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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today's project under the spotlight is by Daniel Molina Alarco who traces two decades of debate surrounding water development in the Panama Canal watershed. Tracing interviews with Río Indio community leader Digna and more. Explore "Narrating Waters" here: tintaliquida.github.io/narratingwat...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This project by Mauro Aguirre asks the question: what happens when the political language of 1960's-70's Latin America is input into a large AI language model? Examines the themes and tags AI generated which reveals how contemporary assumptions shape the interpretation of historical discourse.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This project draws from interviews with 60+ members of the Deaf community across nine regions of Egypt in 2024–2025. Explore annotated interview clips to learn about Deaf education directly from the experiences across generations. See full project at ehartz01.github.io/egyptiandeaf...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Whose Austin do we remember? This is the important question asked by Isabelle Tate-Arevalo, and she investigates the answer through oral history interviews. The sources from 1964–2004, Isabelle Tate-Arevalo explores how gentrification and development transformed Austin’s natural environment.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Beyond the Batey is an AVAnnotate project by University of Texas at Austin Ph.D. candidate Alexis R. Velazquez, documenting bomba, an Afro–Puerto Rican music and dance tradition. By making these materials publicly accessible in both English and Spanish, Beyond the Batey supports future research.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Let's look back at our Spring Bake-Off! A huge thank you to all of our amazing participants for sharing their hard work and incredible projects with us! We’re so excited to celebrate everyone’s work. Keep an eye out for upcoming posts highlighting each participant and their individual projects!

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This project by Tanya Clement, Matthew Kilbane, Emily Murphy, Karis Shearer, and Trent Wintermeier time-stamps and annotates recordings of poets performing their own work. AVAnnotate brings audio recordings to life with time-coded annotations. Read here: scholarlyediting.org/issues/43/vo...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This project by Ethan Hartzell explores the structure of Egyptian Sign Language through interviews with members of the deaf community across nine regions of Egypt. These interviews explore school experiences for deaf individuals in Egypt. See the full project at ehartz01.github.io/egyptiandeaf...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This project by Kara Alexandra Culp explores the life and legacy of the poet, civil rights activist, and educator Diana Montejano. Using her oral histories, Culp delves into the life of Diana Montejano and examines how it shaped her work. See the full project at: karaculp.github.io/En-Sus-Propi...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The Harry Ransom Center has created a teaching guide for AVAnnotate, helping educators bring audiovisual annotation into the classroom! Explore how to get started: www.hrc.utexas.edu/teaching/ava...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This article by Tanya Clement explores AVAnnotate, a tool that helps bring audio and video sources to life through annotation and digital exhibits, making these materials easier to explore, understand, and use in both teaching and research. notevenpast.org/avannotate-a...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Meet Pilar Caceres Cartagena, a research fellow in the Department of African & African Diaspora Studies, whose project draws on Black feminist theory to examine how Afro-Peruvian women narrate their lives, identities, and histories in Black documentaries from Peru.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Meet Isabelle Tate-Arévalo, a research fellow from LLILAS, whose project will compile a collection of memories and narratives associated with Boggy Creek. This project will illuminate how this local environment has developed in response to increases in urbanization and gentrification.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Meet Derrek Powell, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, whose project examines the enregisterment of the reggaetón voice as a recognizable artistic register of Puerto Rican Spanish, focusing on how linguistic variation and listener perception produce social meaning.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Meet Daniel Molina Alarco, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, whose project focuses on the cultural, performative, and environmental politics of water in Panama, with special attention to rural resistance to large-scale infrastructure projects.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Meet Mauro Aguirre, a research fellow from LLILAS, whose project focuses on the intersection of audiovisual archives, digital infrastructures, and human rights in Latin America, with particular attention to materials documenting state violence, political militancy, and social struggle.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Meet Ethan Hartzell, a research fellow from the Department of Linguistics, whose project will transcribe clips from sociolinguistic interviews with Egyptian Deaf community members. The project will produce a website in English and Arabic that showcases Deaf perspectives on school experiences.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

This project by Fernanda Aguero examines Net Art and Postinternet art, with particular attention to Latin America through the work of Amalia Ulman, analyzing how her public statements and audience engagements complicate her position within and beyond Postinternet art. tinyurl.com/faguero

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

This project by Grace Nwoke annotates materials from the AfroGreeks archive, examining Black identity formation in Greece with a particular focus on the cultural presence of Afro descendants in Greece. grace-137.github.io/AfroGreeks/

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

This project by Darinelle Merced-Calderon examines how communities in Vieques & St. Croix express solidarity and resistance, tracing the intertwined legacies of colonialism and cultural connection across U.S. territories. darinellemc.github.io/PerformViequ...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This project by Eduardo Gorobets brings digital humanities into language classrooms through interactive Spanish and Portuguese lessons that connect linguistic learning with Indigenous cultures across Latin America. egorobets.github.io/escutandopov...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

