Avery Dame-Griff
Biographic Data
| ID | 6036967 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Avery Dame-Griff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Avery |
| FAMILY NAME | Dame-Griff |
| SIGNATURE | DAME-GRIFF A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Gonzaga University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1902-434X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Researching gender in the history of the Internet and the Web. A roundtable at the SHOT 2023 conference
The co-editors of this special issue—Janet Abbate, Autumn Edwards, Leopoldina Fortunati, along with Valérie Schafer, a co-editor of the journal—launched an open call for organizing a roundtable during the SHOT 2023 conference, in which they invited scholars to delve deeper into the multifaceted sources, approaches, and methodologies related to Gender in the history of the Internet and the Web. This edited transcription of the roundtable presents …
Dispatches From the Early Internet
This panel charts disparate histories of early internet formations: building from and contributing to the growing body of work which operates across technical interfaces, infrastructures, and cultures of use to paint a more complete picture of how internet and computing cultures, as we now know them, came to be. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, these accounts work against hegemonic, top-down, “revolutionary” narratives of historical internet…
Remembering Netizens
Netizens, Michael and Ronda Hauben’s foundational treatise on Usenet and the Internet, was first published in print 25 years ago. In this piece, we trace the history and impact of the book and of Usenet itself, contextualising them within the contemporary and modern-day scholarship on virtual communities, online culture, and Internet history. We discuss the Net as a tool of empowerment, and touch on the social, technical, and economic issues rela…
Herding the ‘Performing Elephants
This article discusses the methodological and ethical challenges associated with doing research using Usenet archives, drawing on the author’s experience using files from the Internet Archive’s Usenet Historical Collection to study early use of the term “cisgender” in five English language transgender-related newsgroups, as well as building the Transgender Usenet Archive. In particular, researchers face three challenges: accounting for the differ…
Tumblr was a trans technology
Building from previous researchers’ conceptions of queer technologies, we consider what it means to be a trans technology. This research study draws from interviews with Tumblr transition bloggers (n = 20), along with virtual ethnography, trans theory, and trans technological histories, using Tumblr as a case study to understand how social technologies can meet the needs of trans communities. Tumblr supported trans experiences by enabling users t…
Mapping the Territory
Recent work on Internet discourse focuses extensively on social network sites, which now serve as the primary organizing location for trans individuals. Yet despite their declining popularity, stand-alone websites—often continuously maintained by a single owner—continue to serve as important resources for online information and discourse. This essay, first, locates the website within the history of transgender online publics and, second, consider…
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The issue of "expertise," while not always termed as such, has long sat at the center of much trans theory. Initially held only by medical authorities, transgender expertise has shifted alongside changes in cultural attitudes and diagnosis models: transgender individuals now often find themselves conversationally positioned as "expert" on the phenomenological experience of being transgender - even if they do not willingly take on that social role…
Tumblr was a trans technology
Building from previous researchers’ conceptions of queer technologies, we consider what it means to be a trans technology. This research study draws from interviews with Tumblr transition bloggers (n = 20), along with virtual ethnography, trans theory, and trans technological histories, using Tumblr as a case study to understand how social technologies can meet the needs of trans communities. Tumblr supported trans experiences by enabling users t…
I'm your hero? Like me
The issue of "expertise," while not always termed as such, has long sat at the center of much trans theory. Initially held only by medical authorities, transgender expertise has shifted alongside changes in cultural attitudes and diagnosis models: transgender individuals now often find themselves conversationally positioned as "expert" on the phenomenological experience of being transgender - even if they do not willingly take on that social role…
Herding the ‘Performing Elephants
This article discusses the methodological and ethical challenges associated with doing research using Usenet archives, drawing on the author’s experience using files from the Internet Archive’s Usenet Historical Collection to study early use of the term “cisgender” in five English language transgender-related newsgroups, as well as building the Transgender Usenet Archive. In particular, researchers face three challenges: accounting for the differ…
Researching gender in the history of the Internet and the Web. A roundtable at the SHOT 2023 conference
The co-editors of this special issue—Janet Abbate, Autumn Edwards, Leopoldina Fortunati, along with Valérie Schafer, a co-editor of the journal—launched an open call for organizing a roundtable during the SHOT 2023 conference, in which they invited scholars to delve deeper into the multifaceted sources, approaches, and methodologies related to Gender in the history of the Internet and the Web. This edited transcription of the roundtable presents …
Mapping the Territory
Recent work on Internet discourse focuses extensively on social network sites, which now serve as the primary organizing location for trans individuals. Yet despite their declining popularity, stand-alone websites—often continuously maintained by a single owner—continue to serve as important resources for online information and discourse. This essay, first, locates the website within the history of transgender online publics and, second, consider…
I'm your hero? Like me
The issue of "expertise," while not always termed as such, has long sat at the center of much trans theory. Initially held only by medical authorities, transgender expertise has shifted alongside changes in cultural attitudes and diagnosis models: transgender individuals now often find themselves conversationally positioned as "expert" on the phenomenological experience of being transgender - even if they do not willingly take on that social role…
Mapping the Territory
Recent work on Internet discourse focuses extensively on social network sites, which now serve as the primary organizing location for trans individuals. Yet despite their declining popularity, stand-alone websites—often continuously maintained by a single owner—continue to serve as important resources for online information and discourse. This essay, first, locates the website within the history of transgender online publics and, second, consider…
Herding the ‘Performing Elephants
This article discusses the methodological and ethical challenges associated with doing research using Usenet archives, drawing on the author’s experience using files from the Internet Archive’s Usenet Historical Collection to study early use of the term “cisgender” in five English language transgender-related newsgroups, as well as building the Transgender Usenet Archive. In particular, researchers face three challenges: accounting for the differ…
Tumblr was a trans technology
Building from previous researchers’ conceptions of queer technologies, we consider what it means to be a trans technology. This research study draws from interviews with Tumblr transition bloggers (n = 20), along with virtual ethnography, trans theory, and trans technological histories, using Tumblr as a case study to understand how social technologies can meet the needs of trans communities. Tumblr supported trans experiences by enabling users t…
Remembering Netizens
Netizens, Michael and Ronda Hauben’s foundational treatise on Usenet and the Internet, was first published in print 25 years ago. In this piece, we trace the history and impact of the book and of Usenet itself, contextualising them within the contemporary and modern-day scholarship on virtual communities, online culture, and Internet history. We discuss the Net as a tool of empowerment, and touch on the social, technical, and economic issues rela…
Dispatches From the Early Internet
This panel charts disparate histories of early internet formations: building from and contributing to the growing body of work which operates across technical interfaces, infrastructures, and cultures of use to paint a more complete picture of how internet and computing cultures, as we now know them, came to be. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, these accounts work against hegemonic, top-down, “revolutionary” narratives of historical internet…
Researching gender in the history of the Internet and the Web. A roundtable at the SHOT 2023 conference
The co-editors of this special issue—Janet Abbate, Autumn Edwards, Leopoldina Fortunati, along with Valérie Schafer, a co-editor of the journal—launched an open call for organizing a roundtable during the SHOT 2023 conference, in which they invited scholars to delve deeper into the multifaceted sources, approaches, and methodologies related to Gender in the history of the Internet and the Web. This edited transcription of the roundtable presents …
Computer Science (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · The Internet (5 works) · World Wide Web (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Digital Games and Media (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works)