{"id":5618,"date":"2015-05-19T15:12:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T15:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/?p=5618"},"modified":"2015-05-19T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T15:12:18","slug":"archivist-graham-stinnett-featured-on-queernea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2015\/05\/19\/archivist-graham-stinnett-featured-on-queernea\/","title":{"rendered":"Archivist Graham Stinnett featured on Queer!NEA"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #656565\">I believe in the principles of archives as tools for engagement with a broader societal understanding of itself and how it can be leveraged for change in society, so building on these collecting areas is very beneficial. We are always being documented, it is our job to engage the creation of memory from that documentation.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/05\/dsc_9043-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5619\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/05\/dsc_9043-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_9043-1\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/05\/dsc_9043-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/05\/dsc_9043-1-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/05\/dsc_9043-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out the latest post on <a href=\"https:\/\/neaqrt.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/14\/q5-3-the-university-of-connecticuts-graham-stinnett\/\" target=\"_blank\">Queer!NEA<\/a>, a blog for New England Archivists&#8217; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Issues Roundtable, featuring an interview with our very own Graham Stinnett, Archivist for\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">Human Rights and Alternative Press Collections. \u00a0Graham tells us about\u00a0his professional interests and the array of activities that occupy his days\u00a0here at UConn with students and faculty. \u00a0He also\u00a0reflects on the critical, tangible value of archives today &#8220;to promote the dialectic between the then and now&#8221;&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #656565\">When considering the basis of text communication in social media platforms today which could be the closest comparison to the channels of alternative press, these outlets have more in common than they do in division.\u00a0 My goal is to promote the dialectic between then and now.\u00a0 Beyond the narrative that all movements toward rights are valuable and worth documenting, my interest has been to promote the intersections where students have made impacts through documentation in the past which now can inform the present context of identity, recreation, sociability and agency.\u00a0 Having said all that, I don\u2019t think we as archivists have yet understood how to deal with today\u2019s alternative press, which is why these conversations are so important.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I believe in the principles of archives as tools for engagement with a broader societal understanding of itself and how it can be leveraged for change in society, so building on these collecting areas is very beneficial. 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