against the U.S Navy. Together, these photographs provide visual testimonies that document different aspects of the military occupation. This project offers an opportunity to learn about one of Puerto Rico’s largest environmental struggles through historical photographs

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Las caras lindas de Santurce

DH Scholar: Valeria Acevedo Argüelles and Pat Santalices Torres

Community partner: Taller Comunidad La Goyco

Mentor: Elidio La Torre Lagares

Las Caras Lindas de Santurce is a podcast created by DH scholars Valeria Acevedo Argüelles and Pat Santalices Torres under the mentorship of Professor Elidio La Torre Lagares. Working in collaboration with the Taller Comunidad La Goyco, these DH scholars created a digital repository of oral history in the form of a podcast that interviews the residents of Calle Loíza about their experiences. The purpose of the podcast is to preserve and disseminate the stories of Calle Loíza’s residents who have increasingly faced gentrification over the past few decades.

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Website Siempre Vivas METRO

DH Scholar: Gianni Andrea Rodríguez Roque and Christian Martínez Piris

Community partner: Siempre Vivas METRO

Mentor: Noraida Dominguez Flores

Working with the SIEMPRE VIVAS Metro organization, DH scholars Gianni Andrea Rodríguez Roque and Christian Martínez Piris also designed a website to promote the organization's services, which support and advise victims and survivors of gender violence at the Río Piedras Campus. The website includes important information on prevention strategies, legal information, and support and healing spaces. This Website project has helped disseminate and make accessible SIEMPRE VIVAS Metro’s resources and services for its intended audiences.

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Create Caribbean

Create Caribbean

  • For students and scholars
  • Located in Dominica and Jamaica
  • Key dates: Rolling basis
  • Type of support: Training
Summer Institute

Summer Institute

  • For students and scholars
  • Location: The University of the West Indies
  • Key dates: January-June 2025
  • Type of support: Training + Travel stipend
Micro-grants

Micro-grants

  • For students, researchers and organizations
  • Online participation
  • Key dates: Closed
  • Type of support: Grant
The Caribbean Digital

The Caribbean Digital

  • For researchers and students
  • Location: Jamaica
  • Key dates: December 2024
  • Type of support: Travel stipend
UPR Caribe Digital

UPR Caribe Digital

  • For students, scholars and community organizations
  • Located in The University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
  • Key dates: ongoing
  • Type of support: pedagogy and training
The Caribbean Digital Residency

The Caribbean Digital Residency

  • For artists
  • Online
  • Key dates: January-March 2025
  • Type of support: Residency