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.

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

DOI

10.1525/dcqr.2023.12.4.102

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