researcher. curator. educator.

I specialize in water cultures in Latin America. My practice spans interdisciplinary research, curatorial projects, digital humanities, and public engagement, developed through sustained collaborations with activists, artists, scholars, and students.

About me

Since 2018, I’ve been the founder director of the international platform entre—ríos, working to connect communities to bodies of water in Latin America. I have more than fifteen years’ experience designing, directing, and delivering curatorial projects, audiovisual productions, editorial projects and public programs in Latin America and Europe. I am Professor of Spanish and Faculty Director of the Digital Humanities Center at the University of Virginia. I’m a passionate runner, reader and cook, but happiest when I’m in water!

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entre—ríos

entre—ríos is a confluence of projects 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. Through workshops, exhibitions, publications that connect art, science and communities, we strive for water cultures with care and collaboration at their heart.

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WHAT I DO…

I’ve always believed that research should stretch beyond university walls. My current work is devoted to cultivating creative collaborations between rivers, communities, and institutions in Latin America to shape public debates about bodies of water. My earlier research examined archives of authoritarianism and political violence in the Caribbean. Click on the links below to find out more and access key publications.

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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 possible

y es solamente azul ~ but is just blue

Jorge Eielson, Otros poemas sin título (free translation)

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