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Digital Humanities for Queer Histories: A Resource Guide

Though information institutions have been historically considered to be neutral keepers of information, in actuality archives and archivists wield power over collective memory and national identity. As such, community archives and oral histories are important resources that can be used as tools that disrupt the dominant progress narrative and give light to marginalized histories. Oriented in this critical archival framework, I created the “Digital Humanities for Queer Histories” resource guide utilizing LibGuides software, meant for novice researchers, community archives volunteers and coordinators, and any other individual who is interested in exploring what digital humanities tools and methods may offer toward preserving and sharing queer histories. This guide brings together public digital humanities and queer digital humanities to create a resource that seeks to empower queer archives workers and volunteers to use their collections to do Digital Humanities projects. Given its intended audience, the guide introduces DH tools that are free and easy to use, alongside examples of DH projects that have been created from similar collections as well as examples of other archives that may serve as collaborators or inspiration.

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