{"id":2074,"date":"2021-07-05T14:20:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T13:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/salc-making-a-difference\/?p=2074"},"modified":"2022-09-06T12:50:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T11:50:22","slug":"sexuality-summer-school-2021-queering-the-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/salc-making-a-difference\/2021\/07\/05\/sexuality-summer-school-2021-queering-the-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexuality Summer School 2021: Queering the Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Written by\u00a0Jackie Stacey<\/a><\/span>, Sabine Sharp<\/a><\/span>, and Janelle Hixon<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In May 2021, the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture<\/a><\/span> (CSSC) held its 14th Sexuality Summer School<\/a><\/span> (SSS), organised this year around the theme of \u2018Queering the Archive\u2019 and taking place online over Zoom.<\/span><\/p>\n

The SSS demonstrates the university\u2019s commitment to tackling injustice in the form of sexism, homophobia, transphobia, providing a space for up to 40 postgraduate students from across the UK and beyond to come together with researchers and local communities to discuss key debates and ideas. With this year\u2019s events, we sought to offer opportunities for local BAME and LGBT communities to engage with research in SALC on topics of sexuality, gender, and race in relation to history, memory, and archives. Through our focus on \u2018Queering the Archive\u2019, we interrogated what it means to archive and who has historically been left out of or rendered invisible through the archive and archiving practices. To think about these questions at the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality, we programmed a mix of events. Forging a new connection with Greater Manchester\u2019s own Rainbow Noir \u2013 an activist group celebrating LGBTQIA people of colour \u2013 we sought to spotlight these voices in discussions about preserving and recovering stories, challenging dominant narratives of history, and rethinking who archives serve and why.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alongside an intense week of seminars and workshops for postgraduates, we scheduled a programme of public events. These included<\/span>\u00a0a film screening of Topher Campbell\u2019s film FETISH<\/em> (2018) (93 audience members), readings from Julietta Singh\u2019s forthcoming book The Breaks<\/em> (2021) (101 audience members) and from Jordy Rosenberg\u2019s forthcoming work (81 audience members), art and photography presentations from Ajamu X (85 audience members) and Del LaGrace Volcano (71 audience members), as well as a poetry reading and discussion with Roma Havers (42 audience members). Many of these events were supported with the help of chairs and facilitators including Olivia Michiko Gagnon and Adrienne Adams, as well as CSSC members Monica Pearl and Honor Gavin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our events this year were organised by Professor Jackie Stacey, Dr Sabine Sharp, and Janelle Hixon, with further support from Oscar Lister and James L. Slattery.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Project duration:\u00a024th – 28th May 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Project leads:<\/span><\/p>\n