Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Departures in Critical Qualitative Research
Publication Date
2023
Keywords
digital forensics, intitutes of higher education, archives, queer theroy, LGBTIA+ inclusion
Abstract
This article proposes queer digital forensics as a method for exploring the discursive manifestations of queerness across multiple institutes of higher education (IHEs). Informed by historical frameworks of queerness within IHEs and contemporary understandings of queer archival theory, the article identifies queer digital forensics as an innovative tool to highlight both the resilience and absence of queerness within geographically and ideologically diverse IHEs. Through analysis of four IHEs, the article finds that the imagined presence of queerness on a campus often contradicts queer visibility within digital settings while offering new ways to enumerate queer visibility, even within fiercely anti-queer IHEs.
DOI
10.1525/dcqr.2023.12.4.102
Recommended Citation
Wagner, T.L., & Weiser, S.G. (2023) Queer Digital Forensics as Methodology for Documenting Queer Culture at Higher Education Institutions. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research 12 (4): 102–132. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2023.12.4.102
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an essay first published in Departures in Critical Qualitative Research: https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2023.12.4.102