Couldn’t make it to the Trans Collection Guide Launch on December 3rd 2020? The session is now up on the UofT Digital Humanities Network’s Youtube! This roundtable discusses the trans holdings of The ArQuives and the histories and futures of trans archival practices. Click here to watch!
Excerpt from the Trans Activism Oral History Project – Presented in Collaboration with the LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (project lead, Dr. Elspeth Brown), the Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria, and The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives. Joanna Clark (she/her) interviewed by Dr. Evan Taylor (they/them)Original recording using Zoom platform on December 30, 2019 To view the full interview, visit: vimeo.com/488128536More on The Trans Activism Oral History Project
A short Q&A session with Dr. Chase Joynt, assistant professor, director and writer! Joynt is currently working as a filmmaker on the Trans Activism Oral History Project in collaboration with the Transgender Archives at University of Victoria and The ArQuives, Toronto. More on the Trans Oral History ProjectMore on the Transgender Archives at UVic
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/TGC-Launch
The LGBTQ Collaboratory invites you all to sit in on a roundtable discussion regarding the trans holdings of the ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2S+ Archive, and the histories and futures of trans archival practices. I hope to see you all there! Dont forget to register here: https://tinyurl.com/y33evo58
Narrative as Trans Worldmaking”: this concept has been foundational to the multiple projects that were presented on the Friday October 23rd Trans Oral History Panel for the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. What this concept aims to convey is that creating a world for trans people begins with trans people telling their own stories. Traditionally, trans people, much like other queer folks, have been expected to self-navigate in the cisheteronormative world that […]
To apply: Please send a cover letter, a resume or c.v., and three references to the attention of ‘Oral Historian Search Committee’ to jobpostings@arquives.ca by the deadline of November, 20, 2020.
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