Thinking through ideas in public

Essays, reflections, and conversations on queer and trans public history, digital humanities, and archival practice.

Series: Traversing Temporalities

A reflective exploration of how queer and trans histories are researched, archived, and shared. Curated by Elio Colavito, this series features essays and short video conversations with scholars and community narrators.

Podcasting as Public History

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Trans Poetry as “Artivism”: An Interview with Rupert Raj

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Public History in Public Space: Possibility in Projecting Oral Histories

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Bringing Publics to the Palace: User Experience Design and Digital Exhibition Prototyping with Peter Luo

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“A whole race called me faggot”: Reflections on Race and Class in Trans Oral History Research

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Can I Say This?

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Trans Testimony on TikTok: An Interview with Mardi Pieronek

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Twin Peeks: Ad Hoc Oral History in the Belly of the Castro

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One Conversation, One Trans* Elder: The Ups and Downs of Pursuing Oral History to Shape the Future of Queer Senior Housing

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On Being and Becoming

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Tangible Traces: Searching for the Pussy Palace Polaroids

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When Memory Gets Wiggy

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How to Find Self-Love + Community While Getting a Lap Dance: BIPOC Adventures in Queer and Trans Bathhouse Organizing

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Gender-Based Violence: Testimonies from Trans* Athletes in North America

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A Piece of a Trans Guy

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A History on College Street: Learning from Oral History in Enunciating Latina and Trans Identities

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Hindsight is 2020

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