The exhibits in this collection were prepared by students in a second-year Anthropology of Gender and Sexualities class at Douglas College taught by Jaime Yard. College Librarians and archivists Megan Toye, Arianna Nagle, and Max Otte met with the class to explore foundational methods in archival research—both physical and digital—and introduced us to the Omeka software used in the creation of these exhibits.
Catalyzed by a reading of Cait McKinney's Information Activism: A Queer History of Lesbian Media Technologies (2020) and a range of ethnographic case studies from around the globe, students were asked to form thematic groups and assemble their own exhibitions. The themes of these exhibits are grounded in queer theory in anthropology, aimed at reanimating how we think about sexual and gender norms and power.
