Brian M Watson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4208037 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian M Watson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian M |
| FAMILY NAME | Watson |
| SIGNATURE | WATSON B M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5151-0471 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Handicapped has been cancelled
This paper originated from a collaborative effort between an academic and archivist and a cataloger to address the issues around the LCSH heading “Social disabilities.” In it, we examine various aspects and consequences resulting from the ways that galleries, libraries, archives, museums, and special collections (GLAMS) organize knowledge about disability and disabled users. We do this primarily through the lens of documentary analysis of catalog…
Advancing Equitable Cataloging
For nearly a century (1933 onwards), catalogers and others have engaged in discussions over the 'ethical' labeling of marginalized subjects in knowledge organization systems (KOS). In order to understand and contextualize contemporary conversations, I undertook a comprehensive review of this literature. The resulting project 1) synthesizes the broader history of these discussions, 2) examines its facets and subdomains, and 3) provides a foundatio…
A finding aid to the pornographic imaginary
The goal of this article is to ‘bring’ reddit and its user communities into porn and information studies and to argue that its unique features offer insights and have implications for both fields. After an explanation of reddit, this article extends the work of Keilty and Leazer into a different erotic community: reddit’s /r/NSFW411. I argue that the categories used on ‘traditional’ pornographic ‘tube’ sites are potentially oppressive and limitin…
Storming then Performing
Rogue Performances
In Rogue Archives: Digital Cultural Memory and Media Fandom (2016), Abigail de Kosnik establishes the idea of rogue archives as easily available, copyright-agnostic, and amateur-run digital archives that preserve non-traditional material. More than just a concept, De Kosnik’s interdisciplinary and wide-ranging rogue archives are used as a framework to understand shifts in media, internet culture, and as sites of individual and community social me…
Storming then Performing
A finding aid to the pornographic imaginary
The goal of this article is to ‘bring’ reddit and its user communities into porn and information studies and to argue that its unique features offer insights and have implications for both fields. After an explanation of reddit, this article extends the work of Keilty and Leazer into a different erotic community: reddit’s /r/NSFW411. I argue that the categories used on ‘traditional’ pornographic ‘tube’ sites are potentially oppressive and limitin…
Rogue Performances
In Rogue Archives: Digital Cultural Memory and Media Fandom (2016), Abigail de Kosnik establishes the idea of rogue archives as easily available, copyright-agnostic, and amateur-run digital archives that preserve non-traditional material. More than just a concept, De Kosnik’s interdisciplinary and wide-ranging rogue archives are used as a framework to understand shifts in media, internet culture, and as sites of individual and community social me…
Advancing Equitable Cataloging
For nearly a century (1933 onwards), catalogers and others have engaged in discussions over the 'ethical' labeling of marginalized subjects in knowledge organization systems (KOS). In order to understand and contextualize contemporary conversations, I undertook a comprehensive review of this literature. The resulting project 1) synthesizes the broader history of these discussions, 2) examines its facets and subdomains, and 3) provides a foundatio…
A finding aid to the pornographic imaginary
The goal of this article is to ‘bring’ reddit and its user communities into porn and information studies and to argue that its unique features offer insights and have implications for both fields. After an explanation of reddit, this article extends the work of Keilty and Leazer into a different erotic community: reddit’s /r/NSFW411. I argue that the categories used on ‘traditional’ pornographic ‘tube’ sites are potentially oppressive and limitin…
Storming then Performing
Handicapped has been cancelled
This paper originated from a collaborative effort between an academic and archivist and a cataloger to address the issues around the LCSH heading “Social disabilities.” In it, we examine various aspects and consequences resulting from the ways that galleries, libraries, archives, museums, and special collections (GLAMS) organize knowledge about disability and disabled users. We do this primarily through the lens of documentary analysis of catalog…
Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Cataloging (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Library science (2 works) · Library Science and Administration (2 works)