Göteborg, Sweden 18-19 October 2024, 09.00 – 4.30 PM.
The conference's central theme revolves around what activating the archive means - what are the usages and meanings of a queer archive and for whom do we collect?
Registration for taking part in the conference Activating Queer Archives through online streaming is open until Friday October 18th, 23:59 CEST. Please fill in the form below!
Registration for in person attendance at the conference Activating Queer Archives is closed.
If you're interested in volunteering during the conference, please get in touch with our volunteer coordinator Mia at info@qrab.org or +46707193071. This might mean that you will be doing backstage work for parts of the day, so there's no guarantee that you will be able to attend all the talks.
Friday: We extend an invitation to early arrivals and NNNAQH members for a reception with beverages and snacks (vegan) at Friday Oct. 18, from 6 – 9.00 PM. At the reception queer archives and museums respectively, situated in Sweden, will present themselves in a pop-up gallery. Venue: Göteborg City Museum, Norra Hamngatan 12.
Saturday 1: A few dinner meal choices (vegan) will be provided for to a special conference price at a nearby restaurant (at your own cost) – after 4.30 PM. Venue: TBA.
Saturday 2: As an affiliated entertainment event, Queerorkestern offers a variety show at 7 pm. They will present a string of deliciously deviant divas, giving a polyphonously perverse potpourri of queer musical history. Venue: Kulturlagret, Djurgårdsgatan 29. There are some free tickets for conference participants in need. Ordinary cost is 80 SEK per ticket.
Saturday 3: The Swedish Archive for Queer Moving Images (SAQMI) invites you for a night cap (at cost price) and maybe a surprise after the entertainment. Venue: Friggahuset, Pölgatan 5.
Friday 18th October, 6.00 - 9.00 pm.
Saturday 19th October.
Saturday 19th October, 7 pm.
Saturday 19th October, after the variety show.
To finalize your registration, we kindly ask you to respond to the following questions in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other relevant laws. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
The conference will be streamed live on YouTube, and recordings of select portions of the proceedings may also be made available at a later time. We kindly request your understanding and consent for the potential inclusion of your participation in the online content.
For those not giving consent, note that a portion of the seminar room will be held outside the camera's visual coverage, but sound may still be recorded.
In order to facilitate ongoing communication and networking beyond the conference, we would like to distribute a comprehensive list of participants' names and information to all attendees. We kindly request your consent to include your information in this distribution.
We kindly request your permission to capture photographs during the seminar for future documentation and other purposes. Your cooperation in allowing us to include you in our photos would be greatly appreciated.
In compliance with GDPR regulations, we also kindly request your consent to retain your information in our archives.
