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Riksarkivet: Joan Nestle – Lesbian Herstory Archives (Skype-lecture)

Skype-lecture at the Regional State Archives in Gothenburg during the Westpride festival, May 29, 2014.

The Lesbian Herstory Archives is home to the world’s largest collection of materials by and about lesbians and their communities. It was founded in New York 1974, one of the co-founders were Joan Nestle. In this Skype-lecture she tells the story of her work with the Archives, about a community’s will to remember, and how archives can turn “insult into hope”.

 

Skype-föreläsning, arrangerad av Riksarkivet Landsarkivet i Göteborg under Westpride-festivalen 29 maj 2014.

Lesbian Herstory Archives har världens största samling av material om och av lesbiska. Arkivet grundades 1974 i New York, en av initiativtagarna var Joan Nestle. I Skype-föreläsningen berättar hon om sitt arbete med arkivet, om viljan att minnas och om arkivens möjligheter att förändra och påverka.

 

Lesbian Herstory Archives:
http://www.lesbianherstoryarchives.org/

Joan Nestle:
http://www.joannestle.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Nestle

The Regional State Archives in Gothenburg:
http://riksarkivet.se/goteborg

Westpride festival:
http://westpride.se