Defying description
Searching for queer history in institutional archives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12628872 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elliot Freeman (0000-0002-7459-2294, Monash University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 447-470 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archival Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1389-0166 • E-ISSN: 1573-7500 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10502-023-09415-9 |
| OpenAlex | W4366598279 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 38 |
There are numerous obstacles to overcome when conducting queer historical research. While has been a steady increase in work to address the (in)visibility of queer histories and perspectives in institutional heritage collections, this work is often skewed towards outputs such as exhibitions or social media posts. As a result, very little work has been done to interrogate and transform the ways that these materials are managed and made accessible (or not). This paper considers how the lack of rich and explicit descriptive metadata shapes the (in)visibility and (in)accessibility of queer records within institutional archives. It reports the findings of a series of qualitative interviews I conducted with individuals who have searched for queer materials in archival collections in Australia. These interviews explored the practical process of searching for queer records in institutional archives; how researchers identify, locate, and access these records; and the challenges of this process—both in terms of a research methodology, and an experience for queer researchers within potentially hostile or unsafe spaces
Archival science · Art · Ephemera · Exhibition · Geography · Library science · Media studies · Metadata · Queer · Queer theory · Sociology · Visibility · Visual arts · Work (physics · World Wide Web · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Computer Science · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · Engineering · Gender Studies · Law in Society and Culture
Qualitative evaluation and research methods
Social Research Methods
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Tabulating Queer
Activating and supporting the Tandanya Adelaide Declaration on Indigenous Archives
Closing the narrative gap
Mediating Queer and Trans Pasts
Feeling Backward
Collecting Qualitative Data
The Power to Name
Watching and talking about Aids
The Colonial Project of Gender (and Everything Else)
Towards protocols for describing racially offensive language in UK public archives
Agency in the archive
Do Archive Catalogues Make History
For the Record
I Am 64 and Paul McCartney Doesn't Care
Doing trade
Venus in Two Acts
Snowball Sampling
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |