Join us on Wednesday, April 20, from 4:00 - 5:30 PM in the Research Commons (3rd floor) of the 18th Avenue Library for a presentation by Drs. Carolina Villarroel and Lorena Gauthereau entitled "Doing Work that Matters: Latinx Archives, Digital Humanities, & Community Work."
This event is intended for OSU faculty, postdocs, and graduate student researchers. Also check out the complementary workshop to be given the following day.
Increasing access to digital tools has changed the way educators can develop courses, lectures, and assignments. Scholars, too, have begun to use digital tools to convey their research. Yet, despite this growing accessibility, the knowledge reflected on the internet continues to convey a heavily Eurocentric epistemology. This lecture will focus on decolonial methods of resistance through active content creation that reflects our own history, culture, and life. By making Latinx history, culture, and literature more prevalent on the internet, we can fill in the gaps and contest the hegemonic historical record.
About the presenters:
Dr. Carolina Villarroel is the Brown Foundation Director of Research for the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Project. She is a certified archivist who coordinated the work of the Recovery board and staff, as well as Digital Humanities services and products. She is co-founder and co-director of the US Latino Digital Humanities program. Read EBSCO'S interview with Dr. Villarroel about her work.
Dr. Lorena Gauthereau is a Digital Programs Manager. She facilitates data curation and digital scholarship for Recovery materials and Digital Humanities services and products for the US Latino Digital Humanities Center. She is currently a fellow for the Rare Book School and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage. Previously, she served as a CLIR-Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow. Read a feature story about Dr. Gauthereau's work at the University of Houston's website.
