Seeking Interviewees: Queer and Trans CIS/Prodigy/GEnie Users
All, (Apologizes if you’ve seen this cross-posted on different lists.) Please forward this along, or feel free to get in contact off-list if you have suggestions! I'm looking to conduct informal background interviews with queer and/or transgender-identified folks who, during the mid 1980s into the 1990s, were active on any of these forums: * Compuserve's (aka CIS) GenderLine forum (also known as HSX-200) * Prodigy (pre or post the closure of the "Frank Discussions" forum) * GEnie (such as members of the GEnie Girls). I'm hoping to learn more about the structure of these groups/spaces, their culture, and just how folks used them. If anyone is either interested in or might know someone who would be interested in participating in a short (one hour) interview, please let me know at avery.dame AT gmail.com<http://gmail.com/>. Thanks in advance, Avery Dame-Griff --- Avery Dame-Griff Fixed-Term Assistant Professor, Mass Communication Winona State University averydame.net<http://www.averydame.net/> avery.dame@gmail.com<mailto:avery.dame@gmail.com> 507-457-5228
Hi, there - This is very interesting. Is there a reason for the focus on these systems? No Compuserve, for example, or no free telnet-based BBSes, e.g.? Looking forward to learning more. Thanks, Sarah — S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D. Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles Department of Information Studies Graduate School of Education & Information Studies https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/ Blogging periodically at http://illusionofvolition.com **Please note: I’m increasingly finding email unmanageable. If I don’t respond and your issue is urgent, please resend and indicate that in the subject line. Your message likely just got lost in the shuffle. Thanks. On Feb 18, 2019, at 12:31 PM, Dame, Avery <adame@winona.edu<mailto:adame@winona.edu>> wrote: All, (Apologizes if you’ve seen this cross-posted on different lists.) Please forward this along, or feel free to get in contact off-list if you have suggestions! I'm looking to conduct informal background interviews with queer and/or transgender-identified folks who, during the mid 1980s into the 1990s, were active on any of these forums: • Compuserve's (aka CIS) GenderLine forum (also known as HSX-200) • Prodigy (pre or post the closure of the "Frank Discussions" forum) • GEnie (such as members of the GEnie Girls). I'm hoping to learn more about the structure of these groups/spaces, their culture, and just how folks used them. If anyone is either interested in or might know someone who would be interested in participating in a short (one hour) interview, please let me know at avery.dame AT gmail.com<http://gmail.com>. Thanks in advance, Avery Dame-Griff --- Avery Dame-Griff Fixed-Term Assistant Professor, Mass Communication Winona State University averydame.net<http://averydame.net> avery.dame@gmail.com 507-457-5228 _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
Sarah, There is! I’ve done a lot of archival work around BBS use in particular, which I’ve also collected as part of the Queer Digital History Project<http://queerdigital.com/>. However, there’s far less detailed archival documentation around LGBTQ presences on commercial “walled gardens,” except for AOL. Queer spaces on these services, especially prior to the late 1990s, were often contingent or obscured from the general usership in various ways. So memory and oral history appear to be the next best sources. Best, Avery --- Avery Dame-Griff Fixed-Term Assistant Professor, Mass Communication Winona State University averydame.net<http://www.averydame.net/> avery.dame@gmail.com<mailto:avery.dame@gmail.com> 507-457-5228 From: Sarah Roberts <roberts@gseis.ucla.edu> Date: Monday, February 18, 2019 at 3:18 PM To: "Dame, Avery" <adame@winona.edu> Cc: "members@SIGCIS.org" <members@SIGCIS.org> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Seeking Interviewees: Queer and Trans CIS/Prodigy/GEnie Users Hi, there - This is very interesting. Is there a reason for the focus on these systems? No Compuserve, for example, or no free telnet-based BBSes, e.g.? Looking forward to learning more. Thanks, Sarah — S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D. Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles Department of Information Studies Graduate School of Education & Information Studies https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fis.gseis.ucla.edu%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cadame%40winona.edu%7Cfd1b47a7f38d4099512c08d695e698ed%7C5011c7c60ab446ab9ef4fae74a921a7f%7C0%7C0%7C636861214999515262&sdata=HiSSNnW%2BPk6AeBhuVU72nwZh%2B8ENtJpZKWMXNeyo1wY%3D&reserved=0> Blogging periodically at http://illusionofvolition.com **Please note: I’m increasingly finding email unmanageable. If I don’t respond and your issue is urgent, please resend and indicate that in the subject line. Your message likely just got lost in the shuffle. Thanks. On Feb 18, 2019, at 12:31 PM, Dame, Avery <adame@winona.edu<mailto:adame@winona.edu>> wrote: All, (Apologizes if you’ve seen this cross-posted on different lists.) Please forward this along, or feel free to get in contact off-list if you have suggestions! I'm looking to conduct informal background interviews with queer and/or transgender-identified folks who, during the mid 1980s into the 1990s, were active on any of these forums: • Compuserve's (aka CIS) GenderLine forum (also known as HSX-200) • Prodigy (pre or post the closure of the "Frank Discussions" forum) • GEnie (such as members of the GEnie Girls). I'm hoping to learn more about the structure of these groups/spaces, their culture, and just how folks used them. If anyone is either interested in or might know someone who would be interested in participating in a short (one hour) interview, please let me know at avery.dame AT gmail.com<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgmail.com&data=02%7C01%7Cadame%40winona.edu%7Cfd1b47a7f38d4099512c08d695e698ed%7C5011c7c60ab446ab9ef4fae74a921a7f%7C0%7C0%7C636861214999515262&sdata=6NU05drOeXx7Z0UUqERRkPNlP5XnUIZDccQrnVhv0cU%3D&reserved=0>. Thanks in advance, Avery Dame-Griff --- Avery Dame-Griff Fixed-Term Assistant Professor, Mass Communication Winona State University averydame.net<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faverydame.net&data=02%7C01%7Cadame%40winona.edu%7Cfd1b47a7f38d4099512c08d695e698ed%7C5011c7c60ab446ab9ef4fae74a921a7f%7C0%7C0%7C636861214999525267&sdata=wcoO%2FBmT7Z%2BDyOWfbiedFgk%2B9ji8VrjNuuoUD1ZgvvE%3D&reserved=0> avery.dame@gmail.com 507-457-5228 _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
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Sarah Roberts