This project by Gabriel Noreiga examines Latin American political and indigenista cinema, with a particular emphasis on Ecuador, through an annotated online exhibit of El cielo para la cunshi, carajo! (1975). gabrielnoriega-byte.github.io/uncieloparal...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Back by popular demand. Check out how to apply on our website! av-annotate.org/home/avannot...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

This project on Racism in Venezuela by Yenibel Ruiz Mirabal examines the experiences of Afro-Venezuelan women during migration and displacement by foregrounding their strategies of resistance and challenging the silences embedded in official records. yenibel.github.io/Running-Test/

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Kara Culp’s project explores the experiences of Latino immigrants and Mexican Americans in Texas public schools after the 1960s, examining how federal, state, and local education policies shaped bilingual education and the experiences of Spanish-speaking students. karaculp.github.io/Memory-Educa...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

‪This project, blending recordings from the 1960s–80s, explores the 1st annual Sound Institute of the SpokenWeb SSHRC Partnership, Re-Sounding Poetries: Collections, Classrooms, Communities, at the U. of British Columbia, Okanagan, in Kelowna. ndamours14.github.io/360resounding/

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

A digital edition of the 1975 UT Austin symposium “Speak-Out! Charla! Bate-Papo! Contemporary Art and Literature in Latin America,” this project has time-coded recordings of panels held over 3 days, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with bilingual transcripts. llilasbenson.github.io/speak-out/

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

This project presents several annotated interviews of famous figures from the Harry Ransom Center's Mike Wallace interview collection to show instructors and students how to incorporate archival audiovisual material into coursework. trentwintermeier.github.io/mike-wallace...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This project by Kylie Warkentin is an educational example of annotating sensitive audio using the “‘Criminal Syndicalism’ Case, McComb, Mississippi (Side 1)” recording from the John Beecher Sound Recordings Collection at the University of Texas’s Harry Ransom Center. kywark.github.io/beecher-synd...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

This project examines the performance and reception of literature with annotations to analyze voice, rhythm, silence, and audience in poetry and performance recordings. Filters and timestamped notes promote close listening as collaborative scholarly practice. anthology483.github.io/lit-sound-st...

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

This bilingual project on the work of Lester Hamlet explores Hamlet’s poetry, archival materials, and cultural contexts. It combines literary analysis with interactive features like translations, audio, and archival scans that enrich Hamlet’s bilingual work. avannotate.github.io/LesterHamlet/

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

This project explores the theory and topic of Auteurism and some of the filmmakers who best represent it. Instead of just reading about film theory, you can watch and listen to the examples right alongside the analysis. Check out our website to see the full project! jackdevry.github.io/Auteurism/

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Meet Darinelle Merced-Calderon, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project examines how communities in Vieques & St. Croix express solidarity and resistance, tracing the intertwined legacies of colonialism and cultural connection across U.S. territories.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Meet Gabriel Noreiga, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project examines Latin American political and indigenista cinema, with a particular emphasis on Ecuador through an annotated online exhibit of El cielo para la cunshi, carajo! (1975).

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Meet Fernanda Aguero, a research fellow from the School of Information, whose AVAnnotate project examines Net Art and Postinternet art, with particular focus on Latin America through the work of Amalia Ulman, analyzing how her audience engagements complicate her position within Postinternet art.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Meet Alexis Velazquez, a research fellow from the Department of Ethnomusicology/Butler School of Music, whose AVAnnotate project focuses on the sustainability of Puerto Rican music, particularly bomba, by examining how digital archives/exhibits can preserve and revitalize musical traditions.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Meet Grace Nwoke, a research fellow from the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, whose AVAnnotate project annotates materials from the AfroGreeks archive, examining Black identity formation in Greece with a particular focus on the cultural presence of Afro descendants in Greece.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Meet Eduardo Gorobets, a teaching fellow from the Department of Spanish/Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project brings digital humanities into language classrooms through interactive Spanish and Portuguese lessons that connect linguistic learning with Indigenous cultures across Latin America.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Meet Yenibel Ruiz Mirabal, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project examines Afro-Venezuelan women’s experiences of migration and displacement by foregrounding women’s strategies of resistance and challenges the silences embedded in official records.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Meet Kara Culp, a research fellow from the Department of History, whose AVAnnotate project explores the experiences of Latino immigrants and Mexican Americans in Texas public schools after the 1960s, examining how federal, state, and local education policies shaped bilingual education.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Meet Fidel García Reyes, a research fellow from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, whose AVAnnotate project explores Arturo Ripstein’s 1978 film El lugar sin límites, examining how the lives & representations of transfeminine individuals were shaped by Mexico’s post-1968 sociopolitical climate.

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

The Initiative for Digital Humanities at UT Austin announced the inaugural AVAnnotate Teaching and Research Fellowships for Fall 2025. Meet the Fellows who have been selected and awarded funding to design and complete an AVAnnotate project over the semester!

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AVAnnotate @avannotate.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

The Latin American Press Review radio program covered all of Latin America and the Caribbean. This project uses annotations and metadata to bring history alive, letting you listen to radio segments from 1973–74 while exploring contextual notes and commentary. Check out the full project! Link in bio.

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