All posts filed under: Public Humanities

Zine Digitization and Accessibility

July 18, 2017
by Elspeth Brown
Digitization / Mirha-Soleil Ross Project / Public Humanities / Trans History

A potential benefit of digitizing zines is increasing their accessibility. While a physical copy of Mirha-Soleil Ross’ gendertrash from hell might be hard to come by for many people in 2017, putting a high quality scan of the zine online makes it accessible to anyone with an internet connection, right? Not really. Depending on the context, “access” can take on very different meanings. I think we should think critically about what it means to make […]

Desh Dies? Sifting through emotions in the Desh Pardesh collection

May 12, 2017
by Elspeth Brown
Desh Pardesh Project / Public Humanities

Over the past couple weeks, my research partner, Alisha, and I have been working through a number of interviews conducted in 2014-2015 with various participants of the Desh Pardesh festival. We’ve been weaving through text-heavy transcripts, and even transcribing a few audio interviews, but in the past couple of days we’ve been finally able to come in contact with the real archives. Seeing material outside of reflection or storytelling is a completely different experience. The […]