09 | Queering the Archives (Live in Melbourne)

What do we know about queer lives and stories from the past?

Episode 9 of the Archive Fever podcast, hosted by Claire Wright and Yves Rees, titled "09 | Queering the Archives (Live in Melbourne)" was published on December 5, 2019 and runs 58 minutes.

December 5, 2019 ·58m · Archive Fever

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Summary

What do we know about queer lives and stories from the past? At this special live recording at the Wheeler Centre, hosts Clare Wright and Yves Rees are joined by historian Noah Riseman and trans scholar and activist Julie Peters to discuss the absence of queer people, especially trans and gender diverse people, from conventional records and historical data. Where else might we go to locate a trans or non-binary lineage? What records may LGBTIQA+ elders and predecessors have kept, and how we can recover and integrate queer figures and stories into our broader understanding of Australian history? Join us as we discuss how to set the record queer. Recorded live at the Wheeler Centre, Melbourne on 28 November 2019.

Episode Description

What do we know about queer lives and stories from the past?

At this special live recording at the Wheeler Centre, hosts Clare Wright and Yves Rees are joined by historian Noah Riseman and trans scholar and activist Julie Peters to discuss the absence of queer people, especially trans and gender diverse people, from conventional records and historical data.

Where else might we go to locate a trans or non-binary lineage? What records may LGBTIQA+ elders and predecessors have kept, and how we can recover and integrate queer figures and stories into our broader understanding of Australian history? Join us as we discuss how to set the record queer.

Recorded live at the Wheeler Centre, Melbourne on 28 November 2019.