Democratizing LGBTQ History Online

Digitizing Public History in “U.S. Homophile Internationalism

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7315404
AutoresTamara De Szegheo Lang (Gender, Feminist, and Women’s Studies, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume64
Fascículo7
Páginas850-869
Data de publicação2017-01-17
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2017.1280987
PMID28095204
OpenAlexW2576754001
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas24

This article argues that the online archive and exhibit "U.S. Homophile Internationalism" effectively contributes to the democratizing effects that digital archives and online initiatives are having on the practice of history. "U.S. Homophile Internationalism" is an online archive of over 800 digitized articles, letters, advertisements, and other materials from the U.S. homophile press that reference six non-U.S. regions of the world. It also provides visitors with introductory regional essays, annotated bibliographies, and an interactive map feature. This essay weaves "U.S. Homophile Internationalism" into the debates in community-run LGBTQ archives regarding the digitization of archival materials and the possibilities presented by digital public history. In doing so, it outlines the structure and content of "U.S. Homophile Internationalism," highlighting how it increases the public accessibility of primary sources, encourages historical research on regions of the world that have not been adequately represented in LGBTQ history writing, and creates interactive components to support public engagements with the Web site

Digital collections · Digitization · Internationalism (politics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public history · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Cuban History and Society · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · Law · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis