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Categorizing queer identities : an analysis of archival practices using the concept of boundary objects

  • In this paper, we present a field study that examines the development, application and maintenance of classification systems and controlled vocabularies in three archives documenting lesbian, trans* and queer-feminist histories. Queer archives face the challenge of documenting identities that are inherently characterized by embracing fluidity and ambiguity. Thus, queer identities are diametrically opposed to archival procedures of unambiguous classification. At the same time, queer activism relies partly on coherent identity categories in order to be able to act politically. We examine the pragmatic solutions that queer archives establish when dealing with tensions between those requirements. Our goal is to contribute to the ongoing discussions about the ethical dimensions of classification practices. Following the work of Geoffrey C. Bowker and Susan Leigh Star (1999) we use the concept of boundary objects as a central theoretical foundation of our research. This concept allows for tracing the negotiations and decision-makingIn this paper, we present a field study that examines the development, application and maintenance of classification systems and controlled vocabularies in three archives documenting lesbian, trans* and queer-feminist histories. Queer archives face the challenge of documenting identities that are inherently characterized by embracing fluidity and ambiguity. Thus, queer identities are diametrically opposed to archival procedures of unambiguous classification. At the same time, queer activism relies partly on coherent identity categories in order to be able to act politically. We examine the pragmatic solutions that queer archives establish when dealing with tensions between those requirements. Our goal is to contribute to the ongoing discussions about the ethical dimensions of classification practices. Following the work of Geoffrey C. Bowker and Susan Leigh Star (1999) we use the concept of boundary objects as a central theoretical foundation of our research. This concept allows for tracing the negotiations and decision-making processes that influenced the creation of a specific classification system. Through conducting semi-structured interviews with staff members of queer archives in Germany we collected data about their efforts to archive the history of queer communities. Although there are initiatives developing metadata standards for queer identities, these standards are only used to a limited extent by the queer archives we examined. Rather, those archives established individual strategies for categorizing objects that are rooted in their specific history. We argue that classification systems and controlled vocabularies themselves can be understood as artifacts documenting the history of queer movements.zeige mehrzeige weniger

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Verfasserangaben:Pauline Junginger, Marian DörkORCiD
DOI:https://doi.org/10.23860/jfs.2021.19.05
ISSN:2158-6179
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch):Journal of Feminist Scholarship
Dokumentart:Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Sprache:Englisch
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online):11.08.2022
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung:2021
Urhebende Körperschaft:University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Beteiligte Körperschaft:University of Rhode Island
Datum der Freischaltung:11.08.2022
GND-Schlagwort:LGBT; Archiv; Grenzobjekt; Systematik; Klassifikation; Metadaten; Identität
Jahrgang:19
Ausgabe / Heft:19
Erste Seite:66
Letzte Seite:79
Fachbereiche und Zentrale Einrichtungen:FB4 Design
DDC-Klassifikation:000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 020 Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaften
Lizenz (Deutsch):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International
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