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My name is Bri Watson, and I am a fourth-year doctoral candidate in Library
and Information Studies at University of British Columbia iSchool. Under
the supervision of my advisor, Dr. Julia Bullard (the Principal
Investigator), I am writing to request the participation of self-identified
queer knowledge workers in my doctoral dissertation research.
I have already completed several dozen interviews for this project and am
engaging in a final round of recruitment before moving on to the second and
final stage. In recognition of the historical whiteness of GLAMS
professions and the limitations that come within those colonial
infrastructures, *in this round of recruitment I am especially looking to
consult with queer knowledge workers who identify as members of racialized
communities* (sometimes referred to as BIPOC) in order to ensure the
representation of those perspectives.
By ‘queer,’ I mean any individual publicly identifying as a member of the
LGTBQIA2S+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual,
Two-Spirit and more) or MORGAI (Margainalized Orientations, Relationships,
Genders, Asexualities and Intersex) communities. By ‘knowledge workers,’ I
mean individuals engaged in professional, amateur, or community-based
technical services work including cataloging, classification, metadata,
taxonomy, tagging/folksonomy, and so on.
The project consists of qualitative interviews and focus groups with
self-identified queer knowledge workers. The interview will focus on their
experiences with and strategies around the use of knowledge organization
systems like the Library of Congress Subject Headings or similar. The focus
group will consist of a collaborative editing session with terminology from
Homosaurus vocabulary.
Research is Canada-based but will be conducted virtually, and participants
are outside of North America are welcome to participate. Participants
completing the interview will be compensated $35 CAD. Participants
completing the focus group will be compensated an additional $65 CAD.
Participation is voluntary and may be discontinued at any time without
penalty. You will have the opportunity to review and confirm the accuracy
of your interview’s transcript and recordings will be destroyed.
Participants in both the interview and the focus group are welcome to
participate pseudonymously (changed display name, video off), or choose to
be publicly credited in resultant publications.
The initial screening utilizes the Qualtrics software to collect basic
information about interested participants. Qualtrics features which collect
IP addresses and panel association are disabled and no analytics metadata
will be recorded.
If you are interested in participating, please follow the link to the
survey: *Expanding the Margins*
<https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eyfnZrMHR5WHUZU>, or copy and
paste the following URL:
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eyfnZrMHR5WHUZU
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at
[log in to unmask] rather than posting to the list.
Thank you!
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*B. M. Watson* *(they/m)* <http://pronoun.is/they/.../themself>[image: A
button with "Hear my name" text for name playback in email signature]
<https://www.name-coach.com/bri-watson>
*PhD. Student: *UBC iSchool <https://ischool.ubc.ca/>, Musqueam Traditional
Territory
🌐website <http://brimwats.com/> | ✉[log in to unmask] |[image: Twitter]
bluesky <https://bsky.app/profile/brimwats.bsky.social>
* Archivist-Historian: *APA Div44 CNM Committee [image: CNMLogo]
<https://www.div44cnm.org/>
* Editorial Board: *Homosaurus <http://homosaurus.org/> & *Director:*
HistSex.org <https://histsex.org/>
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