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Projects

AMPL's projects are research partnerships and collaborations that put the lab's tools and methods to work: digitizing and describing endangered collections, building digital archives and narratives with the communities reflected in them, and developing more egalitarian approaches to preserving and activating the past, in Latin America and beyond.

ACTIVE

Activating Archives

A Blueprint for Egalitarian Archival Practices

Team
Juan Cobo BetancourtNatalie Cobo
COMPLETED

Digital Storytelling

Building object-based digital narratives for audiences beyond the academy.

Team
Alicia Boswell, History of Art and Architecture, UCSBAlida Jekabson, History of Art and Architecture, UCSBIzzy Devlin, History of Art and Architecture, UCSBJeff O'Brien, Material/Image Research Lab (MIRL), UCSBMaría Lumbreras, History of Art and Architecture, UCSBJuan Cobo Betancourt, History, UCSBCamilla Falanesca, History, UCSBPilar Ramírez Restrepo, History, UCSBAdelaida Ávila, NeogranadinaSantiago Muñoz Arbeláez, History, UT Austin
ACTIVE

Social Justice Archives of Medellín

Preserving the archives of Medellín's social justice movements, in partnership with the Komuni collective.

Team
Funded by the Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP), UCLA LibraryJuan Cobo Betancourt, History, UCSBPilar Ramírez Restrepo, NeogranadinaSantiago Muñoz Arbeláez, History, UT AustinIn partnership with Komuni (Medellín) and Neogranadina
ACTIVE

The People of the Sondondo Valley

A project to develop a digital archive and historical dataset useful to Andean communities

Team
Funding from the French Institute of Andean Studies (IFEA)and Imagining Futures (AHRC, GCRF Network, UKRI, University of Exeter)Gabriela Ramos, University of CambridgeJosé Carlos de la Puente, Texas State UniversityJairo Melo, UCSB LibraryJuan Cobo Betancourt, UCSB
COMPLETED

Memories of the City

A project to digitize and preserve two archives documenting urban migration and political struggles in Medellín, Colombia.

Team
Juan Cobo BetancourtPilar Ramírez RestrepoCamilla Falanesca