Organized By stef shuster
UI LGBT Resource Center (125 Grand Avenue Ct) Iowa City, IA (41.647156, -91.536301)
The Trans* Oral History Project Installation & Workshop April 19th – 20th 2013 Hosted by TransCollaborations ** OPENING & INSTALLATION * Friday April 19th 5-9pm @ UI LGBT Resource Center On Friday April 19th, the Trans Oral History Project will work with our community to set up a temporary multimedia installation in the UI LGBT Resource Center. The installation will portray four decades of activism through videos of trans activists and zines from the time period while constructing a broader narrative of political change and cultural contradiction. ** LGBT SOCIAL MOVEMENT PUBLIC HISTORIES WORKSHOP * Saturday April 20th 3-5pm @ IC Public Library Room A Histories of LGBT social movements are populated with mainstream accounts of activists and issues and thus, only some stories are told. This workshop will attempt to work against the grain of mainstream accounts by challenging prevalent notions of who is a part of LGBT movements. The Trans* Oral History Project will work with our community to create a timeline in the workshop to highlight the famous people and events of LGBT movements, juxtaposed against participant’s experiences with LGBT movements. The workshop will challenge all of us to reflect on how our personal experiences are integrated with the common history and points of conflict and resonance within this narrative. Additionally, video footage from the Trans* Oral History Project’s archive will be shown in the workshop to highlight alternative narratives. Visit our website for more detailed event information: www.transcollaborations.wordpress.com Visit the Trans* Oral History Project's website for more information on the fierce work they do: www.transoralhistory.com Also, don't forget to check out the zine machine in the UI Main Library during the month of April for copies of zines from the Trans* Oral History Project's collections. Many thanks to our generous sponsors & community partners for these events: Center for Student Involvement and Leadership; Digital Studio for Public Humanities; Executive Council of Graduate & Professional Students; Obermann Center for Advanced Studies; LGBT Resource Center; UI Student Government; WRAC