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LGBTQ Libraries and Archives: An Ethnography at the Intersection of Communities and Institutions

Thu, Nov 13, 4:00 to 5:15pm, PRCC, 201-A (LCD)

Abstract

In contrast to the professional labor associated with academic archives, the work of LGBTQ grassroots archives is often characterized as a passion project necessitating distance from the unfeeling academy. LGBTQ archives in institutional settings founded by LGBTQ-identified professors, however, challenge this dichotomy. This paper shares findings from ethnographic research at the Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria, the BC Gay and Lesbian Archives and Archives of Lesbian Oral Testimony at Simon Fraser University to explore how narratives of labor and affect reflect current tensions between grassroots and institutional LGBTQ archives.

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