Beyond the Binary Researchers' Workshop
We invite researchers from all disciplines as well as museum and heritage professionals for an exclusive inside-look into the museum’s new Beyond the Binary project. Alongside the project team and TORCH’s Queer Studies Network, participants will have the chance to examine objects in the museum’s collection that spark important conversations around global LGBTQ+ cultures and museum methodologies. We will be exploring different approaches to interpreting these objects, including phenomenological practices and public engagement. Additionally, the session will provide opportunities for participants to be directly involved in and/or help shape this vital and innovative project, which centres collaboration with the LGBTQ+ community. We will look at the different ways existing museum and heritage collections can be re-interpreted through a queer lens to tell old and new stories alike as well as thinking about how current and future collecting practices can be shaped to preserve both tangible and intangible queer heritage for future generations.
The venue has step-free access but if you have any further requirements please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Lunch will be provided with vegan and gluten free options available. Please do let us know if you have any allergies.
Email beyondbinary@prm.ox.ac.uk if you would like further information.
Visit prm.ox.ac.uk/beyond-the-binary for more info and follow the project team on Twitter: @BeyondBinaryPRM
Date: 30 May 2019, 10:00
Venue: Pitt Rivers Museum, South Parks Road OX1 3PP
Venue Details: Research Space
Speaker: Beyond the Binary Project (Pitt Rivers Museum)
Organising department: Pitt Rivers Museum
Organiser: Beyond the Binary Project (Pitt Rivers Museum)
Organiser contact email address: beyondbinary@prm.ox.ac.uk
Host: Mara Gold (University of Oxford)
Part of: Queer Studies Network
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Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the-binary-researchers-workshop-tickets-61288170568
Booking email: beyondbinary@prm.ox.ac.uk
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Mara Gold