Two-Spirit archives and social memory: community, indigeneity and queerness in the archives
| dc.contributor.author | Baisch, Coral | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Churchill, David (History) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Cossar, Roisin (History) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Lougheed, Brett (University of Winnipeg) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Bak, Greg (History) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-12-21T15:57:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-12-21T15:57:33Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2022-12-20 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-11-11 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2022-11-11T15:59:23Z | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2022-12-21T00:19:45Z | en_US |
| dc.degree.discipline | History | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Two-Spirit people have often been the subjects and victims of archives and archival power. However, efforts toward decolonization and changing ideas in archives have the potential to disrupt this narrative. In this thesis I look at the ways institutional or mainstream archives can work with community groups – specifically Two-Spirit communities – to create effective and lasting partnerships to preserve social memory in a western archival format. I begin by sharing the words of several Two-Spirit people who have spoken about what that identity means to them as a way to emphasize what non-Two-Spirit archivists do not know and cannot know about what being Two-Spirit means. This necessary knowledge also serves as the basis to discuss some of the other implications for archiving Two-Spirit records. I then profile four Queer archives, ONE, ArQuives, Lesbian Herstory Archive and rukus! to provide context for how these archives come together, what their relationships with institutions are like and what some of the causes for collecting are. Last, I discuss practical ways for mainstream or institutional archives to build effective partnerships with Two-Spirit communities using the Two-Spirit Archives at the University of Winnipeg Archives as a case study. I use Michelle Caswell’s survivor-centred approach as a way to offer suggestions for archives wanting to build these kinds of relationships and evaluate the success of the Two-Spirit Archives at the University of Winnipeg. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | February 2023 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/37022 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Two-Spirit | en_US |
| dc.subject | archives | en_US |
| dc.subject | queer archives | en_US |
| dc.subject | community archives | en_US |
| dc.subject | reconciliation | en_US |
| dc.title | Two-Spirit archives and social memory: community, indigeneity and queerness in the archives | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| local.subject.manitoba | yes | en_US |