'Make Your Own History addresses the practical and theoretical challenges and advantages of researching, documenting, and archiving recent and contemporary activists in the feminist and queer movements. The challenge of the archivist and the scholar, whose work is traditionally paper-based, is to keep up with the changing modes of communication of these individuals and organisations and to make sure these activists' work is not left out of the historical record.

Activists, archivists, librarians, and scholars address the following issues and topics: the practical material challenges of documenting and archiving contemporary activism; theoretical perspectives and conversations; online communities and communications; "third wave" feminism/youth and queer cultures/subcultures; the move from paper to digital archives and documents; zines; and the work of activists who employ creative/artistic/cultural approaches to work for social justice.' - from back cover.

This is the second publication in the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies.

Includes contributors biographies.
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Onsite

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REF.BLL
Language

English

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Publication/Creation date

2012

No of pages

180

ISBN / ISSN

9781936117130

No of copies

1

Content type

anthology

Chapter headings

Zines and Riot Grrrl

My Life in Zines - Sarah DYER

Self-Publication with Riot Grrrl Ideals - Jenna FREEDMAN

Archiving the Movement - Kate EICHHORN

Outreach and Instruction at the Sallie Bingham Center - Kelly WOOTEN

Archiving the Underground - Jenna BRAGER, Jami SAILOR

LGBT Archives

Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind - Alexis Pauline GUMBS

Accessibility, Accountability, and Activism - Angela L. DIVEGLIA

Inventing History: The Watermelon Woman and Archive Activism - Alana KUMBIER

Electronic Records

Perfecting the New Wave of Collectiing - Erin O'MEARA

No Documents, No History: Traditional Genres, New Formats - Amy BENSON, Kathryn Allamong JACOB

Second Wave

The Juggling Act: Cooperative Collecting and Archival Allies - Elizabeth MYERS

She Who Owns the Press - Barbara SJOHOLM

Make Your Own History: Documenting Feminist and Queer Activism in the 21st Century
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Make Your Own History: Documenting Feminist and Queer Activism in the 21st Century