researcher. curator. educator.
About me
I am Professor of Spanish and Faculty Director of the Digital Humanities Center at the University of Virginia. I specialize in water cultures in Latin America through environmental humanities research and public engagement projects. My forthcoming monograph, Hydrocommoning: Water, Art, and Collective Action in Latin America (Minnesota, 2027) explores how artists, activists, and curators coalesce around water to contest entrenched and enduring forms of harm and degradation. I have more than fifteen years’ experience designing, directing, and delivering curatorial, editorial, and film projects, and public programs in Latin America and Europe. I love to run, read and cook, but am happiest when in water!
entre—ríos
In 2019, I began entre—ríos as a platform for arts-led collaborative research that explores continuities between bodies of water, human bodies and territories, recognizing rivers as active subjects that produce aesthetic forms, transform landscapes and shape memory. entre—ríos’ workshops, exhibitions, publications connect art, science and communities, striving for water cultures with care and collaboration at their heart.
WHAT I DO…
I’ve always believed that research should stretch beyond university walls. My practice is rooted in scholarly collaborations, creative experiments, and learning environments in and beyond the academy, exploring environmental issues in art and landscape, as well as contested relations between space and politics. Click on the links below to find out more and to access some of my publications.
Nadar es nacer nuevamente ~ TO SWIM IS TO BE BORN AGAIN
Me conmueve ~ I’m moved by
todo lo que es húmedo ~ everything that is wet
o lo que parece imposible ~ or by what seems impossible
y es solamente azul ~ but is just blue
Jorge Eielson, Otros poemas sin título (free translation)
Latest News…
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Águas em rede: confluências hidrográficas
Read more: Águas em rede: confluências hidrográficasTrocas entre pesquisadores e artistas na América Latina onde apresentei parte do processo no rio Bogotá.
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New article: Commoning a “Dead” River in Colombia: Assessing Collaborative Research and Curatorial Methodologies through the RÍO BOGOTÁ Project
Read more: New article: Commoning a “Dead” River in Colombia: Assessing Collaborative Research and Curatorial Methodologies through the RÍO BOGOTÁ ProjectHow do we know whether our curatorial methodologies with entre—ríos’ RÍO BOGOTÁ project generate change among participants? Grounded in theory of change literature and practice, and geared toward evaluating specific project objectives and methodologies, this article presents an…
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New publication on NYU’s MoTH project site: The river is not dead
Read more: New publication on NYU’s MoTH project site: The river is not deadRestoring human relationships with rivers must focus on local agency and ecological entanglement, not just large-scale industrial intervention. With Laura Giraldo-Martínez and Juliana Steiner, we wrote a short blog post for NYU’s More-than-Human-Rights project, an interdisciplinary initiative advancing…